Alien science fiction movies are good because the aliens can act as proxies for some group without offending too many people. District 9 is a great film. The aliens in District 9 can stand in for any citizen in the world that does not have direct connections to those in power.
District 9 is so well shot and acted that you may forget that you are watching a fictional piece of art. Especially if you paid any attention to the victims of Hurricane Katrina or the Haitian Earthquake. The movie gives us the mode of operations of the power structure any time there are refugees from some disaster. First the military confronts those in need. The sufferers are then isolated into camps. After all of that ordinary people are recruited to manage the refugee camps. The more ordinary the person, the more responsibilities they are given.
District 9 also brings to light, with subtlety, a crucial point. That is that corporations lead politicians, not the people who vote for them. No matter how unpopular the alien camps become to the human beings they remain in tact. The poor aliens are stuck in this strange place where life is the opposite of what the people living believe it is.
District 9 will entertain you with action and may teach you something with an intelligent screen play well presented. Watch this film. You never know when you will become a victim of disaster and find yourself in a relief camp.
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