Jester David
Hero
Saw it. I quite liked it.
It's not great. A firm bronze medal in the Aliens franchise. (Haven't seen the re-edited version of Alien 3 yet.) It's much shallower than Prometheus and lacks the questioning and philosophy that drives that movie. There's far less going on in terms of both theme and subtext.
And the narrative of the movie really overlaps with Alien. It doesn't bring much that's new to the table. There's little that we haven't seen before, apart from the "mould bubbles" (which actually surprised me; I was expected death by fungal eruption and not what actually happened).
But much of it worked. It was scary in tense in the right places, and I was uncertain who was going to die and how much damage there would be. While stupid decisions were made, they felt more believable than the ones from Prometheus, where people did stupid things for no good reason at all. Here, they were far less trained people doing stupid things for panicky human reasons like love or misplaced trust. And it was just enjoyable to watch in places.
It followed up nicely from Prometheus without being shackled to that movie.
I really hope it does well enough to warrant another sequel. Because damn do I want to know where it goes next.
It's not great. A firm bronze medal in the Aliens franchise. (Haven't seen the re-edited version of Alien 3 yet.) It's much shallower than Prometheus and lacks the questioning and philosophy that drives that movie. There's far less going on in terms of both theme and subtext.
And the narrative of the movie really overlaps with Alien. It doesn't bring much that's new to the table. There's little that we haven't seen before, apart from the "mould bubbles" (which actually surprised me; I was expected death by fungal eruption and not what actually happened).
But much of it worked. It was scary in tense in the right places, and I was uncertain who was going to die and how much damage there would be. While stupid decisions were made, they felt more believable than the ones from Prometheus, where people did stupid things for no good reason at all. Here, they were far less trained people doing stupid things for panicky human reasons like love or misplaced trust. And it was just enjoyable to watch in places.
It followed up nicely from Prometheus without being shackled to that movie.
I really hope it does well enough to warrant another sequel. Because damn do I want to know where it goes next.
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