Started by Aliens1986fanboy, Aug 29, 2019, 09:56:05 AM
Quote from: PsyKore on Oct 08, 2019, 11:27:51 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 08, 2019, 07:44:03 PMQuote from: PsyKore on Oct 08, 2019, 06:56:43 AMQuote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Oct 06, 2019, 12:54:05 PMAlien Covenant > Half of the franchise, not including Alien, Aliens or Alien³ though of course.True. Although, I personally like Covenant probably better than Alien 3, or at least on par with it. I feel both movies are actually quite similar in certain ways, and both films were pretty bold in the direction they took. I consider both to be flawed masterpieces. Covenant has also given me more to think about and chew on since longer than I can remember in this spiralling franchise.Personally, I'm not a big fan of the phrase "flawed masterpieces" when referring to film. Most every film, masterpieces or not, have flaws. Especially FX films. At that rate Alien 1979 can be called a flawed masterpiece with a few of its man-in-a-rubber-suit issues, Ash head issues, continuity mistakes, etc... but Alien is just called a masterpiece and I think rightly so. To me the need to include the word flawed with the word masterpiece, just so one doesn't mistake another as classifying an inferior film on a masterpiece level, means the movie is just not a masterpiece at all.It's only my personal opinion. I'm not using "masterpiece" in the most literal definition; I'm only using it to express how highly I consider these films within this series. And when I say flawed, it's obviously because there's things that could be better.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 08, 2019, 07:44:03 PMQuote from: PsyKore on Oct 08, 2019, 06:56:43 AMQuote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Oct 06, 2019, 12:54:05 PMAlien Covenant > Half of the franchise, not including Alien, Aliens or Alien³ though of course.True. Although, I personally like Covenant probably better than Alien 3, or at least on par with it. I feel both movies are actually quite similar in certain ways, and both films were pretty bold in the direction they took. I consider both to be flawed masterpieces. Covenant has also given me more to think about and chew on since longer than I can remember in this spiralling franchise.Personally, I'm not a big fan of the phrase "flawed masterpieces" when referring to film. Most every film, masterpieces or not, have flaws. Especially FX films. At that rate Alien 1979 can be called a flawed masterpiece with a few of its man-in-a-rubber-suit issues, Ash head issues, continuity mistakes, etc... but Alien is just called a masterpiece and I think rightly so. To me the need to include the word flawed with the word masterpiece, just so one doesn't mistake another as classifying an inferior film on a masterpiece level, means the movie is just not a masterpiece at all.
Quote from: PsyKore on Oct 08, 2019, 06:56:43 AMQuote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Oct 06, 2019, 12:54:05 PMAlien Covenant > Half of the franchise, not including Alien, Aliens or Alien³ though of course.True. Although, I personally like Covenant probably better than Alien 3, or at least on par with it. I feel both movies are actually quite similar in certain ways, and both films were pretty bold in the direction they took. I consider both to be flawed masterpieces. Covenant has also given me more to think about and chew on since longer than I can remember in this spiralling franchise.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Oct 06, 2019, 12:54:05 PMAlien Covenant > Half of the franchise, not including Alien, Aliens or Alien³ though of course.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Oct 08, 2019, 10:02:19 PMQuote from: Kimarhi on Oct 08, 2019, 06:50:01 PMNutters.Where can I read your unfiltered opinion of the prequels?
Quote from: Kimarhi on Oct 08, 2019, 06:50:01 PMNutters.
Quote from: Kimarhi on Oct 11, 2019, 07:03:01 PMI've always liked Alien 3 more than the prequels. But the AC is superior to either by a wide margin.
Quote from: Fiendishly Inventive on Oct 11, 2019, 10:36:28 PMHaha, yes. The correct one.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Oct 11, 2019, 11:09:11 PMQuote from: Kimarhi on Oct 11, 2019, 07:03:01 PMI've always liked Alien 3 more than the prequels. But the AC is superior to either by a wide margin.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Oct 11, 2019, 11:54:47 PMThe SMorph might see it!