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It’s Good!!!

posted 25 days ago by Ed (526)
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When I first saw the trailer, my first thought was “please be good! Please be good!”
Too often, films nowadays especially Disney really disappoint. And Fox is owned by Disney.

But…it’s good! Hot damn, this film is really good! This is a solid film, the characters don’t act stupid and are charismatic. They are also well written, no Mary Sues here. The effects have a lot of practical work. The film is well-paced. The actors themselves can actually act! Cailee is great, reminds me of a young Ellen Page, or the one from Rogue One.

The film isn’t perfect. The aliens grew up too quickly, for instance. But this is easily the best Alien film since Aliens. Watch it, don’t watch it, up to you. But I’d be happy to own this film in my collection.

[–] MartyMoose1977 (202) 23 days ago

I just watched it and I was shocked how good it was! This movie was genuinely scary like a blend of Alien and Aliens. Now I regret not going to see it in the theater!

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 10 days ago

You’re a lair, this was no where near Alien/Aliens quality

[–] Jones70 (6583) 10 days ago

The comment wasn’t about quality, it was about the type of movie it is.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 10 days ago

no hes talkin bout quality buddy

[–] samoanjoes (57041) 9 days ago

This movie was genuinely scary like a blend of Alien and Aliens.

No, he wasn't talking about quality.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 9 days ago

i expected better from someone w/ 50k comments. He’s talking about the quality of the scares pal. And it was clearly inferior to Alien/Aliens which had genuine horror. This was just a shitty B-grade slasher. The only remotely scary moment was the shot of the original Alien LIFTED FROM THE FIRST MOVIE.

The facehuggers were also lame as shit, they went from instant death sentence to being able to be removed from one’s face easily. In the originals they would’ve died doing that.

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[–] samoanjoes (57041) 9 days ago

i expected better from someone w/ 50k comments. He’s talking about the quality of the scares pal.

But that's not what you said in your other comment. You wrote:

"You’re a lair, this was no where near Alien/Aliens quality"

It's like you missed him saying the scary part.

And it was clearly inferior to Alien/Aliens which had genuine horror. This was just a shitty B-grade slasher. The only remotely scary moment was the shot of the original Alien LIFTED FROM THE FIRST MOVIE.

This is your opinion. Some people scare easily than others. It's strange to call someone a liar based on their own experience of a film.

The facehuggers were also lame as shit, they went from instant death sentence to being able to be removed from one’s face easily.

Ripley was choked in part 2 and they just ripped it off of her and she didn't have an instant death.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 9 days ago

Oh you’re trying to get cute with semantics. And yes, you’re right, it is my opinion that this movie was nowhere near as scary as the first two. As a horror film it didn’t work. That’s why I said that guy’s opinion is wrong, Are you trying to go somewhere with this?

And the reason Ripley ripped the facehugger off is because she was part xenomorph at that point. The zoomers in this were just weak ass teenagers.

[–] samoanjoes (57041) 9 days ago

Oh you’re trying to get cute with semantics.

No, it's possible you misread it because you left the word "scary" out.

As a horror film it didn’t work. That’s why I said that guy’s opinion is wrong

Again this is YOUR opinion. And if you acknowledge that it's also HIS opinion, then he can't be wrong. That's what an opinion is.

And the reason Ripley ripped the facehugger off is because she was part xenomorph at that point.

What?

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 9 days ago

No, calling something scary is a reference to quality. Shitty b grade slashers are not scary, aka they’re not quality.

that it's also HIS opinion, then he can't be wrong. That's what an opinion is.

Wrong, an opinion can be incorrect. For example, someone has the opinion the Mona Lisa is worse than a child’s finger painting in terms of technique. That is an example of a wrong opinion, like saying Romulus is as good as alien. Now you can say “I personally enjoyed Romulus, while acknowledging it was garbage” and that would be a correct opinion. That is the issue with you zoomers these days… you think your opinion is gospel.

What

Did you not watch the movie ?

[–] samoanjoes (57041) 9 days ago

Shitty b grade slashers are not scary, aka they’re not quality.

Once again, what someone finds scary is their opinion. It's also an opinion if something is shit or not.

Wrong, an opinion can be incorrect. For example, someone has the opinion the Mona Lisa is worse than a child’s finger painting in terms of technique. That

You can say it's a bad opinion if that's your view, but once again, it's not wrong.

That is the issue with you zoomers these days… you think your opinion is gospel.

I'm not a zoomer, but also, thinking your opinion is gospel is exactly what you have been doing.

Did you not watch the movie ?

The only time that Ripley could be considered part xenomorph is in part 4 but it's not Ripley because she's a clone.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 8 days ago

Once again, what someone finds scary is their opinion. It's also an opinion if something is shit or not
Except when their opinion is wrong. You can find My Little Pony scary, that doesn’t make it Alien quality. Name one moment that was remotely as intense as the moments in the first two movies? You can’t.

You can say it's a bad opinion if that's your view, but once again
That means the same thing. Trying to dispute facts doesn’t make your opinion valid.

I'm not a zoomer, but also, thinking your opinion is gospel is exactly what you have been doing.

My opinion IS gospel, zoomer, because I’m going off FACTS. Not conjecture. You talk like a zoomer so I assume you are one.

The only time that Ripley could be considered part xenomorph is in part 4 but it's not Ripley because she's a clone.

Oh I see you’re just dumb. In aliens the facehugger wasn’t ON HER FACE WHEN THEY TOOK IT OFF, unlike the retarded pos movie Romulus. It also took like 3 people to get it off her.

