The actor who played Andy had the saddest eyes I've ever seen! I just wanted to hug that synthetic. 😭 My partner mentioned that it was cool to see younger actors in an Alien movie as well and I thought that was a great point.
When he got injured during the climax from the xenomorph and was laying on the ground crying, I wanted to cry too 😭 Andy really sold this movie for me, I adored him
SPOILER ALERT The reason why she turn off the gravity in the acid blood scene is established earlier by Rook. They are in the lower level of the space station and if she gets acid on the floor, she whole section would decompress and that would kill them.
@@ivanciscoDavid is Andy’s actor’s real name. Same for Cailee (her character being Rain). Curious that you only pointed out three guy’s name though. Did you forget the lady’s name?💀😭
I saw it on Monday and loved it, but at 8 months pregnant I did NOT enjoy the scene you spoke about in the trigger warning. However, having my baby wriggling around in my stomach made watching the movie a very unique experience 😂
@@magicstu That was my thought, but I like the thought that the alien in this movie had more human features because it was birthed by a human and the one in resurrection had more alien features because it was birthed by the alien queen
@@whiterabbit1632oh yeah total weirdos for going to the movie theatre to see a movie and then having a reaction to a scene…sooo weird. like are you….okay????
@@whiterabbit1632 there was definitely some cgi to it, but it is literally just a tall guy in a monster costume if you look up behind the scenes videos
I was never bored while watching Romulus. I liked the plot and the practical effects and a few of the characters. But all the nostalgia had me rolling my eyes after a while. For a movie that took place before Aliens onward they really had many callbacks to films that came afterward. Cailey Spaeny & David Jonsson were both fantastic. Andy, a non-human, was the best character in it.
I think them bringing back “Ash” made sense. The Ash robots were intended to look for and collect aliens. Ash was all about protecting the alien in the first movie. It stands to reason that there would be more than one. Kind of like T-800s in Terminator. There is more than one.
Omg I’m so glad I’m not the only one who was reminded of the Baba woman in Barbarian! Her introduction scene in that movie scared the hell out of me in the theaters, and I’ve only been actually scared once or twice by a movie in all my 30 years 😂
I’m really glad even the people who liked the movie (myself included) are still saying “the cgi/ai character was bad and the worst part of the movie and shouldn’t have been there”
I was blown away by how much I enjoyed this movie. I'm not a huge fan of the franchise but this is my kind of horror. The visuals are literally out of this freaking world.
@@sprcrzy110 ah. Sorry. I don't mean "the franchise." The first two movies are the GOAT. I should have said "last few movies in the franchise". That's what I get for writing UA-cam comments without putting brain into gear first. In addition, I have a soft spot for AvP 2... That movie saw a bunch of sacred cows in mainstream horror movies and slaughtered them. In short, I left Romulus and said to my wife, "that's the Alien movie I've been waiting two decades for."
Of course I didn’t read all 500 comments but….. Did everyone forget there was a half human half Zenomorph in Alien Resurrection?? I loved the movie but as soon as that happened I thought “Really?? It’s been already done”…done much better in this one but still….
Romulus was so good! I especially loved Voldemort’s cameo in the third act! So glad he’s getting some work outside of the HP world. Also Isabela Merced has the best horror scream of the year.
@@Lee-vb4vh the part where Navarro’s chest explodes after being attacked by the face hugger, she was in the arms of the girl who was pregnant who screams in horror.
I also like the fact the human/xeno hybrid had Engineer vibes too, which makes sense since the whole black goo thing. Another highlight for me was the hallway with the facehuggers and how they almost seemed to use the front "legs" as antenna. My friends and I were very much going shut up when he was on the radio. Like dude turn it off!
I really liked how smart the main character was - she was very quick to think of a solution to a lot of situations that they got themselves into and the birthing scene and creature reveal had me wanting to crawl out of my seat it was epic - my problems came with the cgi / fan service and character motivations as well but I’m glad I saw it in theaters because it was a gorgeous movie
I saw it in 4D and it was so unnerving with the whooshes of air by my neck, my ankles, the mist… The lights flashing in the theater though were meh because it was a very white light but the lights and flames flashing on screen were more sepia…
I disagreed with your opinion on Longlegs BUT I absolutely LOVED Alien Romulus so I'm right there with you! And I agree with the A.I CGI but I wasn't too distracted by it. Some people said it ruined the movie for them which is wild to me
omg i love that you loved the movie! it was such a great experience watching it on theaters, i do feel like it’s a peak movie for me this year too. Can’t wait to go see it again on imax now
I gave this a 4 out of 5 as well. I went in a with a open mind but worried it could be bad. I was pleasantly surprised of how good it was and loved the shocking out of nowhere ending. I think my mouth was open for the last 15 minutes too and I'm not sure I took a breath either. I agree some of the fan service was not needed and could have possibly bumped up my score without it.
omg girl you look stunning this video, dig the hair and make up. I completely agree with this summer being probably the best in the last couple of years for horror... Since before the pandemic i was only going to the movie once or twice a year.
I remember thinking this movie was going to end like 3 different times, and each time I was so happy and surprised with the direction they went. I also really loved our younger cast with no experience traversing space or abandoned spaceships, and that made me root for them more. I was pissed when the character I thought would be the most badass got taken out first though haha.
The one issue if they would have turned back on the gravity after killing the xenomorphs is that they were on the bottom level of the ship so the acid would have just burned the entire bottom of the ship and they probably would have been sucked into space.
I enjoyed Alien:Romulus way more than I thought i would. Side note: PLEASE REVIEW STRANGE DARLING!!!! Everybody should go see it this weekend. Easily one of the biggest surprises of the year, gives me Barbarian vibes in that regard.
I really thought that this was a return to the suspenseful horror of the original Alien! This was a really good overall. I finally watched your review because I finally saw it!
