Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 08/23/09 18:04, Darren New wrote:
>>> Up to that point, it wasn't clear that the humans were simply being 
>>> nasty
>>
>> Yes, because burning the eggs and describing the sounds as "popcorn"
>> wasn't a give-away. :-)
> 
>     I guess we're using different meanings for nasty.
> 
>     If your house is full of mosquitoes that bite you, and you take 
> pleasure in destroying them, are you a nasty person?

Granted. But I don't think there was any support in the movie for the aliens 
actually being a threat like that.  I felt the author/director/whatever was 
clearly trying to show the humans having zero care for what the aliens might 
want or think.  I mean, murdering babies is clearly *intended* to show the 
humans aren't especially nice.

I loved the later scenes, with the main guy threatening to take 
"Christopher's" kid away if he doesn't agree to the relocation. That just 
felt so ... bureaucratic.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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