NightCrawler
Aeons gone, vast, mad and deathless
Saw Alien. The worst in the franchise by far. If you thought the scientists in Prometheus were dumb, oh boy are you in for a treat. At least they landed on an alien planet with their helmets on, these fuckers don't even have them. Everything bad that happens is because of that simple fact that you don't go into an unknown planet basically naked.
This pseudo-sequel managed to take everything that was interesting about Prometheus (everything non Alien related), toss it out in favor of cgi xenos (because i guess the fans demanded it) and gore. For a movie that tried to go back to the roots of the series, it had no tension, no horror, no characters (was there a protagonist? a short haired lady does not a Ripley make), no plot (i guess you can boil it down to 2*Fassbender = plot).
Let's explain where the alien comes from because midichlorians. Let's expand the universe by shrinking it. Cosmic horror? The universe is dark and uncaring? Nah, our Gods are humanoids, and the xenomorphs are our creation by proxy. It's all about humans, we are the center of the universe. Isn't that scary?
Oh, remember Dallas? We have Tennessee now. Everything is about the LORE. MORE ALIENS, MORE HARRISON FORD. The first movie wasn't called Alien just because it had a creature in it. This one is, only because it has one. And it's not scary, it's just sad, lifeless and boring. Did i already said there was no tension? Yeah, i didn't care about anything that happened to any character. Also, in horror, cgi will never trump practical effects, never (a big disappointment with the new Twin Peaks). If you're going to put an alien creature well lit, front and center, ditch cgi, and put slime on it.
Even though it's still fresh, this one broke the camel's back. I'm done with big budget franchises. The last Marvel i saw was the second Avengers. Managed to catch The Force Awakens and that was it. Life is short. I'd rather watch 2h of Fassbender making out with himself.
This pseudo-sequel managed to take everything that was interesting about Prometheus (everything non Alien related), toss it out in favor of cgi xenos (because i guess the fans demanded it) and gore. For a movie that tried to go back to the roots of the series, it had no tension, no horror, no characters (was there a protagonist? a short haired lady does not a Ripley make), no plot (i guess you can boil it down to 2*Fassbender = plot).
Let's explain where the alien comes from because midichlorians. Let's expand the universe by shrinking it. Cosmic horror? The universe is dark and uncaring? Nah, our Gods are humanoids, and the xenomorphs are our creation by proxy. It's all about humans, we are the center of the universe. Isn't that scary?
Oh, remember Dallas? We have Tennessee now. Everything is about the LORE. MORE ALIENS, MORE HARRISON FORD. The first movie wasn't called Alien just because it had a creature in it. This one is, only because it has one. And it's not scary, it's just sad, lifeless and boring. Did i already said there was no tension? Yeah, i didn't care about anything that happened to any character. Also, in horror, cgi will never trump practical effects, never (a big disappointment with the new Twin Peaks). If you're going to put an alien creature well lit, front and center, ditch cgi, and put slime on it.
Even though it's still fresh, this one broke the camel's back. I'm done with big budget franchises. The last Marvel i saw was the second Avengers. Managed to catch The Force Awakens and that was it. Life is short. I'd rather watch 2h of Fassbender making out with himself.