Reviews of Alien: Resurrection 1997
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My justification for liking this a tiny little bit more than the others:
Ripley is absolutely amazingly badass in this sequel. She were pretty kick butt in the others as well, but never reached this level of badassness. Gary Dourdan is wonderfully droolworthy. The glorious gore is glorious.
The Alien/human hybrid is kind of laughable, but earns a few extra points for being slightly more creepy than the actual Aliens.
This film also proves my point of having "romantic" feelings… -
In 1979: In space, no one could hear you scream.
In 1997: In space, no one gave a fuck.I tried so hard to avoid watching this film. I have'nt heard good things about it and I wanted to keep my love for the Alien franchise intact. Then I thought, "Why not! Prometheus is about to come out so I might as well go in seeing all the Alien films. It can't be as bad as Alien 3. This can't…
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This is one of the saddest films there is and it's so much more awesome and fun than people give it credit for. I personally love everything Jeunet has done and with such a great cast, including Pinon and Perlman; previous Jeunet collaborators, Alien: Resurrection is easily my second favorite installment of the Alien franchise, only trumped by Scott's original.
The final alien is fucking incredible and extremely creepy yet it shows so much emotion, it kills me.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a talented director. With his directorial CV the Alien franchise was passed on to a man with both style and vision. This may be the least appreciated of the current films,but does have some interesting ideas and set pieces.
Everyone thought that the franchise died with Ellen Ripley's sacrifice at the end of Fincher's Alien 3.Not so as hundreds of years later another bunch of unscrupulous scientists attempt to tame and control Ripley's xenomorph nemesis. Filled with… -
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Resurrection is without doubt the weakest in the Alien Saga thats not to say its a bad movie which it isn't ....the plus points-visually its fantastic, the cast is good mostly (Ron Perlman-always good value), the score is brilliant, some of the action scenes are well put together - the underwater scene is a highlight...on the negetive - a found winona Ryder a bit bland here, some of the humour in some scenes didnt sit right for this type of…
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It's like Jean-Pierre Jeunet read Joss Whedon's script, dropped acid, took 70 million dollars of Hollywood's money and had a party. Which sounds awesome and Alien: Resurrection is a lot of fun but it's also bizarre, slapstick, and cartoonish - not the adjectives you'd associate with one of the greatest sci-fi franchises of all time.
It's hard to be harsh with this film because it's quite likeable and like all the sequels in the franchise, it's individual and has an…
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I have always enjoyed this film since seeing it in theaters back in 97 but I never lose sight of how weak this film is.
First-it takes place 200 years after the events of Alien 3-it took them 200 years to do this? Also how did they get Ripley's blood from the planet Fury? She threw herself into a sea of fire!
Secondly-I don't mind main characters changing-like in Die Heard 3-McClaine is older-has been through some tough times-his personality…
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With the current re-evaluation of Alien 3 this is now considered the bastard child of the Alien franchise, but after the crushing disappointment that Prometheus was for me I felt it was time for another look.
The movie was obviously not what the public was expecting but I say don't blame the director blame the producers who gave him the gig. If anyone is familiar with Jeunet's previous work then he delivers exactly the off kilter style and jokey almost… -
Hey, I have to admit that I sort of enjoy it and not in some ironic way. I don't think it was really all that needed after what happened at the end of the 3rd one and would be hesitant to call it a great movie, even a very good one, but it has a lot of interesting ideas and quite a few fantastic moments. What I don't agree with most people is that the tone ruins the film. If…
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i like that a series that always dealt in imagery of rape, pregnancy and motherhood finally starts working in abortion. i also like that Weaver (especially good here, an idiosyncratic and physical performance) and Ryder both play characters who to varying degrees hate what they are. a great deal of this movie doesn't work at all (the Whedoniest stuff, the "Firefly" dry-run stuff, grates harder and harder with every repeat viewing), but it's so ostentatiously weird that i often find myself simultaneously wincing and falling for it.
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