Good ending for the series, but could have been much better

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2013)

Even though is not the best one of the trilogy (I don't want to count the fourth), I believe it was a good way to end the series. If things were not bad enough for Ripley in the previous one, now she founds herself stranded in a space prison, with no technology, infected and surrounded by a bunch a bold creepy prisoners.
Ripley and the alien stories have been so intertwined throughout the series that is almost impossible for one to exist without the other, and I think this movie portrays this feeling perfectly, leading to the final sacrifice at the end.
A lot of the complaints about the movie arouse from the fact that Newt and Hicks are out at the beginning of the movie (during the credits), and I was disappointed too! However, i think it was necessary to portray how much the creature has affected Ripley's life (although I feel the autopsy scene was unnecessary). I also do not think Hicks and Newt would have fit in the prison story.
What I liked: The chase scenes from the alien point of view.
The yellow color used throughout the movie, portrays the prison prison as a sad and depressing environment.
What I didn't like: As everybody says, the way the alien was animated (specially on the running scenes) is probably the weakest of all the series (they should have gone to previous techniques).
You can feel they were working without a script (it affected the director and the franchise). The story feels disconnected at times.
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