Now here is a great indicator for District 9. Highly anticipated films typically see the best buzz and reviews early on, with more negative feelings surfacing as the film closes in on its release date. Not so for District 9, which is actually getting more and more praise the closer it gets to its theatrical release this Friday.
Some are even calling it the best science-fiction of this century. Whoa!
District 9 Praise Increases
Because I couldn't help myself, below you will find two more extremely positive reviews for District 9. If you're over reviews and just want media, a new red band clip has surfaced as well. (so stop your whining)
IGN Australia District 9 is the result of both Blomkamp's demonstrable talent as a filmmaker and clearly sensitivity towards the social welfare of those displaced through apartheid in South Africa – hence, District 9 is semi-theoretical. This is not Transformers-esque twaddle hidden under a veil of authenticity.
As far-removed from a Michael Bay action movie as District 9 is, that's not to say that the experience is anything less than completely absorbing and intense. This is easily one of the best science fiction films of recent years – up there with similarly toned works like The Abyss or even the original The Day the Earth Stood Still. Handicam shots of Johannesburg's muted skyline, filled with a tremendous alien craft bearing down silently on upon it and its downtrodden residents, sets the scene perfectly – two disparate cultures about to clash.
AICN
This is EPIC science fiction taking place in a Shanty Town outside Johannesburg, South Africa. This is, to me, the most accomplished, provocative and intelligent science fiction I've seen in this new century. On Twitter I declared that this is the first great science fiction film of the 21st century...
Because it is a truly great film. A film that asks us how we'll see future beings? Will we allow the ways of the past to dictate how we'll treat future sentient beings? But more than that, it's great filmmaking. Stunning filmmaking. The last 30 minutes or so -- it's concentrated badassery at a level that will have you cheering.
This is what ORIGINAL filmmaking looks like. What happens when you let a first timer have exactly what he needs to make a film that just fucking blows your mind away.
I've been putting out some early calls to friends to catch a midnight showing of District 9 and, with these sorts of reviews, I should have no problem finding company.
District 9 
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