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Porrick t1_iu94iqc wrote

Reply to comment by HitchlikersGuide in Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Alien Resurrection, 25 years on by chrisbokiul

I'd rank 3 far below anything that came before it, but also far above anything that followed. Especially Jeunet's entry in the series, which is the worst. Unless Prometheus 2 is as bad as I suspected it was going to be; I didn't bother going to see it. Or AvP2, now that I think on it. But of the ones I saw, none annoyed me as much as Resurrection.

But then again I've hated pretty much everything of Jeunet's. His twee style is like late-career Tim Burton without early-career Tim Burton to justify the paycheque.

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ChewyBacca1976 t1_iu9eble wrote

I love Jeunet’s other work. Maybe it’s not your thing, but I don’t think anyone would disagree that’s he’s not the right director for an Alien film. They’re not supposed to be charming or endearing, which is kind of his whole thing.

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HitchlikersGuide t1_iu962k3 wrote

Whilst I don't rate Prometheus as highly as Alien/Aliens, I still really love it - and it was the single best experience I've ever had in a cinema bar none.

Hadn't smoked weed in about two years - decided to get some to have before going to see it - at BFI IMAX in London.

Smoked... started sweating and feeling really, really bad...

Walked into the screen room and was overcome by how big it all was - like a colosseum - made it to our seats with my buddy and was confronted with the biggest screen I'd ever seen.

Then all of a sudden I perked up and was in perfect movie-watching headspace.

The film started and I watched Shaw's gigantic head appear on the screen and then I was totally immersed in this visual masterpiece for the length of the entire runtime.

It was so epic...

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doctorclark t1_iub42ll wrote

This seems like a great way to enjoy this film, and all I'll say is that I wish I had your experience watching Prometheus instead of my experience watching Prometheus.

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K9sBiggestFan t1_iub0q7x wrote

Resurrection is total asswater as an Alien film. Everything about it is so tacky, silly and shit. It’s like nobody involved had watched an Alien movie. By a distance the worst of the series (including Prometheus and Covenant, not including the AVPs).

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