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Alien: Romulus (2024)
Ok but lightyears away from the original Alien
I saw the first Alien in the cinema in 1979 and was blown away by it and an Alien fan ever since. But it is difficult to see nearly none of the sequels being even close as good as the first one (only Aliens came pretty close). What was so goodin the original? The suspense without actually seeing the alien so much, the excellent pace starting with the awakening of the crew, the exciting discovery of a crashed alien ship, the pods, the incubation of a crew member, Sigourny, etc you probably have seen it too (and if not please do). So I go to the cinema every time a new Alien (or Alien vs Predator) comes out. In general I do not expect too much, so that the disappointment is not too great.
In this case with Alien Romulus it was ok, nice to watch, not bored or anything, some very nice orginal out of space scenes, liked most of the actors (some made little impression) great to see an old one back. And, very important, not too angry about things that just are completely illogical like in Prometheus Saw it in 4DX so with moving chairs, wind and rain, still not clear about what I think about that. But is this an Alien comparable to the original? No not by light years, sorry to say.
The start and build up I liked, but then when the action starts, it does not stop! C'mon director/writers, don't you know you need to build in some leasure moments. Time to recover, make plans. Both for the actors but also the audience.
Then the speed at which the alien grows and multiplies, that just ain't right. From incubation to fully grown alien in a few minutes? And suddenly there a lot of them and there are many more human incubators hanging on the ceiling, where did they come from?
Sometimes it is not clear why a movie is made, what's in it for me? At least a good night out, that's worth a 7. Does it stand out as an Alien movie? I am afraid not.
A Royal Christmas Ball (2017)
Lily is not the daughter of King Charles
I so very sorry for Lily, but she cannot be the daughter of King Charles. Both her mother and Charles have blue eyes, while Liky has brown eyes, which is genetically impossible. I'm afraid her mother did it too with some other bloke.
Geostorm (2017)
Loved it
From the beginning to the very end I was excited by this movie. Great effects, loved the space ship scenes, beautiful actress that excellently played the secret service agent.
I never read critics before I see a movie and likewise give a score first. When something feels bad afterwards I am comforted by delightfully negative critics, "so I wasn't crazy that this was really bad". Not the case here. Come on guys, you didn't come to watch Shakespeare and of course not everything is original, how can it be and why should it be. I watched it to be excited and it succeeded 100%.