Not as good as I expected, but still it isn't really as bad some say

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2009)

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Although not as good as the first part, it is still entertaining. Let's begin with the good. The good is it darkness, the gore is okay and the acting is not bad.
While its been said that movies must always end "good". The hero arises triumphant and his bad counterpart is either dead or in jail. I do not agree with this. There are quite a few opera's out there that are works of sheer brilliance but end with the hero being dragged to hell or just being murdered, the most notable being Don Giovanni by Mozart. And Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back doesn't end too cheerful either but still is a very good movie. This also applies to Alien3. It ends pretty dark with the death of both the new queen and Ripley, but the ending completely suits the movie being the final piece of the series. Showing a bunch of former prisoners who found God in a corner of space in an area where nothing works, with the sole exception for the lead casting machine.
The gore is, well, gory. The thing I wished to be more explicit was the autopsy of Newt, but the guts of the former inmates that splatter all over the walls were adequate. The acting was also okay, the former prisoners behave like people who aren't exactly the heroes the marines were in Aliens.
Now the bad of this movie. Well, I think the writers should have given Newt and Hicks a more heroic death, other than just die in a crash in the opening minutes of the movie. Second is the mysterious egg in the first seconds, where the heck did it came from? I thought the queen lost her egg-laying capability with the ending of Aliens! And although I don't exactly mind the dark ending, the ending itself could have been more dramatic and noteworthy. Jumping into a very large oven isn't exactly exciting. Then there is the creature itself, coming from a dog this time, in stead of a human being and having four legs for speed. While of course an original departure from the human form it could have been worked out much better, in stead of just being "Oh noes! It's different from the others!11!!1!!1" And why didn't the men who tried to convince Ripley to come with them to steal the alien queen just stunned her in stead of starting a meaningless conversation?
But I think overall the good remains triumphant over the bad things in this movie. This movie just isn't the disaster some claim it to be.
Entertaining? Yeah. A masterpiece? No.
7 / 10