08-24-2009, 12:05 AM
I watched it last night and i must say i had a great time. I wanted to watch it just on a whim as, sad to say, Indonesia did not enjoy the viral marketing people in other parts of the world did. I didn't even know what it was about till the moment i saw it as the only thing i saw was the movie poster and yet somehow it compelled me to watch it even though we didn't plan to. It was very rare for me to find a movie that intrigued me so much to watch it in the cinema as opposed to buying a cheap pirated DVD here in Indonesia...
anyway, i went into the cinema with just the thought of some sci-fi shoot em up. I left happily surprised. This morning i checked IMDB and read 3-4 pages worth of reviews, making sure i covered both sides of the discussion. I must say that it seems to me some hardcore sci-fi lovers seem to like bashing this movie and comparing them to older, more esoteric titles... Thing is, i saw some of those movies too, and personally i feel that although D9 does not put much into character development, it does present the story in a much better fashion than some of the titles they compared it to..
I have to say some loopholes and discontinuity occurred. [spoiler]The most noticed one is Christopher's handcuff situation. I also noted that in the MNU underground lab, Wikus put down the canister and didn't pick it back up when they made the run towards the dead end...[/spoiler]
However, the way they blended the CGI into the scenes are just beautiful. It became so realistic because they did not go overboard where it counted. Sure some alien motions are blurred, and the blood explosions were sometimes sketchy. But most the explosions and the way they blended it to create a coherent atmosphere is amazing. GI Joe could learn a lot from the CGI in this movie...
so, anyone seen it? comments?
-w-
anyway, i went into the cinema with just the thought of some sci-fi shoot em up. I left happily surprised. This morning i checked IMDB and read 3-4 pages worth of reviews, making sure i covered both sides of the discussion. I must say that it seems to me some hardcore sci-fi lovers seem to like bashing this movie and comparing them to older, more esoteric titles... Thing is, i saw some of those movies too, and personally i feel that although D9 does not put much into character development, it does present the story in a much better fashion than some of the titles they compared it to..
I have to say some loopholes and discontinuity occurred. [spoiler]The most noticed one is Christopher's handcuff situation. I also noted that in the MNU underground lab, Wikus put down the canister and didn't pick it back up when they made the run towards the dead end...[/spoiler]
However, the way they blended the CGI into the scenes are just beautiful. It became so realistic because they did not go overboard where it counted. Sure some alien motions are blurred, and the blood explosions were sometimes sketchy. But most the explosions and the way they blended it to create a coherent atmosphere is amazing. GI Joe could learn a lot from the CGI in this movie...
so, anyone seen it? comments?
-w-
