Hi folks, first time poster so let me know if this kinda post belongs anywhere else. Just saw alien romulus and wanted to see others thoughts on the movie :-).
Personally the visuals were great and the xenomorph itself terrifying but I didn’t care much for the story and the characters seemed a little 2dimensional. I also think it drifted a little away from the fear factor to shock. I’d say 6/10. Enjoyable watch but nothing special.
Full disclosure haven’t seen the originals (or maybe I did but was too young to remember). I’d say it’s worse than prometheus or covenant (covenant being my favourite although I hated the story jump from prometheus). It seemed to be trying to be it’s own thing with it’s own cast, own planet and own character motivations but it also kept pulling in things from the other movies to fail at building something unique. It also doesn’t answer any questions from the previous movies :/.
Honestly, do yourself a favor and watch the OG Alien from start to finish with no distractions. Then do the same with Aliens as well. Those two are masterpieces with Aliens being much different in tone. Every sequel or prequel made afterward tried to rekindle the fire/brilliance of those two. Unfortunately Alien was made worse by the later films where the Xenomorphs origin is basically explained as human in origin (caused by humans). So pretend that you didn’t see any movie from the franchise and try to be “fresh”.
Every modern movie… If it leaves open-ended questions at the end of the first movie, they are NEVER being answered. They will be hinted at and dragged through a million sequels before they are completely abandoned with zero closure.
It’s not about art or storytelling. It’s simply a process of extracting money from consumers invested in the franchise.