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Suffice to say, the cinema-version of Alien³ is so heavily flawed that - once you see the full extended version - you understand the amount of gaps and holes in the storyline. For example, the character Golic, an otherwise downgraded and one-dimensional character proves to be a super-interesting, multi-layered character that proves to contain more narrative than any other prisoner of the doomed planet.

I don't know what went wrong when master director David Fincher directed the movie. I can only bend the knee out of respect of what the ultimate, extended version has shown us. It's a FAR better movie and one even so close to the brilliance of Alien and Aliens that - dare I say it? - this Alien-trilogy is more powerful than the Godfather-trilogy or the Indiana Jones-trilogy (yes, trilogy, coz the story about Indiana Jones faces Mars-aliens is non-existent for me on account of being childishly ridiculous)

Are you in any way like me? An absolute movie buff who's always looking for the next movie that makes you float on cloud 7 in a heavenly beautiful cinematic movie experience with fascinating characters and a riveting storyline? Then watch Alien³ - there are NO two versions soooooo different than the flawed cinema and near-perfect extended version, making the full version of Alien³ an unappreciated yet visually artful, strong-character-driven film.

It's the perfect answer to James Cameron's perfect-action packed sci-fi masterpiece and Ridley Scott's riveting horror-/thriller classic. Watch it ... love it ... keep it ...

I was excited about this movie as I thought it would be another great superhero comic book movie like Spider-man, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Fantastic Four or the X-men-trilogy. How wrong I was! This movie is the total opposite. Here's why: 1) There is only one true superhero and he is super-boring as he has zero emotions and looks more like a sexual version of the Oscar statuette. The other characters aren't superheroes and thus they are futile as characters - they never seem to matter in the storyline. Also: the only interesting character is a guy called the comedian but then he is annoying in everything he says or does.

2) The action is only impressive in the first scene; everything else is flat and dull.

3) The storyline is wáy too complex. The story switches back and forth too many times and we get too much information of which none of it seems to matter. There is also too much political crap rather than some good superhero-action. The voice-over is interesting to begin with but after a couple of minutes, it feels like some kind of failed, wanna-be Max Payne-video game voice-over. And what's with the music? At times songs play during scenes in this movie that have no substance whatsoever; like the restaurant scene that has "99 Luftballons" by Nena playing all of a sudden.

4) The so-called cool darkness in this movie wánts to be like "300" or "Sin city", but it's just plain boring.

In short: IF this movie will please any fans at all, they will most likely almost be all fanboys of the comic-book. This movie will NOT become a mainstream-success; I can guarantee you that! The characters are boring (even the superhero guy is plain stupid), the storyline is ridiculously complex with nonsense and seems to head for absolutely no point whatsoever.

2009 WILL have a great comic-book movie ("Wolverine") but it will not be this one ...

Watchmen? Simple. DON'T watch!! :D

I had never seen a movie by English director Neil Marshall, but this is certainly a guy to keep your eyes on. I don't know if this movie is going to be his one hit wonder or the beginning of a great career, but the thriller-horror movie "The descent" isn't just decent ... it's bloody fantastic! The story evolves around a bunch of women who regularly come together to organize a truly overwhelming adventure. Only this time they might have exaggerated in doing so since they find themselves trapped in a cave as a result. To make matters worse: they find out that a strange breed of predators have made a home here.

The greatest achievement of this movie is that you genuinely care about its characters. Without that: this would have been another slice-and-dice slasher film. But "The descent" is much more than that. This excellent thriller does not just feature six beautiful women. The acting of these ladies is also very inspiring. Each character is different from the next and this makes the story even more interesting. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous. Some camera-shots create such a disturbing and claustrophobic mood that it almost feels as though you were actually there with them (wishful thinking; I suppose). The different set-pieces are also amazing and make you forget that you are watching a movie. Once the six wannabe-Tomb Raiders descend into the mysterious cave, the tension is very delicately built up. How these crawling cave creatures look like is spoon-fed to us so as to not spoil the big ultra-terrifying moment when we meet them face-to-face for the first time ever. After that: it becomes an action-packed horror movie which is both fun and frightening to watch, but it never descends in quality.

In short: "The descent" is a masterful thriller-horror movie which excels on all levels. It is pretty much flawless and should not be missed by any and all who love a good scare! Thriller-wise: this is as good as it gets!