I had the same experience with this as you! And the fact that the creature in the end was played by a real actor is still mind-blowing to me????!!! Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson also totally made this film for me🖤
I adored this movie!! It gave me everything I was wanting in an Alien movie! The gore, the tension, the story, the characters, the aliens... just amazing
You didn’t expect pregnancy horror in an ALIEN movie?? One of the main themes has always been forced pregnancy. But I’m right there with you. I loved the ending. And the weird cocoon the first xeno came out of.
Of course that's one of the main themes, but in previous movies it's been nothing like real pregnancy where the fetus is in the person's womb and is birthed like a human baby
I think making the Rook character look like Ian Holm makes sense as there's already precedent for the robot characters recurring throughout the franchise, but I agree the execution was not great. Is there confirmation AI was used for the voice? I saw an interview where Fede Alvarez said it was an impersonator. Anyways, I loved the movie and your review!
It didn’t make sense to me because the nostromo crew didn’t know he was an android so having more than one android looking like the same person wouldn’t make sense to me if they’re trying to conceal that he’s an android…
I loved this movie. I will admit that I was confused throughout the entire first act, which is my fault. I was like ‘who are these people? What is their mission? Why are they here? How did they get here? etc… Sci-fi usually confuses me lol, but as soon as things got going, it was amazing.
I liked the review and thought I would leave my take. I was firmly on team hate. So why... The film was beautifully shot and Andy and Rain were acted with perfection the older English guy was good too. The atmosphere the world building the sets the monsters everything looked great. The issues however... 1. The other characters were immensely dislikable and did incredibly dumb stuff. (not out of place for horror but Alien films usually have competent people which amplifies how dangerous the xeno is) 2. Plot armour on the main character to unreasonable level which again degrades the deadliness of the Alien . (She was in "the hive" with Andy on the floor without get attacked) 3. Ash/rook could have just been a silhouette you knew it was Ian Holm from the side profile and voice. 4. The growth time the slow burn ruined by the alien going from implant to fully grown in like 15 mins was so stupid and ruined cannon. 5. The fact the black goo and engineer came back. 6. Why did she give the black goo sample to the pregnant girl after evil Andy was gone. Go save Andy sure but through that crap away don't give it to the girl to escape with. Made no sense. Even more so why would she inject herself with it she was told no and has no idea what it is. 7. The alien saving her in the elevator shaft (absolute madness, I get "Oh there was a facegugger there to cocoon her" no not when she's a threat is actively going to die and there are clearly lots of Aliens so breeding isn't vital. ( Baby thing was kind of in bad taste but I do respect the push the Bounderies thing however it wasn't so much a human as it was promethous engineer/xeno/human. 8. That line...Get away from her you... I cant believe they used it the way they did. It's one of the most important lines in female lead history and had a reason from Ripley lost child to nurturing newt to fighting the alien queen over her eggs to defending her human child against the queen. It all makes sense and that line didn't. For me I was literally dumbfounded and walked out of the theater in shear shock. Points 1 to 3 fine still a good film but points 4 to 8 were so sacrilegious it just wrecked the whole thing. It was a lot like watching star wars episode 8 to me where I watched a beloved franchise be degraded and ruined in front of me. Romulus in my eyes was awful because of that. Longlegs was absolutely unreal though genuinely the best horror film i have seen since the shining it blew my mind. So i dont think your intuition is off. Thank you for reading.
First of all this look, the hair! Love! Second - I’m SO glad you liked this movieee when I saw it I knew you’d like it and I was excited to hear what you thought! Beautifully shot, the horror was fun. Definitely the type of horror movie I needed this year! And that third act had my jaw on the floor!
I’m surprised that no one is talking about The Substance. That’s my most anticipated film of the year. Looks absolutely nuts. Body horror to the max with Demi Moore.
I'm surprised that the pregnancy took people off guard after the impregnation in Prometheus. I felt like in Prometheus it was more horrifying as well, but I still enjoyed that part of Romulus regardless of that (very fun, very bonkers). I was really hyped for Romulus, especially after all the opening night buzz. It ended up being a 3/5 for me - enjoyable, but I'd rank it after Alien, Aliens, Prometheus, and Covenant. If another sequel comes down the line I'll look forward to it either way! Would loveeee to see more of Andy - what a delightful performance and character.
Your last comment about the acid blood scene is interesting. They do turn the gravity on later and u see exactly y they didn’t do that. Andy mentioned prior tht they were near the bottom of the ship and it would eat through the hull and depressurize that portion of the ship…which is exactly what happens. My friends and I had a bigger scientific and logic issue with the face hugger hallway where they turned the heat up ”don’t sweat in this 98 degree hallway” also as soon as they opened door the heat would rush out of the room so that was a bit funny. I do agree with you I loved it overall and my god that third act is terrifying
It's without a single doubt my favorite movie in the franchise and one of the few horror movies I consider a 10/10. The characters are well written, the acting is great, the pacing between action and horror is perfection and makes the entire series cohesive by using plot points from Prometheus Covenant and the original movie. Absolutely love it, I won't uunderstand anyone complaining about this one.
bajajaj characters well written? GTFO BOT. Well written WHAT ABOUT THEM MADE YOU CARE FOR THEM? What choices etc? The only sympathetic one was the droid! lmao. Well written characters, yes the one note british characters. The bad acting choices. The one brother and sister who had DIFFERENT accents, lmao the face huggers turning into baby xenos in 5 minutes. The stupid call backs, The bad cgi.. Hows that for a pile to shit on bot?
As always, really enjoyed your review! I loved Romulus! I walked out of the theatre feeling somewhat refreshed because the baby freaked me out lol I also loved the Andy character and my friends and I discussed how great of an actor he was to really sell that synthetic character to us because we really saw him as such.
