When District 9 came out, people were immediately taken with it. Its unique style and resonant story led to a Best Picture nomination and made Neill Blomkamp a young talent to watch. He followed this up with Elysium, a flawed film but one which still showed the potential in his ability to address topical issues within an imaginative world. It was no District 9 but people were still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. After 2015, however, he may have lost that benefit. Chappie did well enough at the box office, but critically it seemed to cement Blomkamp as a director with a lot of ideas, but an inability to properly execute them. Blomkamp is still young and has shown lots of promise so this is hardly the end for him, but its a little alarming that his movies have gotten steadily worse as hes gone on. To make things worse for him, through no fault of his own, he also lost out on making the Alien sequel he had been publicly talking about. Despite being briefly attached to pursue it, Ridley Scott shortly thereafter returned with his own Alien plans that would indefinitely put Blomkamps film on hold and add another wallop to Blomkamp's year.
Connor loves movies, comics, and TV, and is trying to write for people who feel the same way. When he's not sitting on the couch with his laptop, you might find him lying in his bed with his laptop.
