I totally agree with your points about the characters. I never found any of them interesting, and so had no empathy towards their plight. Frankly, I know that there were supposed to be siblings amongst the group, but in the dazzling look of the film, the relationships flew past into nothingness. I saw what was supposed to be anguish, but it seemed like spectacle, rather than genuine emotion. I know I had none for any of them. Ultimately, there’s no jeopardy if you don’t care about the characters.
Spot on Robert and well put. If the characters were meaningful, I think the whole film would have been raised. Thanks for adding your thoughts to the mix.
You review films well. There seems to be a lot of sycophancy and obsequiousness out there for that which is below the standard of reason. Keep it up, and I’ll tell people to watch you.
@@robertprendiville1349 Thanks Robert. I used to write for an Aussie magazine called FilmInk for years doing film reviews, but stopped quite a while back. I still get all the invites and been meaning to get back into it. I might take your words of encouragement and do a few more.
@@motivatedtravel You really ought to- you're good at it. The internet is full of slick looking review channels that deliver only praise. Get slicker, perhaps, but keep on with the reviewing style that folks deserve. Hollywood doesen't deserve to be rewarded for meeting half the mark. People (at least myself) are starved for reviews that inform us of whether to spend the outrageous fortune for Imax tickets, or to summarily wait til a film is past it's prime and watch it at home - with volume control.
Don’t mean to over- post, but- like all of you, I’m sure, I was really looking forward to this film. There were so many near misses after ‘Aliens’. I took my son to it. And the more I think on it, the more disappointed I am. A beautiful movie, to be sure…gorgeous, but then frantic. Did you all find it ‘Hell bent for leather’ pacing? I did. So much so that it was a touch exhausting. You can’t sprint the whole way through for fifty percent of a race. You become numb to the frenetic chaos. Chaos becomes normal. And then, dare I say mundane. What a bummer. Maybe I’ll like it more in time, but I left not feeling that.
And they looked rubbery! Sometimes the face huggers looked as fake as the gremlins! And then the birthing of an egg that turns into a human vampire xenomorph😩😔🤦🏼♂️….madness!
i did like the scene where they're all trying to get out of the door at the same time. But if they are blind, how come they always hit the face bang-on?
The movie moved to fast and tried to do too much. It was so busy trying to work-in cameos, easter eggs and callbacks that there was no room for any down time to let tension build. And despite the set design, sound design and monster design being on point the atmosphere of an Alien film just wasn’t there.
Just got home from watching it. I didn't like any of the actors except Andy and it seemed very easy for the group to take a spaceship, leave the mining planet to steal the cryo chambers from Romulus. Tension was entertaining, the ending was bonkers and creative, very Alvarez. Am happy I saw it in the theatre. 3 out of 5 for me.
Thank you for adding your thoughts to the mix. The spaceship taking off was one of the plot holes I was referring to. I kept thinking.... "what, you can just do that?"
I Completely agree with your review. So much didn’t make sense. Huge plot holes and the ending was definitely a mess. It was as if they took all the other movies, comics, games etc and threw them in a blender and tipped the results onto the screen - and don’t get me started on that “cameo” - crap CG for it too. And the use of the infamous line was so dumb. I did enjoy the movie but it could have been so much better. Lost track of the Easter eggs because there were sooo many. Also felt like it was a movie of Isolation for sure.
Cheers Jarrad, good to hear about your experience. The cameo CG looked really whack at first, then seemed to get better. It's like they got better at it, but didn't go back and redo the start. Or maybe I just got used to it.
I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant. The characters are flat and forgettable. The writing for them is nonexistent most of the time. The acting is completely dispassionate... or talentless, however you want to look at it. The fan service is completely inappropriate for a serious Alien film. Not even Resurrection stooped so low as to directly quote better, better movies in the franchise. As a fan, the "Get away from her you b****" line was completely insulting. How or why would they try to cheapen Ripleys glorious moment in Aliens?? This is how i rank the franchise: Aliens Alien Prometheus Alien Covenant Alien Resurrection AVP Alien Romulus Alien 3 AVP: Requiem
I totally agree with your points about the characters. I never found any of them interesting, and so had no empathy towards their plight. Frankly, I know that there were supposed to be siblings amongst the group, but in the dazzling look of the film, the relationships flew past into nothingness. I saw what was supposed to be anguish, but it seemed like spectacle, rather than genuine emotion. I know I had none for any of them. Ultimately, there’s no jeopardy if you don’t care about the characters.
Spot on Robert and well put. If the characters were meaningful, I think the whole film would have been raised. Thanks for adding your thoughts to the mix.
