Coates: District 9

District 9 is a different movie.. First of all, I just have to state that it was confusing to watch at times because it clearly starts as a documentary and ends up being a normal filmed action movie with documentary-type qualities...threw me off a bit. And the choice of the aliens to look like giant insects was also a bit weird. For the rest of the movie, I thought it was quite strange. These aliens have a ship and they are just hanging out in Africa for a while and nobody is really doing anything about them until the humans just get nosy and start evicting them from their town and all hell breaks loose because one guy gets sprayed by a mysterious alien weapon.  The movie is kind of sketchy with the alien's power as well.  They are unable to fight back, or leave for that matter (which is really confusing because they have weapons and a ship).  They apparently have advantages because of their weapons, a space ship, and are pretty strong. I didn't like that the prawns had all of these abilities and didn't get to use them. There was also no explanation to why the prawns are here in the first place. It was strange. The movie took a turn with the plot, making the human turn into one of them which was pretty cool.  I also liked the fact that the aliens had emotions and human characteristics. They were not typical aliens who were only there to destroy the human race. The baby prawn was a nice touch. I had to laugh at a few parts because I could almost understand the aliens better than the humans because of their accent. What was it, a mixture of  British, French, and German or something? The aliens had human names too..Christopher the Prawn? I also had to laugh at the fact that ALIENS LIKE CAT FOOD?? Who knew right? Maybe that is the reason they were here all along. I guess we will all have to wait and see what happens in 3 YEARS!

aww cute wittle baby prawn :)

Oh and if you just so happen to spot a prawn in your town, you can call: 1-866-666-6001 or go to their website: http://www.d-9.com/ for more information. 

^Here's how it should have ended..^