it starts again ?
Yay!!! Count me in.
so:
Alien 3 has its problems, we know that.
(but even the best films from one brand have their problems)
But it's still a great film with very high standards in terms of camerawork, mood and acting.
I wrote this in another thread a few days ago but I'm happy to repeat it here:
I think the acting of the main characters in A3 is really great and I like it even better than in Aliens.
The parallel filming during the birth of the alien with Dillion's prayer is perfectly staged and one of the best of the whole saga.
The beginning and the end alone (sun disappearing behind the planet and reappearing after Ripley's death) have a beautiful religious allusion that runs through the entire film.
The score is fantastic and I wish Elliot Goldenthal had incorporated the choir into Adagio back then, as he had done in some live performances.
The alien design is great and I like the "facial expression" which is really nasty and mean. (unfortunately this design was continued as a basis and continued worse instead of returning to the biomechanical design in the other films)
With Doggy and the destroyed Bishop, which receive far too little praise, ADI have delivered their best work.
I definitely prefer the assembly cut, although I would definitely have kept the dog scene.
The ox scene doesn't have nearly that impact.
and I personally would have left the queenburster in there too.
8/10
