District 9

OK - This movie almost made me cum when I first saw it. Wanting to walk the line between broadcast journalist and film-maker, the documentary style really inspired me and made me want to up my game. The film is a seamless work of art, a feature film, shot as if it were a documentary only montaged with security camera footage, CNN style newsfeeds and lab cameras, and laced heavily with awesome CGI aliens.

This is not Cloverfield, the hammy disaster movie 'shot on a camcorder' style masterpiece of old, although it does follow the new generation of viral narrative, and despite the slightly tired ending, I still rate this as the best piece of cinema from 2009.

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