Shaka_Khan 21:28 06-16-2012
Originally Posted by The King:
I liked the film visually but I found myself thinking that I personally would never collect such a team for myself! I mean.. why do they have to rush everywhere? Why do they have to touch everything? They flew 3 years and couldn't wait the next day? I mean, few days gathering information and stuff? I think I would get some grey hairs if I would be a leader of a group like that.
I was frustrated by that.
Ja'chyra 22:11 06-16-2012
Am I the only one that wasn't impressed with the film?
It was ok but hardly great.
Just don't spoil anything, I was completely unaware of this movie and I have still no idea how it ties in with Alien. What I can get from the trailer is that death isn't all that pleasant whatever it's comming from. Seriously hyped up.
Saw it. Whatever your expectations are ... dial them down. WAY down. The film basically makes no sense.
Or as I said when my son asked me: Was it good?
Me: No.
Son: Was it bad good?
Me: No.
Son: So it was just bad?
Me: Worse, it was trying very hard to be good, and failing miserably.
PanzerJaeger 04:53 06-19-2012
Yes, I enjoyed reading the
explanations of the unanswered questions in the film far more than watching the actual film. Apparently there is a lot going on in the movie, but that rich story is betrayed by poor craftsmanship on every level. It was certainly no Alien.
Maybe there will be a directors cut movie studio's love chopping up theatre releases. Will be watching it anyway though. The biggest plottwist in Blade Runner wasn't even in the original movie go figure
Well, there's a lot of running around and things get set on fire. So it's got that going for it.
But simple concepts such as, say, keeping track of your away teams, or moving laterally when getting out of the way of a giant thing rolling toward you? Not so much.
And don't get me started on the oil. It has plot-dependent magical powers. Feh.
I am sure I can spend 1,5 hour of my life on it I am pretty sure I won't be bored, especially if it has the sinister feel and awesome music from the trailer. Now everything after the third (that I liked despite having terrible special effects compared to Aliens) deserves finger->face. I'll see, looking forward to it.
Originally Posted by Fragony:
Maybe there will be a directors cut movie studio's love chopping up theatre releases. Will be watching it anyway though. The biggest plottwist in Blade Runner wasn't even in the original movie go figure
I thought about this, there seemed to be a couple places in the movie where it felt like I had gotten up to get a beer and missed a scene. The movie is 124 minutes long, I get the feeling that a few scenes were eliminated that shouldn't have been.
Originally Posted by Lemur:
or moving laterally when getting out of the way of a giant thing rolling toward you? Not so much.
But this would deprive us of such
PA genius!
Haven't seen it but wanna bet, I bet there was scene between them landing and going in directly as some complain here that was scratched.
Originally Posted by
PanzerJaeger:
Yes, I enjoyed reading the explanations of the unanswered questions in the film far more than watching the actual film. Apparently there is a lot going on in the movie, but that rich story is betrayed by poor craftsmanship on every level. It was certainly no Alien.
My favorite comments from that link:
Originally Posted by
:
crude_and_lewd: So you're telling me you wouldn't abandon two of your crew members trapped in an alien structure with signs of life on a planet that took you two years to reach that possibly contains the answers to the origin of man for a proposition for sex from Charlize?
eallan: That's the most believable part of the whole film.
Red Letter Media does a wonderful (and NSFW) takedown.
Warning, profanity. But very funny.
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