Alien 3 tried to be more like the first film, but it failed for a few reasons...

Rating: 5/10 (30 May 2009)

David Fincher is known for making many famous films such as Seven and Fight Club, but this was his first feature length film. Alien 3 tried to be more like the first film in the series but it didn't have that feeling about one Alien on a spaceship hunting seven people down. Instead, Ripely is left on a prison planet where there are loads more people and the Alien is stronger.
I didn't like the film for a few reasons, and one was because too many people died too early into the film, which I found annoying. Also you are desperately waiting for Ripely to tell everyone about the Alien on the planet, so that the film can properly, but instead there is just more talking which gets boring. We also see the Alien too easily because you see it up front, but in the first and second one you could barley see it sometimes. Finally, near the end with the door part I got really confused and hated the upside-down camera shot, even though it is meant to be the Alien's eyes.
My review gives the film a 5 star rating, but many people give it a 1 star, which I think is too low because there are some good things about the film. I thought the acting was pretty good in the film and some of the special effects were great, although they had made Terminator 2 a year before it so many people at the time may have thought it wasn't anything special. I loved how many ideas they could use to make the Alien kill someone, but I won't mention anything. And some people say the ending was stupid but it wasn't and I will not say anything about it.
Overall I would give it a go but only if you have seen Alien and Aliens. I have never seen Alien Resurrection but I may see it soon.