{"id":129,"date":"2009-08-16T21:24:47","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T21:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/08\/a-little-sci-fi-a-little-ethical-pondering-district-9.html"},"modified":"2009-08-16T21:24:47","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T21:24:47","slug":"a-little-sci-fi-a-little-ethical-pondering-district-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/08\/a-little-sci-fi-a-little-ethical-pondering-district-9.html","title":{"rendered":"A Little Sci-Fi, A Little Ethical Pondering: District 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know at least one of my friends will roll his eyes at this brief post. I just exited a movie and one of the first comments I made concerned how ethically-challenged (yet somehow still sympathetic) the main character was. I’ve never reviewed a movie and this isn’t meant to be my first attempt. However, if you’re interested in sitting through two hours of a smart alien movie and<\/i> interested in asking all sorts of fascinating questions about the ethically and morally-bereft humans – well, go see District 9<\/a>. It covers it all; racism, prejudice, selfishness, greed. And of course, aliens with cool weapons.<\/p>\n

Movie Mom has a great review of the movie<\/a>; check it out.

Has anyone else seen it? What did you think?<\/b> I kinda loved it myself, unsubtle social messages and all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know at least one of my friends will roll his eyes at this brief post. I just exited a movie and one of the first comments I made concerned how ethically-challenged (yet somehow still sympathetic) the main character was. I’ve never reviewed a movie and this isn’t meant to be my first attempt. 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