Whats interesting this being a horror channel , a lot of horror fans really like this movie . I am an alien super fan who had watched all the movies multiple times, and into the background of the xenomorphs and lore including the prequels . I really liked this movie as it brought back the horror elements in alien and aliens back . However i know some alien fans who hate this movie as basically pure nostalgia bait , which even though there are nods to this , its a movie of its own
I loved this movie and I hope they do another one, the tension and vibe of the film was perfect and I loved the twist ending. The alien was genuinely creepy to look at especially when it smiled, the whole cinema was silent and when that fully grown final alien first appeared I heard someone said ‘oh shit’ a few rows ahead.
I also loved this movie and yes, the setup at the beginning was one of the best openings I've seen for any movie in a very long time, so well done. And I'm also one of the very few who loves Alien 3 btw.
Watched it in 4DX and dear lord. Having your chair jump or getting sprayed with something while watching this movie really intensified the experience! If you’re crazy like me, highly recommend it😂
Just in case you have not seen Alien 4 - it also features a human and alien hybrid and also features many ideas from the new movie (like using the acid).
The hybrid in alien resurrection is totally different in its inception . The queen alien in resurrection has some of ripleys dna and has a womb which gives birth to the creature . In romulus the pregnant woman injects herself with some of that black goo which is the engineered dna from prometheus , so its an engineer , xenomorph ,human hybrid and totally gross
What I love about your review style is you always look at the movie holistically and don't let one thing "ruin" the movie for you. Some people only judge movies based on the predictability of the plot and I find that so narrow-minded!
I really loved this movie, 4/5 for me as well! Andy stole the show, but the pregnant character had an insane performance, too! All of the actors gave their all, the horror was incredible, the return to the roots of Alien with the pregnancy and sexual assault metaphors was refreshing, and hell yeah! I loved it! The Alien franchise has always been closely attached to those themes since the very beginning, hence the Xenomorph designs, the facehuggers forcefully impregnating a human host, the c-section scene in Prometheus, and now the pregnancy scene in this film! As a lover of this franchise, I was very impressed and pleased to see those themes return full force!
Two major sins in my book are committed here. Very little to no backstory for any character in this film and the backstory we do get is all tell no show. Visually stunning and great directing but how am I supposed to care if a character lives or dies when i literally know nothing other than “She’s pregnant”, “They clearly used to date”.. ok who’s the baby daddy…??? “Some asshole”… ok why did they break up? How long have they been broken up??? Literally no answer. It feels like this is a second movie to a first movie we never got? This feels like the horror movie version of The Marvels.
I was rooting for Andy & Rain, I didn't care at all about the rest being cannon fodder, so I agree. Oh, & the daddy of the baby was Björn, her cousin 😮 Fede Alvarez confirmed it on Reddit
The human/xenomorph hybrid is like the engineers, from Prometheous/Covenant, and the "baby" xenomorph in Alien Resurrection had a child. Gnarly! Loved this movie.
I just saw it today with my uncle and we both enjoyed it. To me it’s alongside my favorite alien movie, part 1. I love that it revisited old roots and the multiple nods to Prometheus and isolation. 9/10 for me
I've been a fan of this franchise since 1979 -- yes, I'm a Baby Boomer -- and I loved this movie, with the same caveats that you mention. I really need to see it three or four more times because I'm sure I missed a lot of the details.
What an incredible year this is turning out for the horror genre...Cuckoo, Longlegs, Oddity, Alien: Romulus...unreal to see so many great horror movies releasing within weeks of each other. And many people are already calling 'Strange Darling', which comes out this week, the best horror movie of the year...Not to put the cart before the horse, but you can realistically look forward to another 5/5 theatrical experience this week :)
I loved it too except unlike you I thought the first hour kind of dragged for the exposition about the characters who we knew would mostly be dead soon anyway. I think they could've cut 15-20 mins out easy. Second hour was FIRE though! Probably my fav Alien film since Aliens. Love your Channel!
Hey! Don’t feel bad about giving multiple 5-star ratings. Sometimes we just have a great year for movies, and one getting 5 stars doesn’t mean another you love shouldn’t get the same. I’m glad you’re enjoying movies recently!
Don't feel guilty! Alien 3 was in fact a rather good film, just suffers from the fact that is comes after 2 what is considered the best sci fi horror movie of all time and the best action overall movie of all time. Also, Alien 3 is very dark.....VERY dark. And no spoilers, but I think what they did very early on in the film probably didn't sit well with the audience, especially since coming from Aliens........makes all of what happens in Aliens meaningless to them but.....I didn't mind the dark tone. Romulus for me was amazing, loved it. In fact just saw it second time today. 9/10, officially second best Alien movie behind obviously Alien/Aliens. Alien 3 was my second but this movie moves ahead of it. Glad you loved the last 15 minutes, I absolutely loved what they did. I know for some it didn't hit well but to me I loved it. The body horror was just amazing. Not sure if you are a dead space fan, but this film to me was the director just asking a studio to give him a chance with dead space because he puts many nods of dead space in this. Glad you enjoyed the film, Congrats to the director and the actors/actresses. We have been deserving of a good Alien film for so long, I thought at one point it was done and futile. This team has now proven me wrong, I'm just so happy. 9/10 for me.
I absolutely loved this movie! It had the perfect atmosphere of dread, which constantly upped the tension and anxiety. I was particularly horrified by the scenes that used the facehuggers. Especially the quiet scene in the hallway. That was nightmare fuel for me! I also really enjoyed that the characters all had connections with each other, which make the stakes higher for me than if they were just strangers on a mission. I'd say that this is my 2nd favorite movie in the franchise, after the original! I'm definitely going to add it to my collection.
