• VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Romulus was cool imo, but not mind blowing. To me it was good enough to warrant more. Was it as good as 1 or 2? No. Was it better than everything else? Yes, because unlike every Alien sequel, it is not a few good scenes in a bad movie. For better or worse, it is consistent.

    I actually had my internet down for like 10 days and only had a handful of movies available to me and no books as I had just moved and was still awaiting their arrival. I ended up watching Romulus three times. to me it is the perfect example of “swimming in sevens.” I had only a month prior marathoned all other Alien movies though, so maybe my brain was affected.

    I cannot speak to the most recent 2 predator movies, but I liked Prey enough to watch it twice in a year. I think the same person did the John Goodman bunker movie, and I just think they are a competent person running the show for Predator stuff now.

    • Lorindól@sopuli.xyz
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      1 day ago

      I share your opinion of Romulus.

      The characters weren’t bad, I really liked the setting and how it managed to bind the original and Prometheus together. It’s a good Alien film and perhaps could’ve been even better, if they had just stuck with the horror tone instead of going full action in the third act. I got the feeling that the director/writer really wanted to blend the best parts of 1 and 2 into a single film.