Well I'm happy I went to see the film. Shame it's been slated so hard on here. Bit of slating for the sake of it I think.
And you'd be wrong.
Even if I'd never seen an Alien movie before, there are enough badly written scenes in this movie to come away disappointed.
It's been a few hours now since I watched it, and you know what I remember the most? The opening scene. That scene was well done. It set up the film nicely and I was thinking "ooh, curious, why did he do *that*?"
And now I've seen the film, I don't really care. I don't care about the sequel, I don't care if any of the questions are ever answered. Because the film itself was pretty bad.
Almost every line of dialogue was cringe-worthy. Character actions were almost completely random, and nothing that happened in the film seemed to affect them in any way.
Since this is the spoiler thread: She loses her boyfriend because the 'droid infects him, and after she finds out she doesn't care. She carries on working with the 'droid, and chats to him like they're best friends. Totally doesn't give a damn that he murdered her other half. No, sir.
They remind us oh-so-casually that she's still mourning in one scene near the end - she lies down and cries "oh noes I can't carry on". One of the worst bits of acting in the film. 10 seconds later the 'droid says "cheer up, I've got a plan, but I need your help". And she goes and helps him, instantly forgetting the fact that he killed her boyfriend.
Because she just doesn't care
Come on, as far as the script and dialogue go you'd expect better from a talented amateur.
