As a Uruguayan and a fan of the saga, I can't deny that I was waiting for this movie with a mix of expectation and uncertainty. The first, due to my fanaticism for this entire universe and the second because of the inherent risk of a new installment after the previous stumbles.
I think that "Alien Romulus" does a great job as a movie for the most part: it is initially presented with an air of more tension and mystery like in Alien 1; it goes through a stage of more action and dynamism like Alien 2 and has a very risky third act, very reminiscent of Prometheus.
The result? A hybrid that many of us liked but others not so much. Sometimes in the homage and fan service a lot of the content is lost and that is perhaps one of the biggest criticisms. However, the criticism succumbs to the box office success that this movie is being.
Personally, I enjoyed this installment a lot in a theater with great image and sound. Fede Alvarez does a great job directing, which is no coincidence, remembering "Don't Breathe" and the remake of "Evil Dead." The setting, the script, the characters (especially Andy's actor), are really good. We have a main character who, although she is not Ripley, does very well and we believe her entire development during the film.
Perhaps one can question the creative decision to give more screen time to the Facehugger than to the Xenomorph, but it is not something that bothered me.
I do think that the deaths of the characters could have been used more, but in return we are given a delightful third act from the acid sequence in zero gravity to the appearance of that aberration, a mix of human, xenomorph and engineer, that is really disturbing.
I firmly believe that it improves a lot from the prequels and that it will benefit from the comic that will be published in October. So, all in all, I am very happy with this release. I hope that the box office success it is having gives the green light to more stories and that this whole universe that has so much potential and that so many of us love can be rounded out.
I think that "Alien Romulus" does a great job as a movie for the most part: it is initially presented with an air of more tension and mystery like in Alien 1; it goes through a stage of more action and dynamism like Alien 2 and has a very risky third act, very reminiscent of Prometheus.
The result? A hybrid that many of us liked but others not so much. Sometimes in the homage and fan service a lot of the content is lost and that is perhaps one of the biggest criticisms. However, the criticism succumbs to the box office success that this movie is being.
Personally, I enjoyed this installment a lot in a theater with great image and sound. Fede Alvarez does a great job directing, which is no coincidence, remembering "Don't Breathe" and the remake of "Evil Dead." The setting, the script, the characters (especially Andy's actor), are really good. We have a main character who, although she is not Ripley, does very well and we believe her entire development during the film.
Perhaps one can question the creative decision to give more screen time to the Facehugger than to the Xenomorph, but it is not something that bothered me.
I do think that the deaths of the characters could have been used more, but in return we are given a delightful third act from the acid sequence in zero gravity to the appearance of that aberration, a mix of human, xenomorph and engineer, that is really disturbing.
I firmly believe that it improves a lot from the prequels and that it will benefit from the comic that will be published in October. So, all in all, I am very happy with this release. I hope that the box office success it is having gives the green light to more stories and that this whole universe that has so much potential and that so many of us love can be rounded out.