District 9

Yesterday I went to the cinema.

Actually we went to the Frankfurt Book Fair and walked around there for a
couple of hours but it was so crowded that I couldn’t really enjoy the
experience.

Books just don’t work like that, I didn’t even go to look at the shiny new
ebook readers.

Never mind that now, we had found a cinema in Frankfurt which shows original
versions of current movies. Exclusively originals. I like.

So we went there and watched District 9
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9)

I liked it. A lot.

I thought the xenophobia theme came on a little strong but I liked the overall
tone of the movie. I liked the fact that it didn’t take place in the US of A
(Wikipedia says the story is inspired by historical events in South Africa…).
Now some people cannot see the merit of explicit violence in movies but I think
it fit right in there. The Wikus character was great, because he wasn’t really
likable, egoistic, a bureaucrat, a liar, just a human.

I want to see more SciFi like that.