Hi folks, first time poster so let me know if this kinda post belongs anywhere else. Just saw alien romulus and wanted to see others thoughts on the movie :-).
Personally the visuals were great and the xenomorph itself terrifying but I didn’t care much for the story and the characters seemed a little 2dimensional. I also think it drifted a little away from the fear factor to shock. I’d say 6/10. Enjoyable watch but nothing special.
Anything original is regarded as sacrilege.
Anything referencing the past is boring and repetitive.
For mine, I found this closer to the first Alien movies, and enjoyed it as a break from feeling like the story had to take centre stage. Alien is all about the vibes, creeps and feels. That’s what I enjoyed about this one.
The sound/score was great, though I found some of the score a little delayed and over the top in emphasizing when something had happened “DUM-DUM-DUUUUMMMMMM”
I wasn’t much of the fan of the fast growing baby creature that some have referred to as baby Zuckerberg. Some of that reminded me of Species. Mind you, I’d watch Alien v Species. Or Alien v Thing. Or any combination v Predator.
The callbacks are starting to come across to me as lazy writing. Just repeating stuff from previous movies that ends up filling in time. Good for those that haven’t seen any of the previous movies I guess. I’m OK watching what’s basically a repeat movie once, but don’t do it again.
Seems obvious to me that now we’ve had Alien: Romulus the next is the Alien: Remus prequel.
Enjoyable return to original films:7/10