Alien: Romulus | August 16, 2024 | Fede Alvarez | See the original Alien in theaters on April 26

[cooldude97]

 

 

[cooldude97]

 

 

Edited August 13 by cooldude97

[cooldude97]

ok i;m done you guys to the rest 

[DAJK]

Anyone know which previous Alien movies I need to re-watch before seeing this? I have a pretty busy week coming up, so really I’d only like to watch the “essential viewing” plot and story-wise before Romulus: everything else I can save for later in the month.

[SaltyPistola]

27 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Anyone know which previous Alien movies I need to re-watch before seeing this? I have a pretty busy week coming up, so really I’d only like to watch the “essential viewing” plot and story-wise before Romulus: everything else I can save for later in the month.

I'd say Alien, Prometheus, Aliens. In that order of importance. 

[robertman2]

29 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Anyone know which previous Alien movies I need to re-watch before seeing this? I have a pretty busy week coming up, so really I’d only like to watch the “essential viewing” plot and story-wise before Romulus: everything else I can save for later in the month.

Just rewatch Alien and Aliens

[cinema pal]

Majority loved the third act, good sign for solid cinemascore I guess.

B+?

Edited August 13 by cinema pal

[Elessar]

Based on reations, i hope it'll be a solid hit for the studio. I want this thing to continue! Can't never get enough of space horror.

[cinema pal]

2 minutes ago, cinema pal said:

 

 

Edited August 13 by cinema pal
Delete

[cinema pal]

 

Oh no, it's  over 

)

 

Jokes aside, now it's concerning. I hated Afterlife 

 

Edited August 13 by cinema pal

[elcaballero]

Excited for this, hope it hits, would be a nice streak at the box office (ignoring the Borderlands implosion)

[cooldude97]

i'm thinking high 80s to low 90s on RT

[ThomasNicole]

Very solid reactions

 

Good enough for maybe 80´s on RT and high 60´s - low 70´s on MC

 

Happy that Fede apparetly did make some big swings in his climax, i was scared that it would be only a well made recap of the franchise

[Krissykins]

The current critics I follow most: Perri Nemiroff and Matt Donato (horror focused) both liked it, but they’re both pretty lukewarm reactions. “Mostly dug” “it’s fine”. Eek.

Edited August 13 by Krissykins

[Flopped]

I saw it. 

 

Spoiler

It takes a while to get going. 

It doesn't really do anything new. 

 

There's not much character depth. 

But it's solid and the second half is intense, with a couple of strong and memorable setpieces, especially one dealing swirling acid blood. 

 

[ThomasNicole]

If you want to know what some of the more serious reviews will looks like, probably similar to this: 

 

 

 

 

It still should be fine, but i would bet in 66-69 on MC.

 

 

 

Edited August 13 by ThomasNicole

[ThomasNicole]

Bloggers did liked it strongly tho. Some more: 

 

 

 

[TomThomas]

Can anyone PM me this divisive third act description reactions mention? I'm curious what's divisive about it.

[cinema pal]

8 minutes ago, TomThomas said:

Can anyone PM me this divisive third act description reactions mention? I'm curious what's divisive about it.

Why some people don't want to be surprised is beyond me

Edited August 13 by cinema pal

[Firepower]

4 hours ago, robertman2 said:

where is he trashing it

 

"I saw an unfinished cut and gave notes" isn't a backhanded compliment or a diss

He was asked precisely "what did you think of the movie you saw?". He dodged the question and distanced himself from the movie instead. This is not how you react when you liked something. Either Cameron lied to Fede to not upset him or Fede lied Cameron loved it.