Alien: Romulus is a masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Alien: Romulus
The Real Vlad — 1 year ago(August 16, 2024 05:56 PM)
Not gonna lie, I'm biased towards sci-fi and even more so towards the Alien franchise.
Alien: Romulus hits the spot and it goes deeper, it's the best Alien movie since 1986.
It starts of on a terraformed world that appears to be as filthy as they come, right from the bat there is no mistaking that Weyland-Yutani are the bad guys (shoutout to the bar sign from Aliens)
The protagonist and her android brother are persuaded to join a crew to scavenge a derelict WY base close to orbit and I'll just stop there
Pacing is great, starts out quite slow with the introduction of the characters, the exploration of the base. After a key moment the movie speeds up and it will have you sit on nails until the very end.
Fede Alvarez captures the cluastrophobia from the first movie, the dirt, the grit and the sci-fi horror elements from the first 3 movies and so much more.
If you love the franchise this movie will satisfy your thirst and more. A must go cinematic experience. -
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∂³∑x² — 1 year ago(August 16, 2024 06:48 PM)
Nice write up!
It really is a go to the theatre experience and sits well amongst the first 4 Alien movies.
It's not perfect but is a great love letter to the entire franchise and leaves room to perhaps still have a place for a sequel or be included in the lore of future stories.
I'd recommend everyone try to see this at theatres over the weekend if you like anything in the proper Alien movie run
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∂³∑x² — 1 year ago(August 16, 2024 07:53 PM)
Just a solid fun Summer flick set in the Alien universe /.
It's a good old fashioned Alien movie with enough interesting set pieces, some homage like a fan fiction on steroid budget, entirely new content, some reused elements (Which might seem cheap to some) and some false peaks for endings.
I'll be seeing it again at theatres and taking notes this time as there are enough parts which are shakey enough to be considered shoddy by some, but overall the film is highly rewatchable which nothing since Resurrection has been for me.
It is fun at the cinema and you'll walk away feeling like it was a memorable watch worth chatting to others about
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