I went to see it again last night at the local Vue with my mate Sam, who unlike me is not an
A L I E N nut.
First off the presentation was a lot better, in focus and not too dark.
I enjoyed the film a lot more, and Sam loved the movie up until the Neomorph at the end, I had the same issue on my original viewing but less so this time round.
It’s a creepy design, but stilted movement in full body shots didn’t help sell it. Added to that you have the perfect creature design in the Alien itself, so every time you try to move away from that you’re going to loose.
Sam was raving about how good the FX were for Rook were and didn’t realise that he was based on the android from the first film.
I’m with him on that one, I thought it was a great visual and audio achievement, and a great character to boot, never knowing quite sure what his true intentions were.
It seems to have been a hit and personally I’d like to see Fede finish the David storyline with the kick off between David, Engineers and Colonial Marines on Origae 6.