The end of an epic trilogy
Mild spoilers:
Everything has been said about this movie already, but let's find out why the rating of it (on a different, shabbier website) is so low. Here are some points of a popular reviewer, who has almost 100 percent support of their readers.
- At some points the audience is bored stiff and at other moments they are confused by the outlandish action sequences.
Outlandish action? Was it too alien? And sorry you were bored by the exceptional cinematography, underlined by a pace that was just right not to rush things, which brings me the second point.
- ...a disjointed mess that feels forced and rushed.
Story seemed linear to me. And which one is it, boring or rushed?
- The direction is never clear and there is no real screenplay here at all.
This is just saying it was bad, without saying anything at all. How is this helpful.
- Charles Dutton is pretty good, but his character lacks the development to really make him interesting. Everyone else is just present...
Dutton's character needs no development. What do you want, him finding Jesus again? Dance's backstory is interesting, and we get to know little details about everyone else like for example the IQ of one of the guards who then later unexpectedly gives his life for what he believes in, pretty strong character development for a minor player in a Sci-Fi Thriller. And that is the main problem people have when rating "Alien³", they don't know it's not a horror film like "Alien" and it's not an action flick like "Aliens".
- Overall a disappointment that is not very impressive at all. 2 stars out of 5.
More bashing without sound reasoning behind it. This film is clearly underrated, and if the aforementioned reviewer had seen what we have seen in 2017, especially in the Science Fiction genre, he might even agree and change his opinion about how a "disjointed mess" looks like.
I give 5 stars not to up the overall score, but because "Alien³" ends Ripley's ordeal in a stylish and original way, without insulting the intelligence of the viewer, or rehashing previous plot lines.
4 August 2017
I am migrating my reviews from a different site which has become simply garbage. TMDB looks awesome and I look forward to be a part of it.