Most Disappointing Sequel Since Highlander 2
Added 3/16/2010
I'll start with something positive as it is not a film without good qualities. It's stylish, atmospheric and very well acted. The score is good, particulary at the end...and the conclusion of Ripley's story is powerfully moving. As a film in it's own right it would not be half bad.
As a sequel, though, it is a bitter disappointment. All the good qualities above can not make up for the fact that everything that was so brilliant about Alien and Aliens has been callously disregarded. The biggest weak point is the poor characterisation. Almost all the new characters are poorly defined, unlikeable and practically indistinguishable from one another. To boot, the characters that we did care about - the survivors from Aliens - are casually disposed of before even the opening titles have finished. It's a bleak and brutal start, which was no doubt the intent, but it was too much. The film never recovers.
The tension that made the first two films so compelling is gone. The shock of Hicks and Newt dying lingers throughout the entire story, distracting you from the plot and making it hard to care about anything else that happens. You just don't get that nail-biting terror when the people being hunted mean nothing to you.
I'll give it a star for the ending and one for the acting. But I can't forgive the writers for making me feel more like I've been punched in the guts than entertained.
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Added 3/8/2010
Arrived within 5 days of purchase, I believe it arrived after only 3 days but I don't recall at the moment. I will defiantly buy from seller again, no problems with DVD at all.
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After escaping from the alien planet, the ship carrying Ellen Ripley crashes onto a remote and inhabited ore refinery. While living in the ore refinery until she is rescued by her employers, Ripley discovers the horrifying reason for her crash: An alien stowaway. As the alien matures and begins to kill off the inhabitants, Ripley is unaware that her true enemy is more than just the killer alien. This movie is certainly worth watching and if you're truly a hard core fan.
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The Series Should Have Ended With This One
Added 10/30/2009
Talk about some imagination. Where, oh where, do the caretakers of the Alien franchise set up the third installment? To come up with an isolated, desolate planet harboring what was once a maximum security prison--a place where its inhabitants have virtually no defenses against a snarling monster--is sheer genius. And that's exactly where we find ourselves as ALIEN3 unfolds its disturbing, claustrophobic story: a spaceship crash, with Ripley--and of course, one of the facehuggers--as the lone survivor, on a planet with some very bad men who've done very bad things. . .and there's no place to escape.
Count me in.
Sigourney Weaver really ups the tragic pathos of her beloved Ripley character; this is one depressed lady with some serious angst--and she's trying her best to convince her new associates that something very, very bad is about to happen to all of them. In fact, something very, very bad is about to happen to Ripley herself, and it's this realization that adds an extra thread of tension as ALIEN3 rolls darkly to its climax. (I must confess, the alien's demise was too over-the-top, but didn't take away from my enjoyment of the film.)
Once again, Weaver is joined by a strong supporting cast, including Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, and Danny Webb, to name but a few. Lance Henriksen returns, briefly, as a severely damaged Bishop, then as greedy entrepreneur Bishop II. Director David Fincher, following Ridley Scott and James Cameron, definitely had his work cut out for him, and for the most part delivers a grand seat squirmer, yet in comparison ALIEN3 falls a little short of its fantastic predecessors. Having said that, and based on the horrific turkey that was to follow, the Alien series should have said adios here.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
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Added 10/26/2009
We recieved this product very quick! It was in excellent condition and we are very happy with this seller! Thank you for your quick and reliable service! You're Wonderful!
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Most Disappointing Sequel Since Highlander 2
Added 3/16/2010
I'll start with something positive as it is not a film without good qualities. It's stylish, atmospheric and very well acted. The score is good, particulary at the end...and the conclusion of Ripley's story is powerfully moving. As a film in it's own right it would not be half bad.
As a sequel, though, it is a bitter disappointment. All the good qualities above can not make up for the fact that everything that was so brilliant about Alien and Aliens has been callously disregarded. The biggest weak point is the poor characterisation. Almost all the new characters are poorly defined, unlikeable and practically indistinguishable from one another. To boot, the characters that we did care about - the survivors from Aliens - are casually disposed of before even the opening titles have finished. It's a bleak and brutal start, which was no doubt the intent, but it was too much. The film never recovers.
The tension that made the first two films so compelling is gone. The shock of Hicks and Newt dying lingers throughout the entire story, distracting you from the plot and making it hard to care about anything else that happens. You just don't get that nail-biting terror when the people being hunted mean nothing to you.
I'll give it a star for the ending and one for the acting. But I can't forgive the writers for making me feel more like I've been punched in the guts than entertained.
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Fast, Easy Service
Added 3/8/2010
Arrived within 5 days of purchase, I believe it arrived after only 3 days but I don't recall at the moment. I will defiantly buy from seller again, no problems with DVD at all.
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After escaping from the alien planet, the ship carrying Ellen Ripley crashes onto a remote and inhabited ore refinery. While living in the ore refinery until she is rescued by her employers, Ripley discovers the horrifying reason for her crash: An alien stowaway. As the alien matures and begins to kill off the inhabitants, Ripley is unaware that her true enemy is more than just the killer alien. This movie is certainly worth watching and if you're truly a hard core fan.
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