The 20th Century and Disney franchise reboot came in well ahead of an expectations to end a major slump in moviegoing after winning over critics and audiences alike.
Romulus was cool imo, but not mind blowing. To me it was good enough to warrant more. Was it as good as 1 or 2? No. Was it better than everything else? Yes, because unlike every Alien sequel, it is not a few good scenes in a bad movie. For better or worse, it is consistent.
I actually had my internet down for like 10 days and only had a handful of movies available to me and no books as I had just moved and was still awaiting their arrival. I ended up watching Romulus three times. to me it is the perfect example of “swimming in sevens.” I had only a month prior marathoned all other Alien movies though, so maybe my brain was affected.
I cannot speak to the most recent 2 predator movies, but I liked Prey enough to watch it twice in a year. I think the same person did the John Goodman bunker movie, and I just think they are a competent person running the show for Predator stuff now.
The characters weren’t bad, I really liked the setting and how it managed to bind the original and Prometheus together. It’s a good Alien film and perhaps could’ve been even better, if they had just stuck with the horror tone instead of going full action in the third act. I got the feeling that the director/writer really wanted to blend the best parts of 1 and 2 into a single film.
Romulus was cool imo, but not mind blowing. To me it was good enough to warrant more. Was it as good as 1 or 2? No. Was it better than everything else? Yes, because unlike every Alien sequel, it is not a few good scenes in a bad movie. For better or worse, it is consistent.
I actually had my internet down for like 10 days and only had a handful of movies available to me and no books as I had just moved and was still awaiting their arrival. I ended up watching Romulus three times. to me it is the perfect example of “swimming in sevens.” I had only a month prior marathoned all other Alien movies though, so maybe my brain was affected.
I cannot speak to the most recent 2 predator movies, but I liked Prey enough to watch it twice in a year. I think the same person did the John Goodman bunker movie, and I just think they are a competent person running the show for Predator stuff now.
I share your opinion of Romulus.
The characters weren’t bad, I really liked the setting and how it managed to bind the original and Prometheus together. It’s a good Alien film and perhaps could’ve been even better, if they had just stuck with the horror tone instead of going full action in the third act. I got the feeling that the director/writer really wanted to blend the best parts of 1 and 2 into a single film.
Very cool, thank you