Jodo
Master Member
I went to the second showing of this last night, and to my surprise, there were quite a few people there! (When I saw GOTG2, there were maybe only 30-40 people there, whereas there were around 80-90 people at A:C's showing).
Having said that, I could tell the audience was VERY restless in the first act of the film. There was a lot of moving around, audible sighs, etc. Once the action started, this calmed down, but picked up again once the crane scene had concluded, and several people used that opportunity to get up and use the restroom/get food refills. It was quite interesting seeing their reactions to things though. Many people leaned back/squirmed when the Neomorphs were birthed, and one lady covered her eyes near me, putting her face down.
Personally, I really enjoy anything David related, so I liked this film for that reason. One standout scenes was his interaction with the Neomorph, and I honestly wish there were more occasions where he lost "emotional" control. That scene was very disturbing, and I loved it! The Walter/David dynamic was really cool too, and those scenes with both Fassbenders were awesome. The kiss between them was also super weird too, and I really liked that creepy scene too. The Peter Weyland prologue was fun too.
I didn't really feel much connection to any of the crew, though I did like the "new" captain, who was the God-oriented man. The chubby cheeked female lead didn't do anything for me. She just seemed like a throw-away character, as did everyone else. Throughout the entire movie I literally didn't care about one of them...
The story was decent, and if Aliens is not cannon any longer, then I think this is a fun alternative to how the Xenos came to be...I assume the un-canonization of non-Scott films will continue (as per cancellation of Blom's Alien movie), and we'll see more established "facts" stepped on in the near future...
Having said that, I could tell the audience was VERY restless in the first act of the film. There was a lot of moving around, audible sighs, etc. Once the action started, this calmed down, but picked up again once the crane scene had concluded, and several people used that opportunity to get up and use the restroom/get food refills. It was quite interesting seeing their reactions to things though. Many people leaned back/squirmed when the Neomorphs were birthed, and one lady covered her eyes near me, putting her face down.
Personally, I really enjoy anything David related, so I liked this film for that reason. One standout scenes was his interaction with the Neomorph, and I honestly wish there were more occasions where he lost "emotional" control. That scene was very disturbing, and I loved it! The Walter/David dynamic was really cool too, and those scenes with both Fassbenders were awesome. The kiss between them was also super weird too, and I really liked that creepy scene too. The Peter Weyland prologue was fun too.
I didn't really feel much connection to any of the crew, though I did like the "new" captain, who was the God-oriented man. The chubby cheeked female lead didn't do anything for me. She just seemed like a throw-away character, as did everyone else. Throughout the entire movie I literally didn't care about one of them...
The story was decent, and if Aliens is not cannon any longer, then I think this is a fun alternative to how the Xenos came to be...I assume the un-canonization of non-Scott films will continue (as per cancellation of Blom's Alien movie), and we'll see more established "facts" stepped on in the near future...