District 9

A movie that will be categorised as 'just another alien flick', however, it is one of the most brilliant creations I have seen. Brilliant in terms of the thought process, the independence, the sincerity that is evident through the movie and a very natural screenplay. What I mean by the last part is that if an alien were to see the movie he would assume it without doubt to be a sample of life on earth - a bit of a stretch, but only a bit.

It was portrayed as a documentary on the life of and the life around Wikus van de merwe. The make-up of and the chemistry between actors was incredibly unbelievable. References were made to humans' need to have sex with the alien 'prawns' where the prawns would serve as prostitutes... The aliens were technologically quite advanced, yet quite weak - there was something very human about them and there was a small story behind their presence - Wikipedia does a great job of it. Search for 'District 9' - apologies for the complex steps.

I couldn't help but see how poor humans are at times and yet, we have a compassion for other beings. Wikus was discriminated against because he was different, scary and a potential research resource.
'Let it be'.
A must watch. Touching, gripping and almost non-fiction.