Quite possibly the most disappointing end to a trilogy ever made

Rating: 4/10 (6 October 2007)

This is my first film review on IMDb, so I'm going to brief you on how I'll write my reviews from now on. First, I'll go through the positive attributes of a film (if any), followed by the negative attributes (if any). Then I'll end the review with 3 choice words that describe what I thought or how I feel about the film. With that out of the way, I'll start my review of the third (and what should have been the final) installment of the Alien franchise.
The positives: -I like the look and style of the film, even though some of the areas of the prison look the same. Since this is a David Fincher film, though, that's to be expected. -I still love Ripley, and I like all the moments of the film between her and the characters that actually get developed (except the warden, he's just annoying). -I love the musical score of the film, and it's possibly the best score of all the Alien films. It's officially dented into my brain. -I think the film's ending is great, with the exception of the chestburster coming out of Ripley while she takes the Nestea plunge into molten lead (How can she grab onto it? She should be dead the instant it bursts out!).
The Negatives: -Not a single moment of this film is frightening. We see all the "scares" coming, when they should be unexpected. It seems that the filmmakers instead decided to make the deaths more graphic, which just makes these scenes repulsive (I find the chestburster coming out of the dog very distasteful). -WHY DID THEY KILL HICKS AND NEWT AT THE START OF THE MOVIE?! I realize that I'm sounding like a whiny fanboy right now, but this is a slap in the face to James Cameron, the numerous fans of "Aliens", and me! They had all of this potential by keeping them alive, but they flushed it down the crapper anyway. What a waste. -The new characters other than Clemens and Dillon are one-dimensional bald guys with no character definition. They only seem to be there so they can get killed by the alien. -The visual effects are a mixed bag (how they got an Academy Award nomination is beyond me). While some effects look pretty good, others look obvious or below average, and the aforementioned chestburster coming out of Ripley almost looks cheesy.
My 3 choice words: Frightless, Mediocre, Stylish