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9 (2009)
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When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
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Simply A Masterpiece
Fantastic!
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
This is an example of a movie that is better as a short than as a feature film. The animation was excellent and the ideas were original, but the story didn't work that well. They stretched the plot out and watered it down and they could still only barely make it to 79 minutes. 9 is too intense for children, and not quite rich enough for adults.
An interesting film based on an award winning college short, in this the world was destroyed in the 1930's (thinly veiled blaming of Hitler) after a scientist creates a fantastic machine that can create anything. This leads to a robot revolution, all kinds of nasty warfare and the end of humanity. But the scientist had foresight, and created 9 stitchpunks, who's mission is to revive the earth. An interesting an different little film with some beautiful animation, it's well worth seeing.
I made an IMDb account just so I can rate this movie! No really, I did.I thought it was brilliant, very dynamic! All the nuances and layers are there, also the animation is on point! Highly recommend this film. After seeing it on the list for months I final watched it, you should too!
The world of the film, 9 is a bleak and desolate one. It is one in which all the life, hope and empathy that humanity at it's best has to offer is at it's best nonexistent. It is a world that is a barren wasteland and the spark of life has dimmed. In which life is reduced down to survival and everything else becomes secondary.In a future where mankind has destroyed itself through technology, irresponsibility and deception. Before his death, a lone scientist imparts nine elements of himself into nine rag dolls. The nine dolls band together in an act of survival. They attempt to make a life together though a series of events occurs that forces the youngest to confront the oldest doll in a conflict of values.As the story progresses the audience is exposed to the facts of the demise of the world of humanity. They are shown that it is through humanity's arrogance that an artificial intelligence was built and that humanity had an inability to respect their creation and to coexist with it. While this is a plot setup that has been done in other films, 9 does it in a unique way.It is through the struggles of the rag dolls within their world that we learn that those that come before us do not always prepare us for the life that we face. The world that anybody comes to live in is predetermined by those that came before and it is up to those descendants to reclaim the world in a manner that honors the spirit intended.This goal is not easily accomplished and usually needs sacrifice. It is a goal that requires groups of people to band together and find a way to be better than each one individually. Only then can the sins of the fathers be put right and allow life to flourish once more.