What is perfect? Why is this movie NOT!?

Rating: 1/10 (1 June 2001)

What is perfect? Answer: The Alien Creature, the pure quality of the being; its lifecycles, its seductive and poetic and immensely horrific image... in short; `The Alien'.
Why isn't `Alien: Resurrection' perfect? Answer: Allow me to sum the perspective: The four movies: 1: Alien - A mystic and highly horrifying and chilling introduction to the Alien universe = Perfect!! 2: Aliens - Builds upon the previous story without any attempt of copying the first movie (which is often the universal mistake of a flopping sequel). `Aliens' adds another type of storytelling to the Alien-universe. It is told with high pace and with wild action of the highest quality = Perfect (especially directors cut)!! 3: Alien 3 - Just as the second movie it builds the story. Its telling technique is a little like the first movie but it never becomes an obvious copy and the story expands the Alien-universe even further > Perfect!! The same Alien-topic told differently in all three movies and every story builds the universe further: these three movies complete the cycle perfectly. Yet it is a cycle that can easily be expanded if it is done with the same grace as mentioned above! This is where `Alien: Resurrection' fail.
`Alien: Resurrection' - The telling technique is not completely off yet very close to `Aliens', but it makes two fatal mistakes: I: The theme of the Alien-universe has so far been horror and action on the highest level. `Alien: Resurrection' is told in a way so the horror aspect is perhaps not lost but seriously down prioritised! One can justify this by saying that so was `Aliens'; that's true, though not as mush. However, it does NOT justify that humour and corny remarks are the new main ingredient along with action. But please Jean-Pierre Jeunet accept the fact that Alien IS HORROR and not something in between - which is the first fatal mistake the movie has! II: Referring to the definition of "perfect" as mentioned above, then there is no reason to change anything about the Alien creature: Why the new design of the eggs: Why make the opening of the eggs look like the anus of a fat jellyfish when the old design with a hard shell was perfect?! And most off all why change the whole mother design... making a big fat skeleton-baby instead? If one should change these two `mistakes' it would mean another design told in another horrifying way: That would have been a number four to be proud of!
But let's face it! The movie has many great action scenes and after all it is Alien and one can't stop from being impressed a little - Therefore I recommend seeing it and that is the only `therefore'!
Can't wait for number 5, perhaps it will bring order to the chaos `Alien: Resurrection' created in the cycles of the Alien! Anyway, any visualization of the Alien-universe is always welcomed - no matter the quality the first three will always be perfect!