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4 Along with the idea of what it is to be human, and the concept of consciousness as something to be built and uploaded/downloaded (echoing a few of this year’s big films, from Ex Machina to Avengers: Age Of Ultron), Blomkamp also tackles nature versus nurture, and whether being a good person is inherent or can be learned. To do this, the director places Chappie at the centre of a battle for what some might consider his soul. On one side, his likable creator, Deon (Dev Patel), who wants Chappie to learn about art and nurture his creativity.
I’d be boasting about signing Cherno Samba, he’d be pouring his cereal. Have you ever worn sunglasses indoors? I don’t think so. I used to share a flat with Dominic Cooper, and he went one step more ridiculous than sunglasses indoors: glasses with no lenses. Just the frames. That’s it. He’d be wearing them in the flat, asking me if I wanted a cup of tea. I told him I couldn’t take him seriously with them on, but he told me I just had to fall in line. When was the last time you walked out of a movie?
After the huge success of his debut, District 9, the South African-Canadian director bumped back down to earth with the misfiring Elysium. So would his third film prove him a ‘visionary genius’, as many had rushed to label him early on, or had he already used up his box of tricks? The answer, frustratingly, is still hazy, and probably won’t fully be resolved until after his Alien film, but for now it seems to be a bit of both. It perhaps doesn’t help that Chappie feels like a deliberate shift back to the look and feel of District 9, inviting immediate and largely unfavourable comparisons.