The whole trip would not have added anything, but show them blowing up a cop car as they arrive, or something. It bounced me out to see them just suddenly transported there.
On Sep 12, 2009, at 4:10 PM, cd wrote: > > But really, though, if we had seen them hot wire a car, and then sneak > through the city carefully avoiding detection -- all of which could be > done -- would that have added anything to the movie? > > On Sep 12, 3:53 pm, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: >> The part that bugged me (just a little) is that the travel. When >> needed, they can walk across a busy city unnoticed until they blow up >> the side of a building, and at other times, they can't go two yards >> without catching 8,000 bullets. The keys are always left in the >> vehicles. >> I really enjoyed it otherwise. I liked the discomfort of watching the >> dweeb joke about their eggs popping in such a realistic, documentary- >> like style. I liked the transformation. >> Worth seeing in the theatre for the effects! >> >> Alicia >> On Sep 12, 2009, at 2:07 PM, cd wrote: >> >> >> >>> I agree! >> >>> And I'd add that the parts that aren't sufficently hard are >>> reasonable >>> for the demands of a good narrative. I'm willing to accept that >>> pirates got Hamlet back to Denmark, and I'm willing to accept that >>> the >>> fuel turns the protag into a prawn. >> >>> I'm very pleased that the movie is doing well, too. Box Office Mojo >>> estimates it cost $30million to make and has so far done $120million >>> box. So that matches trash like Transformers 2 for ROI. Good news! >>> Decent SF thriving! >> >>> cd >> >>> On Sep 12, 1:09 pm, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I liked it a lot. I liked that the characterization was a little >>>> bit >>>> unconventional (though only a little*) and thought it was really >>>> well done. >>>> Copley did a great job creating this weak, dweeby guy and making a >>>> plausible >>>> presentation of him becoming more dangerous as needed. As SF, it's >>>> at least >>>> as well thought out as most space opera, modern or otherwise (and >>>> much more >>>> so than most). I liked the ending a lot -- I know some people hated >>>> it, but >>>> to me it did a couple of things I like to see: avoided the pat >>>> feel- >>>> good >>>> ending without being outrageously bleak; and creates a clear >>>> connection >>>> between The Character Who Changes (because we ALL know characters >>>> MUST >>>> change!) and what he was before he "changed." >>>> A lot of people seemed to me to be disappointed by what it didn't >>>> do. It >>>> wasn't a penetrating social commentary picture with lots of >>>> sympathetic >>>> alien characters interacting with humans in Very Special Moments. >>>> But then, >>>> neither is 99% of print SF. I went in expecting an action movie >>>> with >>>> culturally significant subtexts, and that's what I feel like I got. >> >>>> -- >>>> *It's very much in the 'do the right thing against his better >>>> judgement' >>>> school of anti-hero characterization (like Bogie in Casablanca, The >>>> Man in >>>> Yojimbo/Fistfull of Dollars, Han Solo in Star Wars, or The >>>> Continental Op in >>>> Red Harvest). >> >>>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Alicia Henn >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>>>> I liked it, too. As long as I didn't think about the plot too >>>>> much. >>>>> It was gruesome in a lot of different ways, but good. >>>>> A damning judgement of humanity and terrific effects. >> >>>>> On Sep 12, 2009, at 11:54 AM, delancey wrote: >> >>>>>> So, I finally saw District 9 last night. I know some people >>>>>> (e.g., >>>>>> Nancy) didn't like it, but I thought it was great. About as good >>>>>> as >>>>>> big budget SF gets (granted: that's a kind of faint praise). >>>>>> Am I >>>>>> alone in this opinion? >> >>>>>> cd >> >>>> -- >>>> eric scoles ([email protected]) > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
