District 9

I watched this movie last night because I'm going to be nominating Hugo awards and this seemed like a likely candidate for a nomination.

It's a surprisingly good science fiction movie. I found it very unpleasant to watch because of all the violence, so I only gave it two stars at netflix, but really, Hollywood doesn't "get" science fiction that well at all often. It's about first contact with aliens, who get treated like a "lesser breed" by the South African government. There's lots of blowing things up, and a creepy makup job as the main character gradually turns into an alien.

You get to nominate 5 movies, and I'm sure this should be one of them. Whether I'll vote for it when the time to vote comes is another question. I would really like there to be a movie that's as good that I actually enjoyed watching. The only other candidate I've seen so far is Star Trek, and it's certainly not as good Science Fiction, although I really enjoyed watching it.

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1. Nominating the Hugos
2. Stories from the polls
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