The First Review: District 9

This is a fairly daunting task. Writing my first review. Here I determine what edge I shall pursue with the blog. Shall I write with welcoming witticisms, or as a brusque bane? Shall I be irksome, or surprisingly charming? I simply don't know. Frankly I'm a fairly average and loquacious writer, often failing to get to the point quickly enough. Ironically, I am doing this as I type.

So here goes.

'District 9' was a very satisfying analysis of humans' intolerance towards anything new. The mockumentary style played a spectacular role in pacing the movie, especially during the exposition. It took me about 5 minutes before I was engrossed within the atmosphere the makers created. The main character, Wikus van der Merwe (yes, I just copied and pasted that),

What especially makes District 9 so appealing is its awareness of what exactly makes good Science-Fiction. Good Science-Fiction always involves an original idea and an intricate alternative universe. This is exceptionally important: Science Fiction does not propound a predictable moral message to its film. It discusses and analyzes a moral dilemma. Whether we are right or wrong, this genre takes a future (sometimes plausible) scenario and explores it to the nth degree. We should not be simply examining an unfortunate man's path to redemption, rather we should be scrutinizing the most terrible aspects of human nature and how those could destroy us in the future.

Substance: 8 -- the first half was fascinating and instantly engrossing.

Style: 9 -- The mockumentary style was wonderful, and the cinematographer(s) are clearly video game fans.

Substance Consistency: 6 -- It would be higher, if not for the second half delving too far into the common man's love for explosions.

Style Consistency: 7 -- why, why, Why! did they drop the mockumentary style for almost the entire last half of the movie?? It was clearly so you wouldn't be pulled out of the action, but it strongly detracted from my lovable curiosity during the film. We've all seen some great action before, but I wanted to hear more from future humans commenting on their chaotic past.

So now to conclude my first post, I shall function within the likes of literally any renowned critic. I shall finish my review with a pointless pun that your average (which is to say, your every) critic squeezes in as his/her own synopsis:

"District 9 makes