The science fiction genre offers some incredible tools for writers and filmmakers. It allows them to take contemporary and real-world problems and get an audience to think about them without pointing the finger so strongly at ourselves, making things less personal and allowing us to be more comfortable with the issues at hand.
Sure, sometimes science fiction films can be preachy in this manner. However, when done properly, they can be incredibly thought-provoking and, while difficult to accept at times, lets us look at our own actions in a new light.
“District 9” achieves this, making it more than just a standard summer science fiction film. The movie embodies speculative fiction, taking a real-world situation, applying it to a fantastic concept and then seeing how it makes us feel.
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