Ozymandias Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Nope, nada to do with Elysium. It's just that we who never got D9 hype were prosecuted as trolls and now we are coming out of the woods in full force becasue our claim that Blomkapm is overrated is vindicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Disney Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 David Lynch is very over-rated. His films are either just ok or horrible. Oliver Stone is over-rated unless you don't want accuracy in your history movies. A lot of people have never taken a college history course, so Oliver Stone's films continue to be praised. Spike Lee's films aren't that good either. He's highly over-rated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) . Edited August 12, 2013 by lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 David Lynch is very over-rated. His films are either just ok or horrible. Oliver Stone is over-rated unless you don't want accuracy in your history movies. A lot of people have never taken a college history course, so Oliver Stone's films continue to be praised. Spike Lee's films aren't that good either. He's highly over-rated. All of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 And Elysium's going to continue to bomb and be bashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 And Elysium's going to continue to bomb and be bashed. Yep, and it deserves it. Unfortunately for you, it doesn't change District 9's reputation or quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 well, D9 is overrated and Elysium is making people rethink their dellusions. It's no more a taboo to say it's overrated cause it is. Good movie but not as good as fanboys make it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I think D9 is a smart, dazzling, surprising film, which makes something as generic and brainless as Elysium that much more depressing because it came from the same dude. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I still can't see how District 9 was smart, dazzling and surprising in ANY way. I couldn't help but burst out laughing when I saw that the freaking Aliens had human names. Trust me, that guy didn't have the face for a Christopher Johnson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 District 9 is fine, but it would have not been a BP nominee in a trillion years if not for the idiotic 10-nominee rule in 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) I still can't see how District 9 was smart, dazzling and surprising in ANY way. I couldn't help but burst out laughing when I saw that the freaking Aliens had human names. Trust me, that guy didn't have the face for a Christopher Johnson. All the characters are one dimensional caricatures with no real evolution (Beginning, the idiot antihero hates prawns and treats them as garbage cans because it's his job. Ending, the idiot antihero makes a reluctant deal with the only intelligent prawn if he promises he'll get his idiot shape back because he absolutely hates being a prawn. Has he really learn to respect prawns beyond thinking about them as parasites/a mean to reach his egoistical ends? I don't think so. And people say it's a movie about brotherhood and a parabole against racism Don't ever start me on Nigerians depiction...) and D9 fanboys trying to bang on your head how it is soooo subtlier than Avatar. I mean how that no-name mercenary in D9 chasing that buffoon caught in a bad remake of The Fly mixed with Alien Nation is written any subtlier than Quarritch? But oh well, "DAT Mecha!" (*Fanboy cumload*) Edited August 12, 2013 by dashrendar44 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Rob Zombie. I loath this hack of a director that thinks loading a movie with countless "fuck", fugly rednecks and his talentless wife makes him an edgy filmmaker equalling the likes of Tarantino and Peckinpah. He's an average typical rock music videos director at best but his movies are load of juvenile redneck crap filling worthless horror remakes (Halloween I & II). None are scary, none are better than Texas Chainsaw remakes that are supposed to be crap. His take on Michael Myers as a redneck kid that grew up in a fucked-up vulgar redneck family to explain why he's an evil-doer was so over-the-top and ridiculous pseudo-psychology bullshit (His wife as Myers skank mum didn't help at all). He just squandered the powerful aura of Carpenter's Halloween 1978. His latest attempt at trying so hard to be Ken Russell in a laughable satanist bad trip is priceless, just your typical empty cliche-ridden wallpapers imagery (goat, witchery, pentagram, greasy and filthy long hair) for goth and metalheads posers to filled their Tumblr feed thinking they're so dark and rebel. My favourite post in quite some time. I loved his first two films. L-O-V-E-D. Then he thought he was better than Carpenter and he gave Myers reasons for being a psychopath. Zombie is a hack. I can't stand what he did to Halloween. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 well, D9 is overrated and Elysium is making people rethink their dellusions. It's no more a taboo to say it's overrated cause it is. Good movie but not as good as fanboys make it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Wait so now people are bashing District 9 because Elysium disappointed?? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I still can't see how District 9 was smart, dazzling and surprising in ANY way. I couldn't help but burst out laughing when I saw that the freaking Aliens had human names. Trust me, that guy didn't have the face for a Christopher Johnson.You know a movie is good when the only thing haters such as yourselves can complain about is the name of one of the characters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Wait so now people are bashing District 9 because Elysium disappointed?? Lol Not surprised at that. It's the same as people bashing Drive after almost everyone couldn't stand Only God Forgives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 D9 has a human turn into alien after he was sprayed by some "genetic" spray. That's end of smart right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 D9 has a human turn into alien after he was sprayed by some "genetic" spray. That's end of smart right there.I didn't realise you knew so much about Alien genetic spray. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 There's only one word for the people who think D9 is overrated. - 'Pity' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 D9 has a human turn into alien after he was sprayed by some "genetic" spray. That's end of smart right there. i'm not a fanatic district 9 lover but come on - that's a plot device that serves a thematic purpose. sci-fi isn't just about how realistic the tech is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