You review films well. There seems to be a lot of sycophancy and obsequiousness out there for that which is below the standard of reason. Keep it up, and I’ll tell people to watch you.
@@robertprendiville1349 Thanks Robert. I used to write for an Aussie magazine called FilmInk for years doing film reviews, but stopped quite a while back. I still get all the invites and been meaning to get back into it. I might take your words of encouragement and do a few more.
@@motivatedtravel You really ought to- you're good at it. The internet is full of slick looking review channels that deliver only praise. Get slicker, perhaps, but keep on with the reviewing style that folks deserve. Hollywood doesen't deserve to be rewarded for meeting half the mark. People (at least myself) are starved for reviews that inform us of whether to spend the outrageous fortune for Imax tickets, or to summarily wait til a film is past it's prime and watch it at home - with volume control.
Don’t mean to over- post, but- like all of you, I’m sure, I was really looking forward to this film. There were so many near misses after ‘Aliens’. I took my son to it. And the more I think on it, the more disappointed I am. A beautiful movie, to be sure…gorgeous, but then frantic. Did you all find it ‘Hell bent for leather’ pacing? I did. So much so that it was a touch exhausting. You can’t sprint the whole way through for fifty percent of a race. You become numb to the frenetic chaos. Chaos becomes normal. And then, dare I say mundane.
What a bummer. Maybe I’ll like it more in time, but I left not feeling that.
Someone else just commented with exactly the same sentiment as well!
Movie was horrible, Facehuggers had more action than Drone Aliens
Completely agree, awful, awful film....Couldnt care less about the characters...no tension, and the ending was stupid beyond words
Can we also say that an 11 foot being that develops from an infant in four minutes, stretches even the recent sped up development by too much.
And they looked rubbery! Sometimes the face huggers looked as fake as the gremlins! And then the birthing of an egg that turns into a human vampire xenomorph😩😔🤦🏼♂️….madness!
i did like the scene where they're all trying to get out of the door at the same time. But if they are blind, how come they always hit the face bang-on?
Warriors actually... I think.
The movie moved to fast and tried to do too much. It was so busy trying to work-in cameos, easter eggs and callbacks that there was no room for any down time to let tension build.
And despite the set design, sound design and monster design being on point the atmosphere of an Alien film just wasn’t there.
Agree! I wonder why they didn't use the iconic score at any point? That would have helped. No motion bleeps either.
Shameless (US TV series) meets Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). This is what this movie is.
I haven't seen shameless, what the connection?
@@motivatedtravel Lower Class people in SouthSide Chicago trying to survive in a hostile world/environment.
Just got home from watching it. I didn't like any of the actors except Andy and it seemed very easy for the group to take a spaceship, leave the mining planet to steal the cryo chambers from Romulus. Tension was entertaining, the ending was bonkers and creative, very Alvarez. Am happy I saw it in the theatre. 3 out of 5 for me.
Thank you for adding your thoughts to the mix. The spaceship taking off was one of the plot holes I was referring to. I kept thinking.... "what, you can just do that?"
I Completely agree with your review. So much didn’t make sense. Huge plot holes and the ending was definitely a mess. It was as if they took all the other movies, comics, games etc and threw them in a blender and tipped the results onto the screen - and don’t get me started on that “cameo” - crap CG for it too. And the use of the infamous line was so dumb. I did enjoy the movie but it could have been so much better. Lost track of the Easter eggs because there were sooo many. Also felt like it was a movie of Isolation for sure.
Cheers Jarrad, good to hear about your experience. The cameo CG looked really whack at first, then seemed to get better. It's like they got better at it, but didn't go back and redo the start. Or maybe I just got used to it.
The alien only killed 3 people in a 2 hour long movie & everytime it had a chance to kill the main character it just looks at her this movie sucked
The end alien/human thing also had the drop on her, and thought better of it for some reason, too.
I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant.
The characters are flat and forgettable. The writing for them is nonexistent most of the time. The acting is completely dispassionate... or talentless, however you want to look at it.
The fan service is completely inappropriate for a serious Alien film. Not even Resurrection stooped so low as to directly quote better, better movies in the franchise. As a fan, the "Get away from her you b****" line was completely insulting. How or why would they try to cheapen Ripleys glorious moment in Aliens??
This is how i rank the franchise:
Aliens
Alien
Prometheus
Alien Covenant
Alien Resurrection
AVP
Alien Romulus
Alien 3
AVP: Requiem
I fully agree, except for your list. Mine would be:
Aliens
Alien
Alien3
Prometheus
Alien Resurrection
Covenant
The AVPs