This was a 5 star movie for me - I thought it was so much fun and felt the tension throughout the entire movie!! Great pacing, interesting/original plot points, and I loved the performance by the actor who played Andy. The reveal of the xenomorph/human hybrid was absolutely shocking and my jaw was on the floor well after the credits rolled. 🤯😱
Jaw was on the floor for a solid 5 mins of that scene you said was unexpected. Omg. AI Rook was a travesty, and if that was supposed to be fan service I feel like most fans are actually more pissed about it than excited to see him again. But yeah, I feel like those two aspects really made/broke the film. If Rook wasn't in it it would've been a 5 star for me, if THAT SCENE wasn't in it it would've been a 3/3.5. Loved it so much. Also, love the look/hair you've got here!
Absolutely not just you! I am loving this batch of horror movies coming out so much more than movies from earlier this year. They are all just clicking in a way for me that movies from the first half of the year did not
gooo on possessed by horror , i love you , so many have dissed alien 3 yet i love it , its dark , atmospheric , yes brilliant that its set on a horrible dead end prison planet and brings sadly the end of ripleys nightmare journey to an end .
Second time this year that we both have the same opinion in our reviews. I agree with everything you said here, even the critiques of it. Also, glad to see another fan of Alien 3.
I think bringing back an Ash model makes sense, they could have had a mumber of these models made for this specific purpose, and being that they're a massive corporation and not the creative types, i can see them specifically stating that they want the androids they order for this specific purpose to all look the same, so it's easier for them to interact with the androids.
I LOVED this movie! I love the Dead Space games and Alien Isolation. This felt like those games at times. This movie really went for it and I loved it for that
Love this hairstyle on you!!
I was just gonna say this too !
I agree
YES I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME IT LOOKS SO NICE
Its giving y2k horror movie protagonist, in the BEST way!!
Was literally about to type this also 😂😂
The actor who played Andy had the saddest eyes I've ever seen! I just wanted to hug that synthetic. 😭 My partner mentioned that it was cool to see younger actors in an Alien movie as well and I thought that was a great point.
Andy is like Spock from Star Trek 2.
His soul was...human 😪
When he got injured during the climax from the xenomorph and was laying on the ground crying, I wanted to cry too 😭
Andy really sold this movie for me, I adored him
His acting was 💯 👌
are you a cop?
@@deckard97difference between 20s and age 40s
The creature at the end of this movie was the creepiest thing I’ve seen in a movie since Oddity. That thing was nightmare fuel 😂
I was in the theaters like get that aborted voldemort AWAY
That scene was where the nostalgia just went too far for me.
YES- Son of Slenderman to the max!
That thing was the scariest part of the movie😭
since oddity? lol they came out like the same time. how about since the descent haha. im just messing with you but ow i wanna see oddity, thxxx
The best thing for me is the high focus on facehugger danger. Hands down best thing for me
The face huggers are the dark-horse scariest thing about the concept, and I'm glad this movie explored it more than previous movies tend to.
Yesss, the first sequence with the facehugger in the flooded room was probably my favorite in the movie. Maybe tied with the ending sequence.
SPOILER ALERT
The reason why she turn off the gravity in the acid blood scene is established earlier by Rook. They are in the lower level of the space station and if she gets acid on the floor, she whole section would decompress and that would kill them.
I haven’t screamed “wtf is that” since the jack in the box in krampus 😂😭
Cailee and David absolutely stole the show in this! The progression of their relationship... Perfect ❤
You mean Andy
@@ivancisco The actors name is David Jonsson, i just used their regular names & not their character names
@@ivanciscoDavid is Andy’s actor’s real name. Same for Cailee (her character being Rain).
Curious that you only pointed out three guy’s name though. Did you forget the lady’s name?💀😭
@@Lottie0817i absolutely agree with you, that was my favourite part of the movie
I saw it on Monday and loved it, but at 8 months pregnant I did NOT enjoy the scene you spoke about in the trigger warning. However, having my baby wriggling around in my stomach made watching the movie a very unique experience 😂
Omg I kind of miss this experience of going to the movies while pregnant I liked to imagine she was enjoying the audio of the movies 🤣
That sounds terrifying!! Pregnant watching an alien movie. Haha
I’m never having kids so I’ll never know what the wriggling feels like but omg that would be so wiggy while watching. 🫣🫣
That settles it. Any pregnant woman who goes to see ANY Alien movie in the theater should get in free. Just for courage.
Sounds like an added layer of horror for you there! Glad u enjoyed the movie!
I’m telling you right now, the moment the human/xenomorph hybrid showed up, everyone in the theater gasped
Probably because we've all seen it before. Alien 4 anyone?
@@magicstu That was my thought, but I like the thought that the alien in this movie had more human features because it was birthed by a human and the one in resurrection had more alien features because it was birthed by the alien queen
@@magicstu I cried when the baby alien/human hybrid's brain was sucked out into space in A4.
my whole theater gasped when THAT thing came on screen. gave me full body chills
@@deckard97 hi not everyone’s seen alien resurrection please relax and realize not everyone is as ancient as you.
weirdos
@@whiterabbit1632oh yeah total weirdos for going to the movie theatre to see a movie and then having a reaction to a scene…sooo weird. like are you….okay????
The creature was actually played by a real person: Robert Bobroczkyi. He is 7 feet, 7 inches tall and extremely thin. Look him up!
it was cgi
@@whiterabbit1632 there was definitely some cgi to it, but it is literally just a tall guy in a monster costume if you look up behind the scenes videos
I was never bored while watching Romulus.
I liked the plot and the practical effects and a few of the characters.
But all the nostalgia had me rolling my eyes after a while.
For a movie that took place before Aliens onward they really had many callbacks to films that came afterward.
Cailey Spaeny & David Jonsson were both fantastic.
Andy, a non-human, was the best character in it.
I think them bringing back “Ash” made sense. The Ash robots were intended to look for and collect aliens. Ash was all about protecting the alien in the first movie. It stands to reason that there would be more than one. Kind of like T-800s in Terminator. There is more than one.
It doesn’t make sense to me if they’re trying to conceal that he is an android to unsuspecting crews, why make more than one that look alike?
