I saw 9 last week and decided I'd write a quick review about it. That quick review happened a week late. What can I say? The life of a 5th year engineering student is mildly hectic.
9 was about as excellent as I thought it would be. It's hard to go wrong with a two-word summary of "rag-doll apocalypse". I could see this being my favorite movie if I was 12. I say that because it was incredibly simple and sort of adorable. The apocalypse is brought around by a popular favorite: machines. I'm pretty sure a zombie apocalypse is more likely than machines turning against us. But I guess a world in which a scientist puts parts of his soul into rag-dolls would get taken over by crazy machines. Either way, the rag-dolls are pretty simple characters, mostly one-dimensional. I chalk the lack of character development up to this actually being a kids' movie. It was short enough to be just a quick break from reality. I would definitely watch it again. io9 has a longer review that I've linked to below and Charlie Jane is definitely more critical of the film than I am. I think it's highly enjoyable if you don't expect too much.
io9's 9 Review
18 September 2009
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