District 9

So because of school and work I have been very behind on some of the most popular films but last week I finally saw District 9. Everyone I knew said it was excellent and I can see how creative and different it was. I, however, was very disturbed by it. Because it was set in Johannesburg and because it showed a people group forced to live in slums and be tortured and made fun of by the rest of society, I found the film too much to take. I'm a very sensitive person and even though the aliens were creepy looking, I couldn't bear to see them treated so poorly. So many people make fun of others or treat others as outcasts just because they don't know them. If they got to know who they really are, they would realize how alike they really are. I have some friends who are really great people, but certain members of our society treat them like gum that got stuck on their shoe. It's just not right, they are beautiful people in my eyes and more importantly in God's. I however am not innocent. I will periodically turn the other way when I see a homeless person looking at me with those sad puppy eyes. It isn't that I dislike them or that I am afraid. I just feel so much of their pain when I look in their eyes that I feel guilty for not giving them everything I have. I usually don't carry cash on me so I usually have nothing to give them except credit cards and the clothes off my back, but I still feel guilty. Back to District 9, I actually never finished the movie. My friend has encouraged me to finish it which I may or may not do. Maybe when I am having a good day I can handle the end of the movie, we'll see.