Quote from: ThisBethesdaSea on Feb 29, 2012, 03:01:28 AM
Xenomorphine...I just completely disagree! I thought his performance was believable, a bit mysterious and a great beginning on the ride to Prometheus. What did you want exactly?
Something which
isn't a bad James Mason impression?
A bit more understated, like Henriksen's performance, like I said. Although, his gravelly vocals leant a lot to that, there are still a lot of ways of doing it without making him seem so blatantly Machiavellian. Came across like all he was missing was a moustache to twirl and Noomi Rapace roped to some railroad tracks.
I liked the 'indulge me' line, right at the end, but the rest was just
far too over the top. That's what I take issue with - it's making me fear that this might be the level of character portrayal we should expect. Henriksen's Weyland was in line of the kind of portrayal we saw of Burke and the others at the board enquiry. This one feels a lot more superficially polished.
Weirdly, it actually feels like something I'd
expect to see in an Anderson '
Resident Evil' film.
Yes, I know that the earlier advert was epic, but those aren't usually put together by the directors, themselves. This is the first actual acting performance we've seen from anyone involved in it.
Not going to judge the finished product from this, by any means. Just saying it did not impress me in the slightest.
Quote from: hudson300 on Feb 29, 2012, 03:36:33 AM
At least we officially now know that there is a link to "Alien". That is something to look forward too.
That's been known since the project was first announced.
QuoteAs far as this being Ridley Scott's "The Phantom Menace" that could never happen, EVER! Even his last turkey with Russel Crowe could never be as bad as "TPM"
Never underestimate the power of Hollywood arrogance.
Some might recall how a certain Canadian director of dark impressive projects, like the first two '
Terminator' films and '
Aliens', ended up giving us a retelling of the Titanic sinking which was so hopelessly sentimental, it felt like a Steven Spielberg film.
Ridley's made a number of films which, at best, are forgettable. His hit-or-miss ratio is just more fondly remembered for the success than failures, that's all. While he probably won't make something aimed at children, there's no reason to make an assumption it's impossible to be a bad film, either.