kinggirlfriend wrote:
How is that more realistic? And who watches these movies for realism?

It felt cheap killing them off, like the writer wanted to switch gears and didn't want to bother figuring out how those characters fit.


kinggirlfriend.

Which is more of a horror--having innocent characters killed for no reason, or making sure they all get a dramatic death scene before they go?

To me it's not about realism, it's about believability, and I think that's what most people mean when they say realism (not trying to put words in anyone's mouth).

The whole theme of A3 was that life isn't fair, there isn't always a way out ala Star Trek, and good people die.  The movie didn't take prisoners.  That's the kind of ballsy stuff I like in movies of any kind.  I can't think of any movie that started with such a kick in the guts as this one, AND it kept with the movie's thematic concerns.

One doesn't have to like the result--that goes without saying.  But I think one can appreciate the chances taken and applaud the attempt to do something more adult in terms of thematic concerns.  ALIENS was about cool shootin' up stuff, wrapped around a square story of....luuuurrrrv!  ALIEN 3 is a bleak look at death in a genre that generally tiptoes up to death and then runs away.  It's ambitious; in this time of bland, blah, give-'em' - what-they-want entertainment, I love that this movie isn't 'dark' but DARK, and deals with something most horror movies pretend to, but don't.

 “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.”
 Joseph Priestley
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