Alien Resurrection
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Movie Reviews of Alien Resurrection
Movie Review: Jeunet's masterpiece, but not Alien's masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
The idea of cloning Ripley seemed like the perfect way to not only reintroduce a dead character, but also change her somewhat. Jeunet's earlier films (City of lost children, De4licatesin)evoke a very gritty and raw element which works perfectly for an Alien film. However, his Peter Jackson-esque sense of humor does not fit in though. Also the bullet tracers look rediculous. The effects in general are quite good, and fit in well with the production design...whith one stark exception, the newborn. I don't know how this got off the sketch pad. The stupid sense of humor is also part of this with it's rediculous bugs bunny sympathy eyes, and its retarded baby cooing. Someone somewhere during the course of this production should have stood up and said something like "For Christ's sake man, what are you thinking??!!" Unfortunately for us, this never happened. aside from that though, it is a pretty good movie. Brad Douriff is wickedly entertaining as always, and Sigourney finds a new edge to her character, a sort of patton leather dominatrix with a darkness boiling just below the surface. Worth checking out.Movie Review: The Director of "Amélie" Takes us to the 4th Dimension
Summary: 5 Stars
Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and David Fincher should hang their respective heads in shame. Let there be no pretenses, this movie RULES! (and when chatchi uses ALL-CAPS, then you know he's serious).This is a movie about aliens, and since direct Jean-Pierre Jeunet is from France, he can relate. Jeunet injects his fresh European-style of filmmaking into a franchise who's "Best if Used By" date, passed 20 years ago. With inspired casting (Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, et al.), exciting visuals (the fantastic scene where Ripley plays basketball), and a great story (which escapes me at this time) - this movie delivers results. POSITIVE results!
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is to the "Alien" movies, what Richard Pryor was to the "Superman" movies - It may have seemed like a mistake at the time, but upon seeing the final product, I think we all agree that both were excellent decisions that brought new life to a tired franchise.
Forget about those other "Alien" movies, PRETENDING to be hip and stylistic... "Alien: Resurrection" is clearly the one to own.
Movie Review: BLENDER GENDER......
Summary: 5 Stars
BRILLIANT vision by Jean-Pierre Jeunet ['almost' but fortunately not distorted by the ever-present 'suits']. This one's a non-stop ride in the driver's seat - except there's no steering wheel - YOU are at the mercy of this magnificent machine.Possibly Sigourney Weaver's best incarnation as Ripley [odd thing though - she 'births' the Queen - Right? Then the Queen gives birth to ... well, if you don't know - you have to see Mama's Boy in full fury!]
WINONA RYDER is equally excellent as 'little girl lost' on this ship - beautiful moments between Ms. Weaver and Ms. Ryder not forgetting the almost surreal Ron Perlman as Macho Man and GI Joe incarnate - also Dominique Pinon.
The effects are - well, quite unusual - especially the lab sequences governed by Brad Dourif - another stellar imprint.
The DVD? Do warn the neighbors about this one - or better still invite them over. The sound quality is beyond superior - your dwelling will move [a block or two] as this must be experienced with all the bells and whistles.
BRAVO Fox for this edition.
Movie Review: Excellent Film
Summary: 5 Stars
A lot of people didn't like this film too much. I thought it was a great storyline and very intense. The film doesn't drag at all, and the cinematography is great. What's most interesting about this film is the storyline. The alien(s) are still hunting and making gruesome messes of humans, but they have added life to this somewhat same old storyline. The cloning of humans/aliens, Ripley's connection to the aliens, and the new breed of characters (almost action movie based) make this film a major breath of fresh air for the Alien series. Sigourney Weaver, as always, and Winona Ryder deliver top notch performances, and even the surviving crew members do pretty damned good too. Although a lot of people will probably disagree, I think this is one of the best in the Alien series. Alien Resurrection and Aliens are my two favorites, followed by Alien and the "pretty good" Alien 3. All in all, Alien: Resurrection is a totally new type of Alien movie, and it is EXCELLENT!!Movie Review: Bring on the clone
Summary: 5 Stars
Spoiler Alert for those of you who intend to see this film.....In this one Ellen Ripley is gone. However her clone lives on. What I liked about this one was at least they delivered with a decent story. Ripley is the next stage in Alien development for the bio weapons division that have her part of a cloning experiment. The scene where she uses the flame thrower to put them out of their misery was the most chilling.
You can't predict as easily who's going to be alien food in this one. The last one was like a slasher movie. This one is decent enough to see a few times. I am very surprised that Geiger was not called back to work more extensively. He had ideas for aliens that change color; ones that make unearthly noises as they speed down the air shaft. After reading how he was shut out of the process I can tell you the movie series won't survive without his input. If they make another one I hope they bring back Geiger's ideas to evolve the series.