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While delving into the depths of an abandoned space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. See how the Alien franchise films rank, based on IMDb user ratings. 14, 2024]. Director Fede Álvarez sought out the special effects team from Alien 2 (1986) to work on the creatures. Physical sets, practical creatures, and miniatures were used whenever possible to aid in the later visual effects work. When Rain turns off the ship’s gravity and shoots all the aliens, all of their blood is suspended in the air in long, blurry patterns. .
Alien Theme Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Zero gravity in real life causes liquids to form spherical shapes, not spread out in long, flat chunks like in the movie. Andy: The solution for a claustrophobic astronaut is to give him more space. The 20th Century Studios fanfare freezes and turns ominous, much like in Alien 3 (1992), leading into the opening scene of the film. The logo itself suffers a static explosion and turns green. Featured on Nerdrotic: The Acolyte: Force is Female CONFIRMED? The Death of Movie Theaters – The Real BBC @MauLer @HeelvsBabyface (2024). Positives first: good action, practical special effects, and nice visuals.
The action was thrilling with some scary moments
Director Fede Alvarez and his production team have captured the grim atmosphere of Alien and the thrilling action of Aliens almost perfectly. The use of practical effects and realistic miniatures was very refreshing to see in this age of CGI excess. Seeing a fully realized Xenomorph in person blew me away, and the space scenes were beautiful. This quality camera work, visual presentation, and use of CGI, albeit limited, when needed was excellent. Negatives: Average acting, nostalgia bait story, copy-pasted text and dialogue from better Alien movies, and the inclusion of historical elements from the inferior prequels that I wish didn’t exist in the official canon. Also, the villain reveal was an “oh, get the hell out of here.” For the moment, I won’t say more. Aside from the great lead actress Spaeny playing her part, the rest of the cast of actors/characters were just okay.
Also the overuse of copy & pasted dialogue from Sigourney Weaver’s better Alien films was very embarrassing
I thought the nostalgia bait story was boring, it made my eyes roll and almost broke the fourth wall, ruined the immersion for me. I’m getting bored of sequels and prequels that rely heavily on lazy “remember-berries” to get the casual audience’s enjoyment while embarrassing Alien fans and almost pissing them off. To be honest, it’s just lazy writing and disrespectful to the other Alien movies that did it first. Unnecessary. 20th Century Studios should have called it Alien: Remember due to the over reliance on oh you remember this bit… Lastly, trying to inject all the controversial and franchise damaging nonsense from Prometheus into the film was frustrating, I hated all of that origin of the Space Jockey and the creation of the Xenomorph trash. And don’t get me started on the villain, I don’t want to spoil anything, but it fit ridiculously into the established continuity of the franchise with all the necessary tie-ins and plot beats to adapt.
“berry” story and poor script, it was a disappointment
They should have made a sequel years after Alien: Resurrection and set up the beginning of a new Alien saga long after Weaver’s adventures (and with better writers on board, but due to disappointing characters a lackluster “remember”). Alien: Romulus, an above-average Alien greatest hits movie, fourth best film in the franchise. The final season of “What We Do in the Shadows” is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month.