I saw the trailer for a movie called 9 some time ago and have been meaning to offer my thoughts, but for whatever reason, I haven’t. So consider this my thoughts about the movie. In keeping with the theme, I will explain in 9 different ways the reason this movie has me incredibly excited and intrigued.

1 – The film is produced by the often brilliant (Edward Scissorhands) but also sometimes not-so (Sweeney Todd) Tim Burton. Sharing primary producing roles with Burton is Timur Bekmambetov, the director of the Night Watch series of movies as well as Wanted – the ultra-violent and ridiculously enjoyable movie starring Liam Neeson. The fact that Burton is attached is enough for me to be interested, and the film certainly looks like it fits within Burton’s imagination.

2 – Shane Acker, the director of the film, has based this feature on a previously released short film of his, also called 9, which can – and bloody well should – be viewed here . Watch it, enjoy it, and tell me that it doesn’t whet your appetite. It also proves that this will be a name of someone who has a brilliantly visual mind and would be a career worth watching.

3 – This movie looks like the first CGI film that wasn’t made by Pixar or Dreamworks that I reckon will actually be really good. The artistic style is very interesting; dark, gloomy and quirky.

4 – The cast sounds good too. The hobbit-y Elijah Wood, the sometimes funny John C. Reilly, the hotness (although we wont see her – boo hiss) Jennifer Connelly and the forever bung and bent bastard Crispin Glover.

5 – The story. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which humanity is either gone or threatened.

6 – The trailer was awesome. Check it out here .

7 – Clutching at straws here but I reckon the evil beast created that seems to be hunting down the little puppet named 9 has (especially if you watch the short film) a menace and evil to it that reminds me of the sort of bio-mechanical mix seen in Scissorhands.

8 – The release date, although not confirmed for Australia, mentions September. So, go see 9 sometime in the 9th month of the 9th year of this millennium. These straws are great!

9 – Finally, the movie just looks fucking great. That should be enough for anyone methinks.

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