Mr.Movie
Since: Feb, 2014
03/20/2014 00:00:00
I am a fellow Alien fan and absolutely disagree with you, but I respect the minority opinion. Every time I comment on a review I disagree with, I acknowledge that maybe one day when it is I who bashes a beloved work (I actually did that on this very wiki. Read my review for To Kill A Mockingbird if you think I'm making this up) or praises a loathed one, that the other guy will return the favor and respect me too.
Welshbie
Since: Sep, 2013
03/21/2014 00:00:00
Care to explain HOW its a "fine ending" to one of the greatest film series of our time to oh, say, Aliens' ending?
Your reviews recognizes "what could have been", yet fails to state WHY you ultimately enjoyed it.
Writing reviews that the moderators don't want you to see.
MHMhasf1998
Since: Oct, 2012
04/16/2014 00:00:00
Yeaaaah, I'm really sorry, but could you be a bit more clear about exactly why you liked it?
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A Fitting end to a truly Awe-inspiring Science Fiction Series
It's a general rule of thumb that if you have an opinion, people on the internet will rip you a bunch of new holes in your body, so let me just say up front: This is only my opinion. If you hate Alien 3, hey, nothing wrong with that, we're all entitled to enjoy or dislike media for different reasons.
That having been said, in my opinion the Assembly cut of Alien 3 is on par with Aliens at least, and only slightly below the original Alien.
The characters are not given as much depth as, say, Hudson or Hicks, but even when glimpsed briefly they all stick out (Clemens and the Schizophrenic who believes the Xenomorph "Dragon" to be speaking to him) as individuals when I watch the film. The creature itself, while nowhere near as Majestic as the previous film's Hive-Queen or as menacingly Lovecraftian as the first film's drone, certainly serves its purpose well - I imagine a Queen or Warrior would have a harder time evading capture in that Prison Colony, much less successfully hunting down prisoners.
The Verse of the Alien Series reaches its climax here - we saw the everyday folk of this world in Alien, the Military and Upper-Class people in Aliens, and now we see the fringes of the society - the prison. And in line with the rest of the 'Verse, it is dark beyond dark. And it works.
Fincher's direction brings the scummy, hellish end of the Universe to visceral life. A Prisoner gleefully singing "In the Year 2525" falls into a fan, and the screen goes a filmy red. A character, just beginning to become likeable, has his head split open - but it's seen for only a split second before the Alien Parasite continues its hunting. The bodies of Newt and Hicks are cremated, a tragedy just beginning to end - and a new Xenomorph is born, a tragedy just beginning.
Would another one of the many Alien 3 Scripts have turned out better? Nobody knows. Maybe if William Gibson or Eric Red or David Twohy got their versions produced, we'd still be debating its value as violently as so many fans do with this film. Aliens would be, no matter what, a hard act to follow. But after seeing the Assembly cut, I can say I think Alien 3 is a fine ending to one of the greatest film series of our time, and I'm glad to have seen it.