40/10
[Last updated August 14, 2024]
Narrative
While exploring 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 films in the Alien franchise are ranked, based on IMDb user ratings. Director Fede Alvarez tapped the special effects crew from Άλιενς: Η επιστροφή (1986) to work on the creatures. Physical sets, practical creatures, and miniatures were used wherever possible to help ground the subsequent visual effects work.. When Rain turns off the ship’s gravity and shoots all the aliens, all their blood hangs in mid-air in long, smear-like patterns. Real-life zero gravity causes liquids to form spheres, not disperse into long, flat pieces like in the film. Andy: The solution for a claustrophobic astronaut is to give them more space.
Alien ThemeWritten by Jerry Goldsmith
The 20th Century Studios fanfare freezes and becomes menacing, as in Άλιεν³: Η τελική αναμέτρηση (1992), leading into the film’s opening scene. The logo itself experiences a static shock and turns green. Nerdrotic Feature: The Acolyte: Is Force Female CONFIRMED? The Death of Theaters – The Real BBC @MauLer @HeelvsBabyface (2024). At this point in 2024, there are more bad alien movies than good ones. So something that pays homage to the originals really piqued my interest. Visually, it’s a vintage “Alien/s”, albeit with a modern finish.
The opening scene was perfect
It looks fantastic, spectacular even, especially the space scenes. The main problem with the film is that there is no tension, no sense of dread and it is not scary, except for the last scenes, which I liked. The film tries to force tension and intensity with another plot device on top of the alien, the equivalent of a bomb timer countdown. It doesn’t work because it outshines the alien threat, they become inconvenient obstacles. The facehuggers have been reduced to annoying pests, something you can just push away. The aliens are cannon fodder and the cast just seem to bump into them. I didn’t get the feeling that they were hunted.
into the franchise
For example, the sentry cannon scene from Aliens, which this film references. But you don’t see the aliens die in Aliens, here you do, which makes them look weak. On a side note, this scene also reminded me of the prison hallway in Starwars, “still a boring conversation”. A lot of the scenes played out like a QuickTime event in a video game, with characters explaining too much and then narrating their actions: “I’m going to press X to do this”. It’s like the audience needs to know what they’re watching and why they should feel scared or tense because there’s no tension in the scene, despite the presence of an alien. I have concerns about adding more laws etc. I don’t need to know how the alien works, it’s not scary if you know everything about a monster.
That’s the point of a monster
They use this new law to get past some aliens, again it’s like a video game scene. It really captures the alien aesthetic, it’s a fast paced film with a video game script and characters. Kind of fun but ultimately disposable. Whether they’re exploring the stars, escaping dystopias or making the world a better place, these women are what science fiction is about.