District 9

Initially I thought the film was going to be another "Aliens" installation, where non-human life forms set off to carry out the annihilation of poor earth's inhabitants. I was expecting the typical end-all war against the self-destructive mankind (read: The day the earth stood still). But it was a surprisingly different approach to alien existence in relation to life on this planet.

More importantly, there were no mega-heroic Hollywood eye candies (e.g., Will Smith, Keanu Reeves, John Travolta, Johnny Depp...) to distract from the main focuses of the film: the evident earth inhabitant entitlement called segregation (a.k.a. discrimination) and how it knows no boundaries, subtle shades of South Africa and its history, the apartheid...

Director Neill Blomkamp and his team did an intelligent job piecing this film together -- from casting to storytelling to treatment -- invoking a daringly different and seamless art form. It was raw but brilliant. An unexpected yet welcome experience, all creative aspects considered...and enjoyed.

A tub of buttered popcorn was the icing on this already delicious and freshly baked cake. That should be more than enough good reasons to see it and zero reasons to complain. Right? ;-)