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Alien (1979)
It's about as good as an 'origin story' gets.
Well, I would have thought this movie to have been far better than what it was.Perhaps I've been spoiled by the special effects that litter modern day films of the same nature, but I wasn't buyin' the guy crawling around in an 'alien' costume one bit.
Many people hail Ridly Scott for his directing talents, I on the other hand find that he is a little bit over-rated. Don't get me wrong, he does a fantastic job with all that he does, but he doesn't seem to push the envelope; he does as is expected to get the job done, but not too much else.
That being said, Alien was probably the hardest film to do out of the entire franchise, origin stories always are. Aside from this film, I have only watched the second installment before writing this review so as not to taint my views too much.I think the best thing about 'Alien' is that it left a lot of room to expand and improve.
So on the final report I may say that do to the dry and almost pointless dialog at times and the poor attempts at astonishing us with lots of flashing buttons, as well as 'satisfactory' direction I would give this 5 out of 10 only to add another point for a total of 6 because without this film we may not have seen 'Aliens' or the others to follow.
It's worth watching, especially to study the development of cinema.
The Vampire Conspiracy (2005)
Excellent plot, all it needs is money.
The concept for this film is awesome, and the plot was quite interesting to say the least. I was a little unsatisfied with the lack of visuals and poor fight sequences; I can understand they didn't have a lot to work with as far as the local goes being that it was all shot in studio but the fight sequences were too conservative and looked as though they belonged on stage and not on screen; I see less ghost-punches in wrestling.
That all being said I think it is an incredibly fresh and new look for Vampire films and given a bigger budget and some good lookin' B-list actors this film could be incredible!
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Brett Ratner continues to set the bar for future Marvel comics titles!
Many will agree that each of the 3 X-Men films are stand alone blockbusters, all evoking the same incredible emotions that the comics have done for years to those that read them.
Not to say that Brian Singer didn't do an incredible job directing the first 2, but having him back-out of "The Last Stand" may have been the best thing that could happen to the franchise. Brett Ratner provided a fresh new feel for this film while respecting certain things that Singer left in place.
One thing that stood out for me was the no-holds-barred dialog; I didn't have the pleasure of seeing it in theaters, but I know for sure the DVD holds nothing back like the first 2 films may have. We owe a huge thank you to Zack Penn and Simon Kimberg for an incredible screenplay that successfully covered a lot of ground for a 104 minute film. I must say that there is no lack of material within the Marvel Universe and certainly not within the world of the X-Men; and those writers made good use of as much as they could without over-indulging.
If there was one thing that I would like to see more of, it's the Sentinals. For those who don't know what they are, they are kind of like the Terminator, but they're about 6 stories tall,and are programed by a human government to hunt mutants. Other than that the film itself brings all that one can expect from a Marvel film and more, the DVD itself could have done with some better bonus features, but if the X-Men 1.5 DVD is any indication of what they may have in mind...keep an eye out.