[–] samoanjoes (57041) 8 days ago

Name one moment that was remotely as intense as the moments in the first two movies? You can’t.

Waiting for the android to reboot so he can help them from the swarm of facehuggers. But even if I couldn't come up with a moment, I didn't claim that there were moments as intense as the first two films. I'm not going to tell the other person that they were wrong for feeling horrified by certain moments.

My opinion IS gospel, zoomer, because I’m going off FACTS.

Okay, then please provide a link of some sort that says that this can't be as scary as the first two films.

Oh I see you’re just dumb. In aliens the facehugger wasn’t ON HER FACE WHEN THEY TOOK IT OFF

They took it off of John Hurt's face. But how does your point prove that Ripley was part xenomorph exactly?

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 8 days ago

Waiting for the android to reboot so he can help them from the swarm of

I don’t remember that moment. Tbh the whole movie was cartoonish,

not going to tell the other person that they were wrong for feeling horrified by certain moments.

I’m not talking about his subjective feelings. I’m talking about how good the scares are. They’re not good. Just lane jump scares. Objectively.

then please provide a link of some sort that says that this can't be as scary as the first two films

Yes it’s on Google

They took it off of John Hurt's face. But how does your point prove that Ripley was part xenomorph exactly?

no the face hugger died

[–] samoanjoes (57041) 8 days ago

I’m not talking about his subjective feelings. I’m talking about how good the scares are. They’re not good.

How could anyone quantify that into a fact?

Yes it’s on Google

Then surely it should be easy for you to provide a link to a source that states this as fact.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 7 days ago

Simple. Jump scares are objectively lazy.

I am providing the source. It’s on Google.

[–] doublea (108) 7 days ago

This site should be renamed to MovieArguments lol.

(For the record, this movie was not good).

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 23 days ago

Both alien3 and resurrection were better than this

[–] TurdFerguson (33) 10 days ago

Lmfao

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 10 days ago

Sorry you like alien vs tiktokers, you zoomer lol

[–] TurdFerguson (33) 10 days ago

Sorry your knees don’t work anymore, and you can no longer pass gas without shidding yourself, boomer. I’ll just be kind and attribute your poor taste in movies to dementia. It’s not your fault that you’re dumb, your brain just sucks.
I’m a Millennial, by the way. Thanks for destroying my generation’s economy, dumbass.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 10 days ago

^ the clear retardation of the zoomer mindset, more barely intelligible babble of the weak and feeble-minded.

You have shit taste if you think Romulus was any better than the movies it fucking shamelessly copied, retarded faget

[–] TiberiumKing (104) 10 days ago

he already told you hes a Millennial

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 9 days ago

He was prob born in the mid 90z and tries to pass himself off as one

[–] TiberiumKing (104) 9 days ago

so if he was born in 1995 hes nearly 30 now, not a big difference. real zoomers are those who were born after the 2000's

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 9 days ago

doesn’t matter tardo, you’re still defending shitty zoomer garbage so makes you a zoomer by default

Why don’t you come fight me on FILMBOARDS and we’ll see how tough ye are, fugger!

[–] olioz (3703) 9 days ago

Lol, internet tough guys are so cute.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 9 days ago

keep hiding behind your keyboard, pusseh! We all laugh at you losers over at FILMBOARDS

[–] itsbananas2024 (1837) 23 days ago

I don't want to say it was a bad movie but there were just too many annoyances. I did find the Xenomorphs and face-hugger the most frightening since ALIENS. ...maybe ALIEN3.

[–] diezman (2123) 9 days ago

It was okay. The CGI Ash was kind of freaky.

[–] jgm4661 (83) 6 days ago

I agree. It kind of reminds me of the very good Star wars reboots too, Rogue One, Solo etc after the shitty trilogy prequels. They have new characters but there are some ties to the original which is a good thing to tug on the nostalgia heart strings like the new SW films reintroducing Hans, Luke and Leia .

This story was very well written, there is a substitute of suspense for the massive body count of the later additions which works superbly like the original. The fear was the unknown: the intelligence of the alien, the new mutation possibilities and a large dose of surprise.

On second watch, this appears to be a sequel to the original. Rook mentions that the first alien jettisoned by Ripley into space actually never died. The species don't freeze and don't need to breath. He called them the 'perfect beings'. There is also anasteroid they dissect early in the movie which shows a fossil in the form of the xenomorph suggesting it became encased in rock at one time preserving it.

The film makers have researched the earlier films well and Romulus touches and reintroduces on many of their earlier themes w a fresh look. The film really parallels many of the story lines of the franchise . Waking up in the sleeping modules to the future urban dystopia with various research outpost where they are conducting genetic research, the robots who now have both good and bad programming depending on the usb chip , the weaponry though nor flame throwers this time to even the kooky 70s era computer systems.

There are chase scenes w the crab like form, an implant and birth using a human host, use of the black liquid to produce a hybrid human alien form from Prometheus, a close up kill, humans caught in alien webbing awaiting a pod, the fear of the acid blood on both humans and the ship, jettisoning the alien through a pressure lock etc- all good nostalgic fun.

The girl is a modern update really on Ripley, she matches wits w the xenomorphs while also battling a corrupted robot and is the last girl again.

Again, I thought it was a great entry, maybe the best since the original and definitely one of the best films of 2024 and a worthy watch.

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 3 days ago

This movie was straight up trash you mong

[–] olioz (3703) 3 days ago

I liked it even more after a second watch. It's not perfect but it's so damn entertaining! 8/10

[–] AnthonySocksss (739) 3 days ago

You’re a liar and a queer!