Matthew Nichenko
District 9 Film Critique
When talking traditional film, the film usually ends with the same perspective as it begins with. Well with District 9, this is not the case. District 9 is unique because the first half of the film is portrayed as a political documentary, while the second half is shown as a summer blockbuster action film. Granted the premise of the documentary is a science fiction look at alien life on Earth, it still holds an extremely accurate depiction as a political documentary as well.
The movie appears to have no protagonist at the start and really does not evolve at all until later; it is just keeps relaying twenty years of background information. However, after passing the half way mark, in District 9, the movie changes perspectives entirely when it leaves it’s documentary feel and becomes much more of a highly produced blockbuster action film. The movie begins to follow main character Wikus Van De Merwe (Sharlto Copley), and his attempt to become human again, after accidently turning himself into an alien. This use of two extreme director genres’ within the same is highly unusual and some may say sloppy. However, in the case of District 9, director Neill Blomkamp pulls it off perfectly. Looking back, it was exceptionally interesting to see how it evolved full circle.
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