47/30
Andy: The solution for a claustrophobic astronaut is to give him more space
Synopsis
While searching the deep recesses of an abandoned space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Director Fede Alvarez explains the principle he established in Alien: Romulus, that “if it can be practical, it will be practical,” which is why the cast always worked against the physical representation of the xenomorph. Director Fede Alvarez called on the special effects team from Alien 2 (1986) to work on the creatures. Physical sets, practical creatures, and miniatures were used wherever possible to help ground the later visual effects work. When Rain turns off the ship’s gravity and shoots all the aliens, all of their blood hangs in the air in long, smeared patterns. Zero gravity in real life causes liquids to take on a ball shape, rather than spreading out into long, flat pieces like in the movie.
Alien theme songWritten by Jerry Goldsmith
The 20th Century Studios fanfare freezes and turns sinister, like in Alien 3 (1992), leading into the film’s opening scene. The logo itself bursts into static and turns green. Appears in Nerdrotic: Acolyte: Force is Female CONFIRMED? Death of Cinema – Real BBC @MauLer @HeelvsBabyface (2024). First the positives – Good action, great practical special effects, and beautiful visuals. Director Fede Alvarez and his production team capture the grim atmosphere of Alien and the exciting action of Alien almost perfectly.
The action was thrilling with a few scary moments
The use of practical effects and realistic miniatures was so refreshing to see in this era of CGI overkill. Seeing a fully realized live-action Xenomorph blew me away, and the space scenes were beautiful. The camera work, visual presentation, and use of high quality, albeit limited, CGI when necessary were excellent. Negatives – Mediocre acting, nostalgia bait story, copied and pasted dialogue from better Alien movies, and inclusion of lore from worse prequels that I would rather not have in the official canon. Also, the villain reveal was an “oh, get out of here” moment, I won’t say more. Aside from the wonderful lead actress Spaena playing her part, the rest of the cast/characters were just okay.
I found the nostalgia bait story boring, eye-rolling, and almost fourth-wall breaking, to be immersive
I’m starting to get bored with sequels/prequels that rely heavily on lazy “berry-remember” moments to entertain the average audience while simultaneously embarrassing or even angering Alien fans. Honestly, it’s just lazy writing and disrespectful to the other Alien movies that did it first!. Unnecessary. Also, the excessive use of copy-paste dialogue from the better Alien movies with Sigourney Weaver was very embarrassing. 20th Century Studios should have called it Alien: Remember, due to the over-reliance on oh, remember that line from… Finally, trying to inject all the controversial and franchise-damaging Prometheus crap into the movie was frustrating, I hated all the crap about the Space Jockey’s origin and the creation of the Xenomorph.
Alien: Romulus, an above average Alien greatest hits movie, 4th best movie in the series
And don’t get me started on the villain, I don’t want to spoil anything, but it was ridiculously lazy. I think placing the movie between the first two movies was a mistake, because you have to fit your movie into the established continuity of the series with all the tie-ins and plot threads required to make it fit. They should have made a sequel set years after Alien: Awakening and set the beginning of a whole new Alien saga long after the Weavers adventures (and with better writers on board). It had the potential to be where Alien was, but with disappointing characters, a bland “remember-the-berry” story, and a weak script, it was a disappointment.
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