"Wickus escaped and I remained in my seat, but I will never forget how powerful that emotion was, how I sat there gulping air for the next ten minutes as I tried to regain some kind of equilibrium. This film had put me through something brutal, something I hadn’t been prepared for.

This film was absolutely right to do that.

The direct allegory running through the story is easy to recognize: District 9 is a reference to District 6, an area in South Africa where 60,000 colored Africans were evicted from their homes in during apartheid in the 1970s. The atrocious behavior of MNU’s employees and their thirst for better firepower is a commentary on the private military contractors being used by governments today, specifically Xe Services (formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide). Choosing to zero in on these two topics seems logical: the film was set and shot in South Africa and the potential problems associated with military contractors are a modern concern."

"It's not the CG that looks weird; if you shot an ordinary scene with the same 3d technique it would look boring and flat in 2d (indeed, the difficulty of emphasizing depth by adjusting focus on a consumer video camera is a big part of what makes it 'look like video'). So the primary reason Avatar is a Big Deal for Hollywood is that Cameron seems to have succeeded in developing a 3d photographic technique that is much more compelling and realistic than the standard fixed-angle 3d which has been used until now, which actually emphasizes the separation of the audience from the action. And in order to fully appreciate this...yes, you'll need to go to the theater."

"Japanese supernatural breast-fixated TV, wherein a woman uses a magical bra to fight ghosts."

"So, to sum up: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is one of the greatest achievements in the history of cinema, if not the greatest. You could easily argue that cinema, as an artform, has all been leading up to this. It will destabilize your limbic system, probably forever, and make you doubt the solidity of your surroundings. Generations of auteurs have struggled, in vain, to create a cinematic experience as overwhelming, and as liberating, as ROTF."

"This was proposed to have been followed by a third Phibes movie, The Brides of Phibes or Phibes Resurrectus. It would have had Phibes protecting his secret of eternal life from a group of Nazis whom he would kill off one by one. His wife would also be brought back to life."

On the internet, everybody can see you scheme....

"It reminds you of something you've never seen before." Film showing at Michigan Theater 18 & 19 March 2008

Apparently featuring characters from _Swordsman III_, _Ladyhawke_, _Shanghai Knights_ and _The Bride with White Hair_. Potentially horrible.

Al Swearengen before he left St. Louis for the Hills.

Make sure to catch the bass on the right

"Make it a double feature with The Road Warrior and you would pretty well cover the cinematic zeitgeist of my late adolescence."

"Strength. Sacrifice. Strongness."

Interesting how easy it is to paraody the <i>300</i> trailer. Wonder what that says about the film and its aesthetic?