The characters have been good. Not phenomenal, however good. And the performing was glorious, for essentially the most half. I felt sorry for the archaeologist, Elizabeth Shaw, and I simply needed to provide her a hug the entire second half of the film. The android, David, was additionally a memorable character. Parts of Blade Runner have been current on this character, particularly the concept of the “tears within the rain” monologue. In actual fact, the actor for the android prevented watching the unique Alien films, and as a substitute bought the inspiration for his character from Blade Runner.
The 2 display writers, John Spaihts and Damon Lindelof (co-creator of Misplaced), did a good job. Spaihts is considerably new to the writing scene, however has expertise writing sci-fi. He wrote the unique script, however then Lindelof rewrote it, in all probability fixing some issues whereas creating extra plot holes. I believe it was the script that took away essentially the most from the movie. I do not know which author is extra accountable. However I would be prepared to exit on a limb and say Lindelof, contemplating he is been writing about being stranded on a tropical island for years, after which all of a sudden jumps into the sci-fi style. Significantly, somebody who as soon as wrote for a MTV present referred to as Undressed–clearly an indication of writing only for money–has no enterprise messing with the Alien universe. I simply needed to let that out.
The cinematography was superb. Simply as anticipated from a Ridley Scott film. The intro photographs have been particularly good, and the imagery supplied within the opening scene let me know that Scott had not forgotten that necessary a part of Alien. Most of Scott’s films are deep and stuffed with thematic components. He didn’t disappoint with this one.