Really, drfielding64?
And yet another thread hijacked and taken off topic,,,I remember now why I don't bother posting on message boards!!!
The guy who posted "I have grave concerns for Alien 5" on the Chappie board is accusing people of being off topic. . . . even hijacking the thread. All I did was give my opinion on Blomkamp's upcomoing Alien film in a chat directly inspired by your OP. Am I off topic because I'm a Blomkamp fan, and don't share your pessimism? Is it because nobody chatted you up on your "points", and those replying chose to chat amongst themselves?
OK. . . here you go. . . fully on topic, drfielding64. . .
Watched this last night, oh what a disappointment. . .
Sorry to hear that. I had a great time.
I found the acting wooden and I’m not just talking about Die Antwoord, I’m mean Sigourney Weaver, Dev Patel & Hugh Jackman.
I disagree. Not only did Die Antwoord perform better than most musical acts featured as major characters in a B movie. . . they kind of raised the bar. Have you ever seen Rock 'n Roll Nightmare. . . or Alice Cooper in Monster Dog?
The supporting cast of accomplished actors were anything but "wooden". At least my interpretation of wooden acting. . . . you didn't give any explanation to work with. I'd say much of the acting was cartoonish. Especially from Patel and Jackman. Weaver was one of the few who seemed to take a realistic approach. . . her character was heartless corporate lady, and she owned it.
The diologue was even worse.
Worse than undefined "wooden acting"? All I can surmise is you didn't like the film for vague reasons. The only thing I can logically reply is:
Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
Consequently I just could not engage with the film and was bored throughout.
Sorry to hear that, my experience was the opposite of yours.
Neill Blomkamp had such promise after District 9, however Elysium was just OK, and this one was a define limp squid (IMO).
His only intent with D9, and his two subsequent films, was to make a movie he'd enjoy watching. . . not fan service. Some call it bad business, I call it artistic integrity. The goal isn't to turn sci-fi on its head, but rather, have fun making wacky films that not everyone will appreciate. Who does that?. . . outside of the ultra-low/no budget indie circuit anyway.
Fingers crossed he can do a better job with Alien 5
I wouldn't go so far as to request "a better job", but I kind of feel you. Alien isn't a good candidate for a sci-fi allegory about South African sociopolitical issues and zany philosophies. This will be significantly different than his other films.
Blomkamp's drive to sequel Aliens is commendable, and a tad bit unprecedented. Aliens, and other films of that genera/era, influenced him to make films of his own. He began working on it as a purely fantasy project. Check out what he has to say in interviews. Long story short, it's largely a dead property. The last time studios paraded around the Alien carcass for money over art, we got two dismal AVP films. Neill is the only guy who cared enough to pull something like this together. . . his passion rubbed off on Ridley Scott, who's now gung ho about realizing Prometheus 2, and executive producing Neill's vision of Alien 3. I'll save any judgments for the first trailer. At the very worst, Blomkamp's "alternate Alien 3" stands to be a loving fan film. That approach hasn't been tried since Cameron directed Aliens, and I see nothing wrong with that. Win or fail, at least he had the drive to try. Who else is doing stuff like that? Nobody, that's who.
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