Alright, so I was lucky enough to catch the first screening of this film. It's an enjoyable movie, despite what the critics say, IF you forgo the fact that it's a remake, and not so much "horror" as action and thriller.
If you're one for extracting life philosophies from movies, then you'll probably like it. However, if you want to see a movie that's gripping, terrifying, and will leave your heart pounding minutes after the film has ended, this is not for you.
Positive: The acting By Nicole Kidman (who plays a high end psychiatrist, concerned most with her son and career) and Daniel Craig (a very very close friend and colleague who is in love with her) is superb. While it gets off to a rocky and slow first start, it gradually gets better and more tense as it goes on. The action scenes are very well done, full of stressful moments that make you anxious. This film explains the scientific background of the aliens more than its predecessors' in a very interesting way, giving you the inside look of how exactly the aliens work.
Negative: A lot of ideas and themes were mentioned, but none really explored beyond that. You have a vague clue of how it started, but not where the aliens came from, why they came to earth, what happened to the space shuttle that made it crash, how the aliens got on the space shuttle in the first place; etc etc. You're left to pretty much guess for yourself. The ending, also, wasn't thorough. I think that one thing I disliked, also, was the fact that you find yourself sympathizing with the aliens, rather than humanity. It's a movie that wants to have a logical point, but it's not quite sure what it's trying to say.
Overall, a philosophizing flick, portraying the dispassion and inhumane acts of the world with a twist, containing both negative and positive.
7/10.
If you're one for extracting life philosophies from movies, then you'll probably like it. However, if you want to see a movie that's gripping, terrifying, and will leave your heart pounding minutes after the film has ended, this is not for you.
Positive: The acting By Nicole Kidman (who plays a high end psychiatrist, concerned most with her son and career) and Daniel Craig (a very very close friend and colleague who is in love with her) is superb. While it gets off to a rocky and slow first start, it gradually gets better and more tense as it goes on. The action scenes are very well done, full of stressful moments that make you anxious. This film explains the scientific background of the aliens more than its predecessors' in a very interesting way, giving you the inside look of how exactly the aliens work.
Negative: A lot of ideas and themes were mentioned, but none really explored beyond that. You have a vague clue of how it started, but not where the aliens came from, why they came to earth, what happened to the space shuttle that made it crash, how the aliens got on the space shuttle in the first place; etc etc. You're left to pretty much guess for yourself. The ending, also, wasn't thorough. I think that one thing I disliked, also, was the fact that you find yourself sympathizing with the aliens, rather than humanity. It's a movie that wants to have a logical point, but it's not quite sure what it's trying to say.
Overall, a philosophizing flick, portraying the dispassion and inhumane acts of the world with a twist, containing both negative and positive.
7/10.
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