April is away on vacation, which is why we didn't have our usual "Weekend Viewing" blog feature on Friday.  I was going to write it up in her absence, but I figured why bother?  Given the near universally positive reviews District 9 received from critics, there really wasn't any question what all of us were going to see this weekend, right?  I mean, it was District 9 or nothing.

Well, now that we have all seen it, I can't help but ask... am I the only one who found it ploddingly pessimistic, nihilistic, and... um... what is the word for depicting a general disgust for mankind?

District 9 is about three years too late.  Despite the economic downturn, the election of Obama changed the cultural mood from despair to hope.  There is a reason Star Trek was the only hit this summer!  People want to feel optimism for mankind, not watch a depiction of just how ugly mankind can be.

 But hey, maybe I'm wrong.  The critics seems to love District 9.