District 9

For the first time in a long time, I actually payed to see a movie in the theater instead of downloading it. In the 20 minutes of commercials and 10 new Disney/Pixar movie trailers, one trailer stood out from the rest, District 9. It started off with documentary style interviews of people talking about what you think is a new minority migrating into a part of the world for which they clearly do not belong. Like celebrities visiting 3rd world countries collecting babies for their own personal collection. The trailer then reveals that these new squatters are not human, but of alien origin. The last bit shows one of the extra terrestrials being interrogated by what seems to be the military. This is a new take on the alien invasion theme used by so many other movies. It actually shows the aliens as having emotion and a sense of humanity. The clip gave an insight on what it would realistically be like if aliens landed on an unwelcoming Earth. Forced into slavery while their technology is reverse-engineered for our personal use. All the while being imprisoned in impoverished and disgusting conditions resembling those of Slumdog Millionaire. Since they are not human, you can assume they would have no human rights as well. There are undertones of poverty and racial issues throughout the trailer, but I'm not smart enough to try and explain them any further.

Last Day Dream by Chris Milk

I always kind of turned a blind eye to short films, but this video that I stumbled upon got a lot done in about 42 seconds. It was produced for Beijing's 42 Second Dream Film Festival and it really needs no introduction, you'll understand as soon as you watch. Also, there's a great unexpected cameo in this; just watch you'll love it.

Disclaimer: The thumbnail is very misleading, put your boners away....

Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.