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Showing posts with label neill blomkamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neill blomkamp. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Chappie A.K.A. CHAPPiE (2015)

An American science fiction directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja), Anri du Toit (Yolandi Visser), Sigourney Weaver and Hugh Jackman.
Ninja and Yolandi owe a crime boss a large sum of money for a botched heist. They kidnap a scientist who has just created a human-like consciousness for police robots and the broken robot that he is about to test it on. In preparation for a larger crime, Ninja and Yolandi try to teach their new robot how to be a criminal, but also moral values. Back at the police robot station, another officer activates his bigger robot and pilots it into a confrontation with the main characters.
This got generally negative reviews, but I really liked it. It came with "pre-loaded" characters (Ninja and Yolandi). Anyone familiar with the duo's music videos knows their characters already, meaning that the lack of character development in the film became a non-issue. The plot was a little bit disjointed, choppy and desultory. It lacked resolution to many of the concepts and events involved. The video was pretty good. The special effects were done very well, meaning the robot looked real and like he was really there. The audio featured some Die Antwoord songs, so no complaints here. I could hear the dialogue too. Some of this dialogue was admittedly poorly written and maybe a little cheesy, but this was not the focus of the film. The real purpose of this thing was that Die Antwoord teach the robot to be like their characters. I think it succeeded here. Overall, pre-loaded characters that I like, good music and good CG. I rate this best. Watch it if you like Die Antwoord.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

District 9 (2009)


A science fiction directed by Neill Blomkamp, produced by Peter Jackson.
An alien ship arrives in Africa, but no aliens come out. The military open the ship to find the aliens in very poor conditions. A shanty town is erected (called district 9) where the aliens can live. A new town is constructed later and the military sends people in to evict the aliens from their old town and move them to the new town. One of the leaders of this mission is sprayed with alien liquid and begins to transform into one of them.
The whole movie was gross, dirty and very rough, but I believe that this was the intention of the filmmakers. This style achieved it's intended purpose as shootouts and escapes happened. I think that the aliens were very well done, since I couldn't tell if they were men in costumes, animatronic, or CG. The few main characters were good and I liked the plot. There is a really good chase/fight scene in the end where the changing human pilots an alien robot in order to help one of the aliens. I'm rating this good.