Bloomkamp's style worked wonders here. Best movie of the year? So far, I'd have to say "Yes."

Man, anyone who has even brushed up against Half-Life 2 has to be going batshit about the "gravity gun" on the mech at the end. That was awesome. I'll never eat Bacon the same way again.

But racial undertones there or aside, it was a great piece of film. I personally have avoided going too deep into the Apartheid angle of the movie. While I know it's a fairly easy conclusion to draw about the movie, I'm enjoying the film on it's own merits, without any undertones of that nature. Maybe later I'll delve into the similarities, but for now…mm. District 9.

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There are some valid criticisms of the parallels between the Apartheid and their District 6 in Cape Town and the racial component of the white man saving all the poor aliens who can't save themselves. One might also look at it from the perspective of the the protagonist fucking it up for the aliens and in the end trying to make it all right.

It is certainly something to think about, but the other aspects of the film are amazing. It's powerful in the sense that you get a taste of understanding those racial components of segregation and xenophobic fear.