District 9 is science fiction at it's best. It's an allegory for modern racial tension across the world. It is intelligent. And it has a lot of exploding bodies. How cool is that?
District 9's story is pretty straight forward. It's about a group of aliens stuck on earth who live in a refugee camp. They aren't popular with the natives so they are being moved, chaos ensues. It's a very well told story framed as a documentary, although it seems to lose the documentary structure in the middle for awhile before returning to it at the end. The characters are all relatable, each with their own clear motivations which really help propel the story along.
The actors are all very good, especially the actor who played Wikes (? I think that's how you spell it, and I'm not going to try the last names). He makes a pretty unappealing guy relatable and really pulls some sympathy out of the viewer.
I recommend this to any true science fiction fan.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife is the story of the love between a man who is frequently displaced in time and the woman who has loved him since she was a child.
The story is really nice and sweet. At times it is hard to follow because it really bounces all around and isn't told in a linear fashion, but overall it's pretty clearly told. I liked it because it was a sweet love story that never became sappy like many chick flicks do.
Eric Bana isn't that great of an actor, but I thought he was fine here. Rachel McAdams is beautiful. Oh yeah, and she made a woman in an unbelievable situation relatable, which was not an insignificant accomplishment.
I recommend this for couples who like movies.
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