I'm sure somebody posted it, but I used the search thing to check and it said no matches sooo.

It comes out today, anyone going to go see it? I have detention, so I fucking can't.

Also, article.
http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/features/movies/9-animation-for-all-ages/?GT1=28103

And can somebody epic make me a sig, yo.

I wish I could see it today but it only comes here 29 October 2009.
Way to ruin a ****ing good day. We still haven't received District 9.
I hate this country.

At least we still have Inglorious Basterds.

Sucks bro. I haven't seen any of those yet so, lol.

9 will be as bland as the short that it is based off of.

Well I saw it today. No spoilers right now.


The animation was very nice, of course. You really do get a lot of eye candy in this movie. The atmosphere is certainly done well. However, this is definitely a trailer movie. The writing was weak, and the overall plot seemed really boiled down. The movie relies a lot on the "rebelling against the evil machines" idea which is actually a bit cliche. It could have been used much better.


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For example, the evil machine was a faceless robot. It had all the intelligence of the scientist, but the film never touches that at all. Why doesn't the scientist explain why a copy of his own brain caused the machines to turn on humans. Why not go thematically into the battle of the soul vs. intelligence. This movie is obviously not a battle of soul vs. machines because they are technically all machines. And in my humble opinion, the ending was shallow.

I'll see it for the art direction.

I'll see it because Tim Burton ****ing directed it.
Just for the respect of the man.

Tim Burton definitely didn't direct it. They just slapped his name on there because he's a producer, I believe.

Pretty much. I try to forget that Tim Burton is involved, just because they are using his name as a selling point.

Producing it's even harder than directing, I give him that..

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Producing it's even harder than directing, I give him that..

Erm... No, it's not. Really. A producer does VERY little work in Hollywood: they might pitch the film, toss money at it, and then they're just there to give creative input. Directing requires you to oversee everything all at once, and that includes making sure actors are saying their lines right, explaining your vision to the art department, the CG department, the sound department, etc.

A good example of how directing is hard work is just by looking at Peter Jackson. He lost a lot of weight during the filming of Lord of the Rings and King Kong without trying just because of how much work he was doing. That's why he didn't want to direct the Halo film: executive producer wouldn't be so taxing. His latest directorial effort, The Lovely Bones, was very low in terms of work: no epic shots of New Zealand, no crowds of actors in orc costumes, just a few actors and actresses in a small film based on a small but exceptional book.

man i'm ****ing sick of people saying it's a tim burton movie, and saying he ****ing directed it and shit, i've even heard people saying "it's animated in the nightmare before christmas style" (stop motion)
****ing raged.

Hey, 2-D, it just means the marketing people are doing their job!

i know, it's annoying as shit.

I just got back from seeing it. Holy shit it was amazing.