Killed the Series...

Rating: 4/10 (23 June 2005)

Wow... where to start on this movie. I think this one REALLY just killed the series. First off, by killing of Hicks, Newt, and kind of Bishop at the very start. Plus there were so many plot devices it was scary. The characters had no depth to them, except for Ripley, Dillon, Clemens, and maybe Aaron. They tried to make you care about them, EG after the quinacetraline explosion, when they have the sad-toned music, and the prisoners who survived walk slowly down the halls finding the dead ones and taking them away. Kind of like the "Bring out your dead" scene in Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail, except not funny. But, they're prisoners! Why would you honestly care about them?! And the movie itself was just plain BORING. Everything was either silver or sepia toned, there were long periods where absolutely nothing happens, but this is different from Alien's case. The first movie, there are long uneventful periods, because it adds to the creep factor. In this, they're there because they want to save the few action sequences for the end. However, I will say in it's defense, I liked the ending. A different turn from the first to, and rather poignant. Seeing as there's this woman who is tormented every *waking* moment of her life by these alien creatures, and she finally has no choice but to give up. But all and all, a very weak entry to the series. I don't like David Fincher. Now, the special edition is SO MUCH BETTER! All that extra stuff they cut out made the film much more watchable! Golic going crazy, releasing the alien, and all that extra stuff. For me, it raised the watch-ability rate to about a 6.5 rather than a 4! In conclusion, if you're going to see Alien3, see the special edition, NOT the theatrical!