Spoilers (sort of): the AI generated face of previous actor in said series really annoyed me. Obviously it looked awful, but just why Hollywood. Stop it.
Other than that, I thought the movie was pretty good. Little heavy on the nostalgia, but it nailed a few things that really made Alien and Aliens work:
Spoilers (sort of): the AI generated face of previous actor in said series really annoyed me. Obviously it looked awful, but just why Hollywood. Stop it.
Other than that, I thought the movie was pretty good. Little heavy on the nostalgia, but it nailed a few things that really made Alien and Aliens work:
- Relative nobody cast
- People who look like normal humans not actors
- Blue collar pro-labor commentary (it's been in the films since 1979 and it fit here!)
- Really nasty looking critters + body horror
The alien looked great. The movie's first two acts really nailed it. Lots of build up, and a really creepy nice lore addition to how the aliens 'molt' and grow through stages of their life cycle. Great stuff. It was all pretty predictable, with a few nice additions. Very comfort-food Alien, like The Force Awakens. Predictable and not offensive, but not shocking or revelatory.
I was mostly fine with the third act (much more action heavy), the weaponry explanation was a nice touch - the characters are just blue collar workers, not marines!
The fourth act is going to be really divisive and it appears it is. I have to admit, I like that Alvarez swung for the fences here. That was just downright disgusting. Body horror A+, which is Alvarez's thing, though it was a bit cliché in terms of how our protagonists handled it. The connection to...less well received films also feels like Scott tacked it on cause he had to make "it all connected!!!!".
Only thing I needed were more Xenomorphs killing humans. Nom nom headbite
Spoilers (sort of): the AI generated face of previous actor in said series really annoyed me. Obviously it looked awful, but just why Hollywood. Stop it.
Other than that, I thought the movie was pretty good. Little heavy on the nostalgia, but it nailed a few things that really made Alien and Aliens work:
- Relative nobody cast
- People who look like normal humans not actors
- Blue collar pro-labor commentary (it's been in the films since 1979 and it fit here!)
- Really nasty looking critters + body horror
The alien looked great. The movie's first two acts really nailed it. Lots of build up, and a really creepy nice lore addition to how the aliens 'molt' and grow through stages of their life cycle. Great stuff. It was all pretty predictable, with a few nice additions. Very comfort-food Alien, like The Force Awakens. Predictable and not offensive, but not shocking or revelatory.
I was mostly fine with the third act (much more action heavy), the weaponry explanation was a nice touch - the characters are just blue collar workers, not marines!
The fourth act is going to be really divisive and it appears it is. I have to admit, I like that Alvarez swung for the fences here. That was just downright disgusting. Body horror A+, which is Alvarez's thing, though it was a bit cliché in terms of how our protagonists handled it. The connection to...less well received films also feels like Scott tacked it on cause he had to make "it all connected!!!!".
Only thing I needed were more Xenomorphs killing humans. Nom nom headbite