As much as I wanted this to be a pure throwback to the original Alien I thought it was a lot of fun. My friend and I saw the original's re-release in theaters a few months ago and followed up to see this on the big screen as well.
The world-building is honestly a lot of fun if you're a fan. I appreciate Big Ridley's Prometheus and Covenant for trying to tell an "elevated horror" story that touches on deeper…
One of the best things I've seen in a while. In my head I think it needs an hour off the runtime but in my soul I know being a "good" movie is not what it's about.
So much heart and interesting stuff bogged down by computer editing effects becoming easy to do and cheap in 2002.
I think an hour of this was the most stressful thing I've seen since watching Possession for the first time but it has…
Visually stunning and as someone who hasn't read an Italian comic aside from wikipedia descriptions-- This is probably the best adaptation of that format. Surreal, slapstick, self-loathing, and philosophical with an ironic delivery. If you are a male teenager you will love it.
Probably one of my favorite films of 2010s. Uses that improvised "The Office" style of filmmaking to actually achieve what I'd consider a great thriller. (Can't really think of anything in this style that succeeds as a drama as I'm writing this.)
Johnson really holds back on the humor in this and instead finds a lot of time for a feeling, long silent images in between our story beats. He also takes his time to introduce the few "action" scenes…
