Romulus

#1

Jus wanted to see if anyone else might of had the same feelin, so this weekend my girl told me romulus was on hulu so i thought wed have a movie night with it. After gettin munchies my tall boys and packed up bowl ready, we started it and mind you ive seen it, but idk it disnt have me zoned in like other alien movies usually have me. We kept pausing doin somethin else then playing again a few times til we jus turned it off and did somethin else.

Saturday comes and after the days over and we winding down we try to finish it and same thing we werent drawn in and shes never seen it so we kept gettin side tracked and doin other things til again we turned it off and she went towatchin her show and shorts and i went back to playing undisputed. Idk but the movie didnt have the same draw that many of the others had on me where once i stated i would feel the need to tune in and finish. Maybe its jus me but this movies been hyped as the same or better than 1 and 2. Personally id put it behind resurrection as evem that one has elemts that i really liked as flawed as it is. Anyway, jus curious if anyone felt the same

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#2

Don’t know where you read that, but who ever said it, is very wrong. Movie is alright. Better than Alien resurrection for sure. I’d say is head-to-head with Alien 3, maybe a bit better, but better than 1 and 2? Never. Like, really… never.

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#3

Yea ot was when it was comin out and ppl who seen it 1st were sayin that but i feel the same in no way was it better or equal to those 2 first ones. I think irs better then 3, but id say some what equal to resurrection lol at least in my opinion after all they both got the alien step childeren at the end. I didnt hate it, but it jus didnt have the same feel where it pulls you in like others have. Might get flak for this but even prometheus had that where if i start it i actually wanna see it through.

#4

It promised what it kind of promised. Didn’t do anything new to impress except for that cocoon bit and possibly the baby thing in a egg but they could have made that even more gross and skip the newborn thing altogether but were bored and something good is never going to come and truly disturb new generations of horror fans.

#5

I kinda get what you mean but in another sense because I planned on going to watch the movie a second time & perhaps more but I never particularly felt a drive to go watch it a second time in the cinema & so I never ended up going to see it again.

I never had a problem concentrating on watching the movie, but I suppose I didn’t feel as keen or entertained with the movie as I did with some others this year. I watched Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire like 3 times in the cinema, and I only got to watch Terrifier 3 once but as soon as I finished watching it the first time I wanted to go back & watch it again pretty much instantly.

So slightly different experience but I do get what you mean in a way.

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#6

As bad as the Special FX are on A3, the horror atmosphere is still present like in Alien. Alien: Resurrection to me was more action than horror, kinda like the AvP movies, didn’t hate it, but certainly didn’t love it. I think Aliens (2) is the perfect combination of horror and action in a movie. To this date no other film compares to it, IMO. Not even Predator. Obviously Aliens is still my favorite movie of the whole Alien/Predator cinematic universe

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#7

Goid choice that is my favorite of all the aluens too. So i take you were bummed too that neil blomkamps alien 5 wasnt allowed or shut down from happening? I know i was, was really lookin forward to seeing ripley, hicks, and newt back for a proper close out to thier story.

#8

Romulus is utter crap. Resurrection beats it out handily. All the homages either were really forced or outright nonsense. Too many things were done for a trailer shot rather than any sensible reason. All the characters chose to do the absolute dumbest things possible, to the point where I’m unsure how they survived to their teenage years. And the main conflict with the android/company came out stupid. And then we got reminded of the black goo.

#9

no bro that’s lame.
I think Alien 3 ranks up there surpassing Aliens totally. Romulus is somewhere between 3 and Aliens. JC was too into making rubber suits and making them explode. Too edited and yes he had heart but not much intention on making scares. Aliens was a PG10 at best.

#10

Damn mass im disappointed in you :(

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#11

you like PG 10…James Camercon biche! Goo take yo mamma to see Avatar!

#12

My moms actually dead thanks 😢🤧

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#13

The most appropriate place and time to bring that up because everyone loved her! You in appropriate cant!
then take yo sista. or i do it foor ya. please tell me shes the virgin Mary!

#14

Lmao damn you mudafukabish thought that was gonna get you

#15

because I would stop the world fo yo momma?

#16

An alleged dead momma

#17

I think the offspring is kind of a hack concept. I mean at what point would said tall and clumsy actor prove that he can move and scale walls like an alien? Further more, we’ve yet to see Predators do it on screen yet they can climb up trees fairly well but not yet visually done it on screen except hang from one.

Practical effects as good as they are need to blend well to full on physcalities of the aliens but its not been done very well. Alien Ressurection tried to do just that but it wasn’t very convincing just animated.

Disturbing visuals have left the franchise IMHO and whats left are creative conundrums.