this really would be a 4:30 movie

We saw District 9 finally. It's like an empty-headed blockbuster in an indie cheap suit (and in reality, a mid-budget $30 mil.).
Aliens are shipwrecked on Earth, or more specifically, Johannesburg, South Africa. It begins as another mock documentary, about the government's attempt to move the "prawns" from their squalid shantytown to an internment camp. They know all about how do that in S.A. It's a parable about refugees, then it's a buddy action movie (and Planet of the Apes, The Fly, and Mad Max 2 ). The movie does contain this exact scene: (guy under fire yelling to other guy) "NO, YOU GO! YOU CAN MAKE IT! I'LL HOLD THEM OFF!" Also, as a bonus, criminally depraved Africans of all skin tones. The white Africans are stock evil corporate types who only want weapons systems and biotechnology and will dissect you alive to get it, but the black Africans want to EAT you to gain your power. There are also merciless, bloodthirsty mercenaries, whom good guys are allowed to kill. In District 9, bad guys aren't taken out by a bullet, they explode in chunky splatters. Over and over.
But the special affects were remarkable, maybe the most seamless CG creatures I've ever seen. And I just found out that leading man Sharlto Copley hadn't been an actor before this film, and that is just shocking. He's good, he's Murdock in "The A-Team", and I wonder what his real accent sounds like. I guess I can watch WWE Monday Night RAW tonight and find out. He does comedy in character in this clip from Funny or Die.