Been watching prettymuch the whole alien franchise in preparation for alien covenant. Despite the ticket prices these days being unbelievably expensive, I do want to experience my first alien film ever on the big screen and not just through tv as usual or in this case the computer.
Fascinating, it's truly a great bunch of movies each of them having their own interesting ideas and concepts that demand actual thought and analysis.
Can't rewatch much of them worth spit though... I have no intention on revisiting alien, alien 3, or alien 4. The most repellant one being the video game cut scene that is Alien 4. the movie once again, and here I'm going to go back in time, I saw this movie when it aired on tv back in the 90s. I loved it, thought it had amazing visuals and just awesome action, damn cool story. I watch it today and I'm like, damn is this a 90s movie. Felt like going back in time. Basketball, most popular sport at the time, check. Tons of quips and music video looking fish eye camera work, check. Awful attempts at CGI, check. Black guy with a heart of gold, check... girl power, check. It's all 90s all day. Does the movie have any redeeming value. The script actually tries to expand the mythos, the idea of ripley being cloned and because she had an alien in her, the alien trait of retaining memories is passed on, that part was brilliant. The idea of ripley dying then actually being re-awoken in a worse situation than she last was in, just genius.
They sparred no expense with the production budget, it's one of the best looking, best shot movies of its time... just floored by the amazing cinematography on display. And as much as some reviews hate on the pirates, due to the strength of acting veterans like perlman and the rest, they work for me. I ended up liking them. Can't say the same for the prometheus dipshits.
Alien 3 is like, a fan film. That's as far as I'll go. I tried desperately to make it fit with what I knew from alien and aliens. I tried, but they did it too quickly. They took characters we grew to know and tossed them aside too quick, then had a big urkel black guy screaming into our faces for damn near 2 hours. That's a bad move any way you slice it. I will not acknowledge alien 3 as existing, fuck that shit.
I don't know, I find it hard to want to revisit Resurrection cuz it's so shallow and straight forward a film, but same with prometheus, not much to chew on there either... Let's go to alien planet guys, K, lol they aliens and kill us, movie done.
Shrugs.... what movie do I think is rewatchable forever and ever. Honestly not many. I don't have much interest in watching a lot of my fav movies again anymore... But yeah, movies with depth, I find fascinating to re watch and find new angles on them. Gladiator is a damn good example. The original Alien, is up there since you can ignore the story and just bask in the amazing visuals. Same with Alien. Terminator 2, I have to give that its due as being just cinematic bliss no matter how many times you see that shit. Strangely Avatar is like Resurrection in that regard. It's flashy amazing big and beautiful and nothing else... I have no intention of watching avatar again and that's sad. But yeah, I mean movies like Superman the movie, Hulk from Ang Lee, superman returns, unbreakable. I can watch movies with depth and layers to them again... Robocop, infintely re watchable movie, just a masterpiece, there ya go...
As for what I'm working on. Watching porn... got a reason though. I mean, I want to use the tools I have is all. I don't have the luxury of asking a girl to play my girlfriend in the static shock movie, so I'm searching the porno high ways for footage that I can use to create the illusion that I have one... It's going to be a joke more or less... that's all I'm doing. What are you doing today?
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