With that third act, I’m HOPING fede goes that crazy with a sequel if he does one!!
the baby creature reminded me of like the alien version of the Baba lady from Barbarian or that thing from Splice 😂
Omg I’m so glad I’m not the only one who was reminded of the Baba woman in Barbarian! Her introduction scene in that movie scared the hell out of me in the theaters, and I’ve only been actually scared once or twice by a movie in all my 30 years 😂
Splice yes, and Species
I’m really glad even the people who liked the movie (myself included) are still saying “the cgi/ai character was bad and the worst part of the movie and shouldn’t have been there”
Yeah it's weird that CGI scene looked so bad but when the rest of the movie looked so good.
I read that it was animatronic with CGI. Still not necessary, though.
Personally Rook was my favourite part (and character) of the movie. Maybe because I grew up with the 1979 original. But each to their own.
I was blown away by how much I enjoyed this movie. I'm not a huge fan of the franchise but this is my kind of horror. The visuals are literally out of this freaking world.
Same! I was not a fan of this franchise but the horror in this movie made me a fan!!
Me too!!!
I'm blown away by your lack of sense!
@@whiterabbit1632 I hope you get the help you need brother. I'm rooting for you.
@@sprcrzy110 ah. Sorry. I don't mean "the franchise." The first two movies are the GOAT. I should have said "last few movies in the franchise". That's what I get for writing UA-cam comments without putting brain into gear first.
In addition, I have a soft spot for AvP 2... That movie saw a bunch of sacred cows in mainstream horror movies and slaughtered them.
In short, I left Romulus and said to my wife, "that's the Alien movie I've been waiting two decades for."
Your hair looks amazing!!
we need cailee in more movies !!
Agreed!
She’s great in Civil War
@armando7060 yes she is! I loved that one too
She's having a HUGE year between this, Civil War & Priscilla- plus potentially more before the year end
She REALLY should’ve been Ellie in The Last of Us.
Of course I didn’t read all 500 comments but…..
Did everyone forget there was a half human half Zenomorph in Alien Resurrection??
I loved the movie but as soon as that happened I thought “Really?? It’s been already done”…done much better in this one but still….
Romulus was so good! I especially loved Voldemort’s cameo in the third act! So glad he’s getting some work outside of the HP world. Also Isabela Merced has the best horror scream of the year.
😂
That scream was CHILLING. 10/10
May I ask which scene has that scream? I'm trying to remember but brain fog set in 😅 thanks
@@Lee-vb4vh the part where Navarro’s chest explodes after being attacked by the face hugger, she was in the arms of the girl who was pregnant who screams in horror.
@@alfredmeneses5496 Yeah and the plot moving along making the transition from face hug to exploding chest in minutes, sooo cool!. yawn
I also like the fact the human/xeno hybrid had Engineer vibes too, which makes sense since the whole black goo thing. Another highlight for me was the hallway with the facehuggers and how they almost seemed to use the front "legs" as antenna. My friends and I were very much going shut up when he was on the radio. Like dude turn it off!
Was more than vibes. Had the height, skin, face/head, color...even the neck gill things
Its a hybrid of engineer/xeno/human, thats why It looks that way..
The cinematography was insane! Also Cailee Spaeny and Isabela Merced should really be in more movies like this
Totally agree on Alien 3 being great that movie is so underrated!
I really liked how smart the main character was - she was very quick to think of a solution to a lot of situations that they got themselves into and the birthing scene and creature reveal had me wanting to crawl out of my seat it was epic - my problems came with the cgi / fan service and character motivations as well but I’m glad I saw it in theaters because it was a gorgeous movie
Fede Alvarez has earned my trust in 10 fold with attempting bring back a franchise, he nailed the Evil Dead and Alien franchise
you're giving late 90s college goth girl with his look
At the last minute I traded my regular ticket for an IMAX one-amazing!
I saw it in 4D and it was so unnerving with the whooshes of air by my neck, my ankles, the mist… The lights flashing in the theater though were meh because it was a very white light but the lights and flames flashing on screen were more sepia…
I disagreed with your opinion on Longlegs BUT I absolutely LOVED Alien Romulus so I'm right there with you!
And I agree with the A.I CGI but I wasn't too distracted by it. Some people said it ruined the movie for them which is wild to me
Definitely could never ruin the whole movie for me like cmon!
It really took me out of it. If they’d kept him just on the screens I would have been fine but it felt disrespectful to me.
Only if a movie is bad do I get nit picky. I can forgive a bad effect if the movie is good.
omg i love that you loved the movie! it was such a great experience watching it on theaters, i do feel like it’s a peak movie for me this year too. Can’t wait to go see it again on imax now
I gave this a 4 out of 5 as well. I went in a with a open mind but worried it could be bad. I was pleasantly surprised of how good it was and loved the shocking out of nowhere ending. I think my mouth was open for the last 15 minutes too and I'm not sure I took a breath either.
I agree some of the fan service was not needed and could have possibly bumped up my score without it.
Yessss! Esp because a lot of the quotes and call backs were from the movie that chronologically happens later in the series in Aliens. 😣
omg girl you look stunning this video, dig the hair and make up. I completely agree with this summer being probably the best in the last couple of years for horror... Since before the pandemic i was only going to the movie once or twice a year.
I remember thinking this movie was going to end like 3 different times, and each time I was so happy and surprised with the direction they went. I also really loved our younger cast with no experience traversing space or abandoned spaceships, and that made me root for them more. I was pissed when the character I thought would be the most badass got taken out first though haha.
OMG yes I loved those 4 movies (Longlegs, Alien, Cuckoo, Oddity) as well and was sooooo confused how much hate they were getting online
The one issue if they would have turned back on the gravity after killing the xenomorphs is that they were on the bottom level of the ship so the acid would have just burned the entire bottom of the ship and they probably would have been sucked into space.
