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BigBrown said:
Surprised to hear that, I think Alien is great, I think it has the most suspense out of them all. Aliens is even better but it's more action oriented, Alien 3 and Resurrection are flawed but I like 'em too. The only thing I really dislike in Resurrection is the hybrid alien baby, I think the rest is solid.
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I really felt sorry for that thing when Sigourney Weaver betrayed her maternal instincts. I think that movie is a cut or two away from being good and I think it's better than most remember it as. Alien is just boring to me.
 
jerseydevil said:
Hey...I don't know art, but I knows what I likes and I just think Alien is ok at best. It's a high end flick, with a top tier director, so people drooled over it. The cast is good across the board and the creature/set design elevates it, but if you strip it down to the basic elements it really is just a typical 'hunt and chase with survivor girl' horror film. And, upon repeated viewings, atmospheric equals boring.
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I went the exact opposite direction. I tried watching it a few times and found it boring as ****. Then something just clicked for me one day. That happens sometimes with me, takes me a few tries at a movie to appreciate it.
 
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BigBrown said:
Surprised to hear that, I think Alien is great, I think it has the most suspense out of them all. Aliens is even better but it's more action oriented, Alien 3 and Resurrection are flawed but I like 'em too. The only thing I really dislike in Resurrection is the hybrid alien baby, I think the rest is solid.
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Agree on Alien 4 - not bad at all until the crap at the end. Such a shame Michael Wincott was never in more movies.

Alien 3 was doomed by the way it took a giant dump on the end of Aliens at the beginning - ain't no coming back from that. Also, it is relatively boring.
 
SE7EN Review | Looking Back at the Films of David Fincher

Where as Alien3 has been forgotten thanks to ignominy, the shadow of the first two Alien movies, and its botched production, Se7en has persevered for almost twenty years if for no other reason than what’s in the ****ing box. Se7en is where David Fincher‘s filmography truly begins, and it’s fitting that a director who self-identifies as cynical should lead with a movie that abhors human nature, massacres the good in more ways than one, and even feels slight reverence towards its heinous killer. There’s a beauty to the cruelty as the movie presents a stylized realism that taps into a rotting, fetid world but does so without establishing a particular locale, drenching the unnamed city in rain, and sinking the shots into darkness and low angles.

Se7en is where David Fincher finally got to come out and play. Alien 3 was a trap that became a prison and eventually he just had to flee from the depressing hellhole of that production. He returned to music videos thinking he would never make another movie again, and when Se7en came along, he went all in on a “meditation on evil and how evil gets on you and you can’t get it off.” Fincher didn’t return with an open palm. He came back with a clenched fist.

Read more at SE7EN Review | Looking Back at the Films of David Fincher
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THE GAME Review | Looking Back at the Films of David Fincher

The design of the The Game is immaculate, and its individual elements are there to remind us of how well every puzzle piece looks. I flat-out hated The Game on my first two viewings, but as I’ve said, the eye-popping Blu-ray transfer (approved by Fincher) for the Criterion Collection gave me a newfound appreciation for the movie’s visuals. In addition to how Fincher drenches the movie in darkness and low lighting, everything is staged perfectly: the chase scenes are claustrophobic and twisting like a maze. The scene in Christine’s cabin is perversely cozy. Fincher notes in the commentary how he hates the color red in movies. And yet you’ll notice that Christine’s bra is bright red—sexiness and arousal you can’t miss.

Admirably, these elements are heightened not in a crass way to pander to the audience, but rather to work as road signs. It’s a magician breaking down each of his tricks and telling you how they work, and that’s interesting to a point. But as an audience in the middle of watching a movie, we’re interested in the journey and we want to be fooled. And on a first viewing, Fincher can get away with it. We can get lost in Nicholas’ journey, but the movie only works once because it has nothing deeper. Nicholas isn’t an interesting character and the resolution of his journey isn’t about catharsis. It’s about how the game concludes. As Fincher notes in the commentary:

“This film, for me, was an interesting study not in human behavior—how people relate to each other, what people want from life or career or any of that. It was, “What does an audience want or expect or need from a film?” My question was, “How much will they put up with, and will they go for 45 minutes of red herrings?”

For me, the climax of the The Game is a dead giveaway that the movie couldn’t care less about any emotional impact. First, Nicholas’ jump is meant to echo his father’s suicide, and his landing his supposed to be a moment of catharsis where he realizes that he doesn’t have to repeat the mistakes of the past. Then everyone in the room applauds him even though he just tried to commit suicide.
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I ****ing HATE this movie. HATE IT.
 
Interstellar to Hit Select Theaters Three Days Early?

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until Friday, November 7th, but apparently some folks will be seeing it three days early because there are theaters in Los Angeles that are selling tickets to IMAX screenings beginning at 8:00pm on Tuesday, November 4th.
It’d make sense for Paramount to hold midnight showings the night before the big debut, but three days early is another story. If this is the real deal, it’s surprising the studio hasn’t made an official announcement about this yet. Hit the jump for more on these Interstellar early showings. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Michael Caine, David Oyelowo, Wes Bentley, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn, Topher Grace, David Gyasi, Mackenzie Foy, Bill Irwin, Timoth?e Chalamet and Matt Damon.
interstellar-christopher-nolan-matthew-mcconaugheyFirst Showing is the outlet that spotted the early screenings on MovieTickets.com. If you search for Interstellar showings on November 4th 40 miles from the 90505 zip code, you get options including the AMC Universal Citywalk Stadium 19 and the AMC Puente Hills 20, but no TCL Chinese Theatre, the IMAX flagship theater that is installing a 15perf/70mm film projection system just for Interstellar.
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