So I had three DVDs sitting on top of my TV for the last three weeks. Okay, maybe you want to double that number to six weeks. And yet I still couldn’t find myself watching any of the three. So the movies sit and sit, because I am not in the mood. So to lessen the load to two this weekend, I finally ventured to watch one. Baby steps, people, baby steps.

And I chose District 9. Here is the basic synopsis of District 9. Shot in documentary style, an alien ship arrives and proceeds to hover over Johannesburg, South Africa. The alien occupants of this ship are quarantined in a ghetto and monitored by humans. 

And I have drawn the following conclusions regarding this type of movie:

1. I don’t like movies where aliens look like big ugly insects with claws and fangs.

2. I don’t like movies where an alien emerges from another alien’s stomach or head or any other appendage.

3. I don’t like movies where aliens or any other creatures grow in pods.

4. I don’t like movies where aliens are trying to eat humans.

5. I don’t like movies where big ugly insect aliens speak using some weird language of screeching and clicking.   

I came to all five conclusions within 20 minutes of viewing this movie. And then proceeded to watch the last 5 minutes of the movie and called it the end of my District 9 viewing experience.

Now if you agree with me on any of the 5 dislikes listed above then do not watch District 9. And if you like any of the above 5, then this movie is your movie.

And if you agreed with me on the five dislikes above, you are welcome. Consider me your hero. You owe me. Big time. I mean, come on, these were big, gross, slimey aliens.

Sincerely,

Lynne with an Extraterrestial-phobia