Rook pretty much explains that earlier. It's pretty clearly established.
Fede Alvarez is really talented. He also gave us one of the greatest evil dead movies ever
I enjoyed Alien:Romulus way more than I thought i would.
Side note: PLEASE REVIEW STRANGE DARLING!!!! Everybody should go see it this weekend. Easily one of the biggest surprises of the year, gives me Barbarian vibes in that regard.
Saw an early access screening and yes, Strange Darling is incredible!
I really thought that this was a return to the suspenseful horror of the original Alien! This was a really good overall. I finally watched your review because I finally saw it!
I had the same experience with this as you! And the fact that the creature in the end was played by a real actor is still mind-blowing to me????!!! Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson also totally made this film for me🖤
I adored this movie!! It gave me everything I was wanting in an Alien movie! The gore, the tension, the story, the characters, the aliens... just amazing
The cgi for Rook looked goofy af😭 Also, I literally went what the fu** out loud when the xenoman popped up lol.
You didn’t expect pregnancy horror in an ALIEN movie?? One of the main themes has always been forced pregnancy. But I’m right there with you. I loved the ending. And the weird cocoon the first xeno came out of.
Are forced pregnancies and horror births in every Alien movies?
@Lee-vb4vh what do you think a face hugger is doing to its prey. Or the chest bursting scenes?
Im assuming she meant she didn’t expect a vaginal birth since they are known to come out of the chest or belly, i think
Of course that's one of the main themes, but in previous movies it's been nothing like real pregnancy where the fetus is in the person's womb and is birthed like a human baby
@@NadahzNoir oh wow that's amazing. I didn't realize that's a forced pregnancy omg 😵💫😳😰 thanks for interesting observation 👍⭐🙏. That's definitely horror on another dimension 👽
I think making the Rook character look like Ian Holm makes sense as there's already precedent for the robot characters recurring throughout the franchise, but I agree the execution was not great. Is there confirmation AI was used for the voice? I saw an interview where Fede Alvarez said it was an impersonator. Anyways, I loved the movie and your review!
It didn’t make sense to me because the nostromo crew didn’t know he was an android so having more than one android looking like the same person wouldn’t make sense to me if they’re trying to conceal that he’s an android…
@@blaah9999Depends on how common knowledge that particular model is an android and how many there are.
I can forgive a bad effect if the movie is good overall. I only get nit picky if a movie sucks, like Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense.
I loved this movie. I will admit that I was confused throughout the entire first act, which is my fault. I was like ‘who are these people? What is their mission? Why are they here? How did they get here? etc… Sci-fi usually confuses me lol, but as soon as things got going, it was amazing.
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I liked the review and thought I would leave my take. I was firmly on team hate. So why...
The film was beautifully shot and Andy and Rain were acted with perfection the older English guy was good too. The atmosphere the world building the sets the monsters everything looked great. The issues however...
1. The other characters were immensely dislikable and did incredibly dumb stuff. (not out of place for horror but Alien films usually have competent people which amplifies how dangerous the xeno is)
2. Plot armour on the main character to unreasonable level which again degrades the deadliness of the Alien . (She was in "the hive" with Andy on the floor without get attacked)
3. Ash/rook could have just been a silhouette you knew it was Ian Holm from the side profile and voice.
4. The growth time the slow burn ruined by the alien going from implant to fully grown in like 15 mins was so stupid and ruined cannon.
5. The fact the black goo and engineer came back.
6. Why did she give the black goo sample to the pregnant girl after evil Andy was gone. Go save Andy sure but through that crap away don't give it to the girl to escape with. Made no sense. Even more so why would she inject herself with it she was told no and has no idea what it is.
7. The alien saving her in the elevator shaft (absolute madness, I get "Oh there was a facegugger there to cocoon her" no not when she's a threat is actively going to die and there are clearly lots of Aliens so breeding isn't vital. ( Baby thing was kind of in bad taste but I do respect the push the Bounderies thing however it wasn't so much a human as it was promethous engineer/xeno/human.
8. That line...Get away from her you... I cant believe they used it the way they did. It's one of the most important lines in female lead history and had a reason from Ripley lost child to nurturing newt to fighting the alien queen over her eggs to defending her human child against the queen. It all makes sense and that line didn't.
For me I was literally dumbfounded and walked out of the theater in shear shock. Points 1 to 3 fine still a good film but points 4 to 8 were so sacrilegious it just wrecked the whole thing. It was a lot like watching star wars episode 8 to me where I watched a beloved franchise be degraded and ruined in front of me.
Romulus in my eyes was awful because of that.
Longlegs was absolutely unreal though genuinely the best horror film i have seen since the shining it blew my mind. So i dont think your intuition is off.
Thank you for reading.
First of all this look, the hair! Love! Second - I’m SO glad you liked this movieee when I saw it I knew you’d like it and I was excited to hear what you thought! Beautifully shot, the horror was fun. Definitely the type of horror movie I needed this year! And that third act had my jaw on the floor!
I’m surprised that no one is talking about The Substance. That’s my most anticipated film of the year. Looks absolutely nuts. Body horror to the max with Demi Moore.
I can’t wait til this comes out!!
I'm surprised that the pregnancy took people off guard after the impregnation in Prometheus. I felt like in Prometheus it was more horrifying as well, but I still enjoyed that part of Romulus regardless of that (very fun, very bonkers). I was really hyped for Romulus, especially after all the opening night buzz. It ended up being a 3/5 for me - enjoyable, but I'd rank it after Alien, Aliens, Prometheus, and Covenant. If another sequel comes down the line I'll look forward to it either way! Would loveeee to see more of Andy - what a delightful performance and character.
To be honest, I was too. Alien has always had pregancy/rape undertones and symbolism since the first movie.
That Engineer human baby abomination was absolutely horrific 😵
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that made that connection.
