And, really, the film is about one simple theme and that is motherhood. Of course, the xenomorphs are really just the set-up for the queen, the one who's laying the eggs, and her eventual showdown with Ripley. They still do some really cool stuff with them, like running through the air ducts, but some of the scare factor is taken away from them. The xenomorphs are greatly designed and everything, but they're dispatched of so easily by the marines and Ripley that it takes some of their original effectiveness away from them. But this is where I have some problems with the film. The xenomorphs are still terrifyingly designed.
#PER FROST HENRIKSEN MOVIE#
The use of the word 'conventionally' might seem like a negative to some, but what I mean is the fact that they throw so much more at you than the original movie and it's pretty fucking great. That's one of the many different things when compared to the original, the film is much more conventionally intense. And when the movie does get going, it really doesn't stop with its intensity and visceral attack on your sense. You really don't know what happened during and it's only after the fact, when you've had time to regroup and catch your breath, where you try to figure out what happened and how. And I can imagine that, if I was in a wartime situation and the enemy took us by surprising, it'd feel similar to this. I love that when the xenomorphs do appear, and the shit hits the fan for the marines, you're not exactly what happened, how it happened and who actually died. It's not a dread-filled as the original, but they do a good job regardless. Building up to the first appearance of the xenomorph. I will say that the first half or so of the movie, maybe slightly less than half, is a slow-burn. The film focuses on Ripley, duh, a group of colonial marines sent to investigate this colony (that has 60-70 families living in it) as no transmission has been received from them for a long time. This movie opens things up, taking place on terraformed colony where the alien eggs and facehugger were discovered in the first film. That made the xenomorph in the original seem more terrifying. He could be in the next room, or in the air duct, or right above you. It built up dread through the usage of its atmosphere and the element of surprise, you never knew where the xenomorph would appear in. The original was a more claustrophobic and contained experience. While both films take place in the same universe, with the same lead character and the same villains, the similarities end there. But, and I don't wanna say I was surprised, this film is pretty fucking great. It's not necessarily the most fair way to head into a movie. I think this is an assumption that most of us would, wrongly, make. Just because a horror sequel (or any sequel for that matter) relies more on action than its first installment does not instantly make it a worse film. I don't know why that, in my head, already created a scenario where this movie just wouldn't be as good as Alien.
Having watched Alien a week and a half ago, I was aware that its sequel, this film, was a more action heavy affair when compared to the atmospheric and tense-filled original. Evil Dead 2 is one of my favorite horror movies of all time, so there you have it. I felt that it fell just a little bit short of that. I really liked Evil Dead, but I didn't think ever reached the great category. And, yes, I am, in fact, including Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 in that discussion. It might be controversial to some, but there's really no debate to me in any way, shape or form. And I'm gonna start off with something that might be controversial to some, but Alien and Aliens is the greatest one-two punch in horror film franchise history. Having said all of that, on to this film. But I digress, that's neither here nor there, I just felt like starting out with that. Cameron has his faults as a filmmaker, but there's no denying he's always been at the forefront for innovation in special effects and new film techniques. So more than half of those $6 billion is from just two movies, which is an insane statistic. Granted, those numbers are misleading considering that Titanic made $2.19 billion and Avatar made $2.78 billion. Cameron's is more impressive when you take into consideration the fact that he has made just SEVEN movies in his career. Actually, now that I check my information, Spielberg is the most financially successful filmmaker of all time, as his movies have made a combined $9 billion. His films, on a worldwide basis, have grossed $6 billion. Realistically speaking, I think he may be the most financially successful filmmaker of all time. Say what you will about James Cameron, but he's got a pretty great track record as it relates to successful movies.
0 kommentar(er)
