Many invasion movies show our alien overlords (whom I, for one, would welcome) to have superior technology and/or advanced morals. In this movie, they don't. Yeah, there are many technologically advanced weapons. But the difference is that they don't immediately overwhelm the world with them. Instead, the aliens are put in their own ghetto.
Another reason I liked the movie is that the movie isn't about their invasion. In fact, what their arrival and placement into the camps is all done before the movie really starts. I was reminded of Kurt Busiek's Astro City. In the alien invasion story, the actual invasion was the background story. I seem to remember the actual info about it being in about two panels, mostly words. This was the same way. We're talking about Wikus and his point of view.
It's my understanding that the special effects in this movie were done for a much smaller pricetag tat many Hollywood movies. I couldn't really tell the difference. And since the effort went into storytelling, it didn't matter.
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