I agree, that movie was amazing, and I also loved the last part. I was actually quite shocked during the last part-it was horrifying!
Your last comment about the acid blood scene is interesting. They do turn the gravity on later and u see exactly y they didn’t do that. Andy mentioned prior tht they were near the bottom of the ship and it would eat through the hull and depressurize that portion of the ship…which is exactly what happens. My friends and I had a bigger scientific and logic issue with the face hugger hallway where they turned the heat up ”don’t sweat in this 98 degree hallway” also as soon as they opened door the heat would rush out of the room so that was a bit funny. I do agree with you I loved it overall and my god that third act is terrifying
Fede needs to do the next Texas Chainsaw. Wish he had directed the Netflix one but unfortunately he only produced it
He wrote it as well.
@@Kiddism101I think he came up with the story but another guy wrote it
@@armando7060 yeah, you’re right. That’s what I meant.
It's without a single doubt my favorite movie in the franchise and one of the few horror movies I consider a 10/10.
The characters are well written, the acting is great, the pacing between action and horror is perfection and makes the entire series cohesive by using plot points from Prometheus Covenant and the original movie.
Absolutely love it, I won't uunderstand anyone complaining about this one.
bajajaj characters well written? GTFO BOT. Well written WHAT ABOUT THEM MADE YOU CARE FOR THEM? What choices etc? The only sympathetic one was the droid! lmao. Well written characters, yes the one note british characters. The bad acting choices. The one brother and sister who had DIFFERENT accents, lmao the face huggers turning into baby xenos in 5 minutes. The stupid call backs, The bad cgi.. Hows that for a pile to shit on bot?
Just saw this on IMAX!! Holy sh**!! That was an experience!
I’m definitely rewatching all the Alien movies this year as well ❤
As always, really enjoyed your review! I loved Romulus! I walked out of the theatre feeling somewhat refreshed because the baby freaked me out lol I also loved the Andy character and my friends and I discussed how great of an actor he was to really sell that synthetic character to us because we really saw him as such.
Whats interesting this being a horror channel , a lot of horror fans really like this movie . I am an alien super fan who had watched all the movies multiple times, and into the background of the xenomorphs and lore including the prequels . I really liked this movie as it brought back the horror elements in alien and aliens back . However i know some alien fans who hate this movie as basically pure nostalgia bait , which even though there are nods to this , its a movie of its own
I have heard so many mixed opinions on this film but Sarah's is the only one I truly trust!! Can't wait to see this!!
I loved this movie and I hope they do another one, the tension and vibe of the film was perfect and I loved the twist ending. The alien was genuinely creepy to look at especially when it smiled, the whole cinema was silent and when that fully grown final alien first appeared I heard someone said ‘oh shit’ a few rows ahead.
Loooove this hair! It’s so early 2000s, and I’m so here for it.
your hair looks so cute!!!!
I also loved this movie and yes, the setup at the beginning was one of the best openings I've seen for any movie in a very long time, so well done. And I'm also one of the very few who loves Alien 3 btw.
Watched it in 4DX and dear lord. Having your chair jump or getting sprayed with something while watching this movie really intensified the experience! If you’re crazy like me, highly recommend it😂
I agree with you! My favorite movies of this year are Longlegs, Cukoo and Alien Romulus! I still need to see Oddity
Just downloaded this, can’t wait to listen while I’m at work and see what you think!! Keep up the great work and thanks for another video!!
I love it so much that you don't care if "Everyone" likes it (or hates it!) you feel how you feel. We were both happy to see you had a take on this.
1) We both liked 3 too, maybe not "loved" but we didn't get the hate 2) your hair is super cute in this video : D
Loved the distinction in format that you made about space movies and found footage movies.
Horror has been phenomenal this year! Just hit after hit recently
Sarah!!!! Can I just say you seem like you had a MASSIVE GLOWUP 😻 the hair, the style, the makeups ❤honestly go girl you look your best
I'm SO with you. This has been an incredible horror summer
Just in case you have not seen Alien 4 - it also features a human and alien hybrid and also features many ideas from the new movie (like using the acid).
I was confused by how different the alien-human hybrid in Romulus looked so different than in Resurrection.
@@robk.6591im pretty sure that one was a xenomorph giving birth with human dna whereas this was a human giving birth with xeno dna
The hybrid in alien resurrection is totally different in its inception . The queen alien in resurrection has some of ripleys dna and has a womb which gives birth to the creature . In romulus the pregnant woman injects herself with some of that black goo which is the engineered dna from prometheus , so its an engineer , xenomorph ,human hybrid and totally gross
@ConnorStompanato Ah, okay.
Makes sense.
Thank you.
What I love about your review style is you always look at the movie holistically and don't let one thing "ruin" the movie for you. Some people only judge movies based on the predictability of the plot and I find that so narrow-minded!
I really loved this movie, 4/5 for me as well! Andy stole the show, but the pregnant character had an insane performance, too!
All of the actors gave their all, the horror was incredible, the return to the roots of Alien with the pregnancy and sexual assault metaphors was refreshing, and hell yeah! I loved it!
The Alien franchise has always been closely attached to those themes since the very beginning, hence the Xenomorph designs, the facehuggers forcefully impregnating a human host, the c-section scene in Prometheus, and now the pregnancy scene in this film! As a lover of this franchise, I was very impressed and pleased to see those themes return full force!
Two major sins in my book are committed here. Very little to no backstory for any character in this film and the backstory we do get is all tell no show. Visually stunning and great directing but how am I supposed to care if a character lives or dies when i literally know nothing other than “She’s pregnant”, “They clearly used to date”.. ok who’s the baby daddy…??? “Some asshole”… ok why did they break up? How long have they been broken up??? Literally no answer. It feels like this is a second movie to a first movie we never got? This feels like the horror movie version of The Marvels.
