Started by Frosty Venom, Sep 30, 2018, 07:21:54 AM
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Quote from: SM on Dec 01, 2020, 11:23:48 PMCovenant sits third behind Alien and Aliens for mine. Bit of a gap between second and third though.
Quote from: Phobos on Dec 01, 2020, 10:10:13 PMAvp > Requiem.
Quote from: Phobos on Dec 01, 2020, 10:43:53 PMAvP ... might even be a hair better than Covenant.
Quote from: bb-15 on Dec 06, 2020, 10:06:09 AMPaul W. S. Anderson is just not that good directing.
Quote from: HuDaFuK on Dec 06, 2020, 04:55:10 PMQuote from: bb-15 on Dec 06, 2020, 10:06:09 AMPaul W. S. Anderson is just not that good directing.I'd question that.The tone may have been all wrong but he made that film look a hell of a lot more expensive than it was.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 06, 2020, 05:07:30 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Dec 06, 2020, 04:55:10 PMQuote from: bb-15 on Dec 06, 2020, 10:06:09 AMPaul W. S. Anderson is just not that good directing.I'd question that.The tone may have been all wrong but he made that film look a hell of a lot more expensive than it was.That doesn't equate to being a good director. That just equates to being thrifty!
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Dec 06, 2020, 05:15:17 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 06, 2020, 05:07:30 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Dec 06, 2020, 04:55:10 PMQuote from: bb-15 on Dec 06, 2020, 10:06:09 AMPaul W. S. Anderson is just not that good directing.I'd question that.The tone may have been all wrong but he made that film look a hell of a lot more expensive than it was.That doesn't equate to being a good director. That just equates to being thrifty! He gets good mileage out of a polystyrene and cgi pyramid, I'll give him that much.
Quote from: [cancerblack] on Dec 06, 2020, 04:57:54 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Dec 06, 2020, 04:55:10 PMQuote from: bb-15 on Dec 06, 2020, 10:06:09 AMPaul W. S. Anderson is just not that good directing.I'd question that.The tone may have been all wrong but he made that film look a hell of a lot more expensive than it was.Yeah, if he'd been allowed to set it in space or use a fresh Alien design, like he wanted, it might even have been good.
Quote from: seattle24 on Dec 06, 2020, 06:27:54 PMQuote from: [cancerblack] on Dec 06, 2020, 04:57:54 PMQuote from: HuDaFuK on Dec 06, 2020, 04:55:10 PMQuote from: bb-15 on Dec 06, 2020, 10:06:09 AMPaul W. S. Anderson is just not that good directing.I'd question that.The tone may have been all wrong but he made that film look a hell of a lot more expensive than it was.Yeah, if he'd been allowed to set it in space or use a fresh Alien design, like he wanted, it might even have been good.I often think if the design of the creatures was better in AvP, would it be a better movie? You know what? I think yeah. Because if he got anything right it was the delicacy of making sure one creature didn't come across as the whipping boy. It was especially refreshing to revisit AvP after watching Requiem, in which not only was the Alien design/practical effects horrendous, they were literally useless fodder (nothing to do with the effects of course). The sewer scene in which Wolfe rises with an Alien in each hand? WTF But yeah.... sure as hell takes you out of a movie when you're thinking look how giant those flippity flappy hands are on the Alien suit, among many other things. It's not like Anderson shot them particularly poorly.
Quote from: SM on Dec 06, 2020, 08:46:41 PMI'm not sure better creature design would fix the dull characters, lack of tension and lack of fights.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Dec 06, 2020, 09:21:12 PMQuote from: SM on Dec 06, 2020, 08:46:41 PMI'm not sure better creature design would fix the dull characters, lack of tension and lack of fights.Much like revisiting the creature effects in Alien 3 wouldn't.