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Ridley Scott, you should be ashamed

posted 2 years ago by ChipDouglas (1607)
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I absolutely hated this movie. Nothing was good about it. There is no character development or explanation. The logic is flawed. Entire scenes are meaningless and do nothing to add to the story. Ie. The storm, totally pointless - or the captain wanting to have sex with the ship's owner, why? Any time there is supposed to be tension, the scene just jumps to the next. The woman's husband dies and she cries for idk 5 sec before we fade to white and jump into a new scene with her. A real movie focusing on real tension and real human emotion would have focused more on her and how she handled that pain in the moment.

It was depressing and annoying to once again see huge budgets making these piece of shit films.

Ridley Scott, you should be ashamed of yourself. This film is nothing in comparison to Alien. Such a wasted talent.

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[–] yvesyves (638) 2 years ago

Totally disagree, myself and many people I know loved this movie, and many people on this forum if you read their posts; just like any movie it is not perfect and has some flaws but still a great movie.

''ashamed of yourself'' is kind of.... when a multi-billion dollar company will give you $130 million to do a movie then may be you can use such harsh words otherwise simply say you didn't like the movie.

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[–] ChipDouglas (1607) 2 years ago

Were you not aware of the various flaws I've pointed out?

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[–] FootOfDavros (7068) 2 years ago

The weird thing about this film was that it was pretty strongly panned at the time of release (for me personally the zombie goo stuff was a disaster) yet now - and yeah maybe just a few people on here - it seems to be getting defended or even praised!

I'm not even sure why - it's not like there aren't countless other sci-fi films people could be checking out other that this turkey...

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[–] HarrySkywalker (534) 5 months ago

No, the movie was never strongly or even panned during its release, exception made to a minority.

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[–] FootOfDavros (7068) 5 months ago

That's hot garbage.

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[–] HarrySkywalker (534) 5 months ago

Yes, what YOU say is hot garbage.

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[–] Puvwall (1244) a year ago

This movie was shit, and movies have gotten even shittier . Ridley, camron should not be givin huge budgets any more.

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[–] Galactus03 (4305) a year ago

STFU....the only thing that has gotten shittier is your fat stomach and cynical age related attitude....

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[–] Puvwall (1244) a year ago

Hey! For 38 at 165lbs im not too bad! Lol but yes it is harder to keep a flat stomach!.

Age and fat aside , i dunno i wasn't really impressed with the Martian ether.

Should i not expect a movie that can stand with the likes of terminator 2 , or alien, blade runner? .

Prometheus to me was so so bad for me , like inception and interstellar by nolan . Just completely dissatisfied.

I enjoy your brash response! :)

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[–] Galactus03 (4305) a year ago

It does stand up with those films. The difference is those films were forerunners of what was to come. They were the first the their kind.

The first Blade Runner was more know for it's special effects rather than it's story which was short and simple. The second film built on that and was just as much if not more enjoyable than the first. I thought Prometheus was an excellent prequel to Alien and I'm someone who is not a big fan of Damon Lindelof...

As for my brash response. Yeah I use the fat schtick with a lot of people here. Especially ones that I think are unfairly reviewing films today. It's just a guess of course. It pisses some off. At least you admitted it and took it in stride. 😂.....I can be a bit "arrogant" with my physique. I have the body of someone 20 years younger. Look very youthful also. Wish I could brag about my money and career situation as well. But I can't.... 😂

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[–] ChipDouglas (1607) a year ago

This is pathetic

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[–] Galactus03 (4305) a year ago

No you are pathetic. Especially why you think this film is bad....

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[–] Lord Rake (3914) 5 months ago

"I have the body of someone 20 years younger."

I dont think I'd be bragging about that in public.

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[–] Joogle83 (4166) a year ago

Thank you Thought The Martian & Alien:Covenant were better

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[–] Galactus03 (4305) a year ago

You should be ashamed that you are a moron...

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[–] ChipDouglas (1607) a year ago

How am I a moron?

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[–] Galactus03 (4305) a year ago

Because this was actually a good film...

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[–] ChipDouglas (1607) a year ago

What was good about it?

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[–] Galactus03 (4305) a year ago

Everything. They stayed true to the first 4 films and added a lot of backstory. The Character of David was excellently played by Michael Fassbinder. Alien Covenant was also excellent...

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[–] PersistentViewer (1866) a year ago

I love this film. Will be getting the blu-ray.
This film should really be considered a stand-alone film and not connected to the Alien universe.

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[–] 4Freedom (150) 5 months ago

>A real movie focusing on real tension and real human emotion would have focused more on her and how she handled that pain in the moment.

Which would have been boring.

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[–] TimeTunnel (4769) 5 months ago

Yah, for the freedom of the PersistentViewer. 🙄

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[–] Joogle83 (4166) 5 months ago

The Martian(2015) & Alien:Covenant(2017) are better

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