I was rooting for Andy & Rain, I didn't care at all about the rest being cannon fodder, so I agree.
Oh, & the daddy of the baby was Björn, her cousin 😮
Fede Alvarez confirmed it on Reddit
@@AkiTerry I KNEW HE WAS THE DAD! ALL MY FRIENDS KEPT TELLING ME I WAS WRONG 😂 do you happen to have a link to the reddit post/thread?
The human/xenomorph hybrid is like the engineers, from Prometheous/Covenant, and the "baby" xenomorph in Alien Resurrection had a child. Gnarly! Loved this movie.
I just saw it today with my uncle and we both enjoyed it. To me it’s alongside my favorite alien movie, part 1. I love that it revisited old roots and the multiple nods to Prometheus and isolation. 9/10 for me
I really enjoyed this installment. The Rec/Alien was really freaky !! Love the hair Sarah !!
I've been a fan of this franchise since 1979 -- yes, I'm a Baby Boomer -- and I loved this movie, with the same caveats that you mention. I really need to see it three or four more times because I'm sure I missed a lot of the details.
The AI didn’t bother me at all, or bringing him back. Had a blast with the movie, so much fun! Loved it.
Also you have no business being this fine
Omg i agree so hard with not getting the hate on those 4 movies. Like this is what we've been waiting for for years....
What an incredible year this is turning out for the horror genre...Cuckoo, Longlegs, Oddity, Alien: Romulus...unreal to see so many great horror movies releasing within weeks of each other. And many people are already calling 'Strange Darling', which comes out this week, the best horror movie of the year...Not to put the cart before the horse, but you can realistically look forward to another 5/5 theatrical experience this week :)
I loved Alien: Romulus! It had great tension and i liked it visually too.
I loved it too except unlike you I thought the first hour kind of dragged for the exposition about the characters who we knew would mostly be dead soon anyway. I think they could've cut 15-20 mins out easy. Second hour was FIRE though! Probably my fav Alien film since Aliens. Love your Channel!
This movie had really good scenes that were fun to watch, it looked incredible. Pretty good movie. Also love your hair!
Hey! Don’t feel bad about giving multiple 5-star ratings. Sometimes we just have a great year for movies, and one getting 5 stars doesn’t mean another you love shouldn’t get the same. I’m glad you’re enjoying movies recently!
the whole cinema audibly gasped when that creature came on screen at the end
I think Fede did such a good job!! I mean I love his Evil dead, and I like Don’t Breathe. It was Just soooo much fun!! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Don't feel guilty! Alien 3 was in fact a rather good film, just suffers from the fact that is comes after 2 what is considered the best sci fi horror movie of all time and the best action overall movie of all time. Also, Alien 3 is very dark.....VERY dark. And no spoilers, but I think what they did very early on in the film probably didn't sit well with the audience, especially since coming from Aliens........makes all of what happens in Aliens meaningless to them but.....I didn't mind the dark tone.
Romulus for me was amazing, loved it. In fact just saw it second time today. 9/10, officially second best Alien movie behind obviously Alien/Aliens. Alien 3 was my second but this movie moves ahead of it. Glad you loved the last 15 minutes, I absolutely loved what they did. I know for some it didn't hit well but to me I loved it. The body horror was just amazing. Not sure if you are a dead space fan, but this film to me was the director just asking a studio to give him a chance with dead space because he puts many nods of dead space in this.
Glad you enjoyed the film, Congrats to the director and the actors/actresses. We have been deserving of a good Alien film for so long, I thought at one point it was done and futile. This team has now proven me wrong, I'm just so happy. 9/10 for me.
I feel like you do have good movie intuition- I always agree with your reviews!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REVIEW FROM YOU SINCE LAST FRIDAY
I absolutely loved this movie! It had the perfect atmosphere of dread, which constantly upped the tension and anxiety. I was particularly horrified by the scenes that used the facehuggers. Especially the quiet scene in the hallway. That was nightmare fuel for me! I also really enjoyed that the characters all had connections with each other, which make the stakes higher for me than if they were just strangers on a mission. I'd say that this is my 2nd favorite movie in the franchise, after the original! I'm definitely going to add it to my collection.
This was a 5 star movie for me - I thought it was so much fun and felt the tension throughout the entire movie!! Great pacing, interesting/original plot points, and I loved the performance by the actor who played Andy. The reveal of the xenomorph/human hybrid was absolutely shocking and my jaw was on the floor well after the credits rolled. 🤯😱
Jaw was on the floor for a solid 5 mins of that scene you said was unexpected. Omg. AI Rook was a travesty, and if that was supposed to be fan service I feel like most fans are actually more pissed about it than excited to see him again. But yeah, I feel like those two aspects really made/broke the film. If Rook wasn't in it it would've been a 5 star for me, if THAT SCENE wasn't in it it would've been a 3/3.5. Loved it so much.
Also, love the look/hair you've got here!
Absolutely not just you! I am loving this batch of horror movies coming out so much more than movies from earlier this year. They are all just clicking in a way for me that movies from the first half of the year did not
gooo on possessed by horror , i love you , so many have dissed alien 3 yet i love it , its dark , atmospheric , yes brilliant that its set on a horrible dead end prison planet and brings sadly the end of ripleys nightmare journey to an end .
Second time this year that we both have the same opinion in our reviews. I agree with everything you said here, even the critiques of it. Also, glad to see another fan of Alien 3.
i’m obsessed with ur videos now
I think bringing back an Ash model makes sense, they could have had a mumber of these models made for this specific purpose, and being that they're a massive corporation and not the creative types, i can see them specifically stating that they want the androids they order for this specific purpose to all look the same, so it's easier for them to interact with the androids.
I LOVED this movie! I love the Dead Space games and Alien Isolation. This felt like those games at times. This movie really went for it and I loved it for that
You’re right that this year has had peak horror 💀❤