I am not understanding the praise of District 9 right now. Was everyone not under the impression that this was going to be a Documentary style film? Am I the only one that expected that from watching the trailers? I understand trailers mislead sometimes, but even the first 15 minutes of the film mislead. It's like when Neil Blomkamp wrote it, he started off wanting it to be a Documentary style, then slowly changed his mind to a regular narrative sci-fi action.
Am I that wrong in expecting what I did: A film that was put together from "documentary film crews", "interviews", "news clips" and "surveillance footage"? All fake of course, but made to look as real as ever. All I got was a crazy military action sci-fi that focused on one guy and one alien.
I'll take a step back here and say that the film was made well visually. The aliens created here was a great achievement. And every effect looked real. But the film itself did not feel real. It was not Documentary. Just as predictable as the story itself, they quickly flipped back to "Documentary" mode at the end of the film. As if to say "See? See? Documentary!".
For the last 30 minutes I just wanted this to end. If I wanted crazy military vs. aliens scenes I would have watched....another movie with that description. I expected a different film.
I was duped.
However, I have no issue with people who loved this film and got what they hoped for. I just can't believe the sheer number of people who do NOT feel the same way as me.
The question now is do I recommend it. The answer is NO for those who expected what I expect, and YES if you just wanna see aliens and guns and a predictable story.
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