Alien:Covenant Review
Alien:Covenant is a sci-fi horror movie.It’s part of the Alien series directed by Ridley Scott.The plot summarised is The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape. I think it’s underrated, and good in my opinion.It’s scary and with a lot of plot twists.Here’s a review from imdb.Spoilers!
Fans of the “Fast & Furious” and “Star Wars” franchises know that the release dates of those movies don’t follow the same chronological order as the events portrayed (and there are short films and features in between) but those timelines have nothing on the “Alien” franchise. It all started simply enough: “Alien”, a relatively low budget sci-fi horror flick released in 1979, thrilled, scared and shocked Movie Fans, while adding to the cultural consciousness the indelible image of a vicious, reptilian-like creature busting out of the chest of its human host, while also making Sigourney Weaver a household name as she played the iconic alien fighter Ellen Ripley in four of the movies. A new feature film from the “Alien” universe appeared every 5-7 years (not counting the “Alien vs. Predator” movies), leading up to 2017’s “Alien: Covenant” (R, 2:02), which, in some ways, returns the franchise to its storied roots.
After the “Alien” sequels, “Aliens”, “Alien 3” and “Alien: Resurrection” (each of the four with a different director), original helmer Ridley Scott returned to the franchise for a prequel series. 2012’s “Prometheus” began exploring the question of how the Aliens originated. That was an excellent film, but was more “2001: A Space Odyssey” than “Aliens”, for example, and it did a great job of setting up the films to come. From 2012-2017, ten(!) short films came out to fill gaps in the Alien story, with two of them leading straight into “Alien: Covenant”. A small amount of footage from those two films (known collectively as “Alien: Covenant – Prologue”) are used in the 2017 feature and in its theatrical trailers. In the “Alien” universe, this film is a sequel to “Prometheus” and leads fans closer to the events of the original film. In “Star Wars” terms, it’s the equivalent of “Episode II – Attack of the Clones”, but better.
Taking place ten years after the events in “Prometheus”, this film follows a colony ship, called the Covenant, heading toward the other side of the galaxy. On board are 2,000 colonists in a deep stasis, 1,000 human embryos, a dozen crew members and a synthetic android named Walter (Michael Fassbender), an advanced version of the synthetic known as David in the previous film. On their way to a planet called Origae-6, the ship is hit by shockwave, causing significant damage and leading Walter to awaken the crew. In the process, the captain (James Franco) dies and first officer Christopher Oram (Billy Crudup) assumes command of the Covenant. As the crew is coming to terms with what has happened and working to repair the ship, they receive a radio transmission that appears to be human in origin. The planet that is the source of the transmission appears to be an even more hospitable spot for their new colony, so rather than wait another seven years to arrive at Origae-6, Oram decides to check it out.
As the Covenant, piloted by the cowboy hat-wearing Tennessee (Danny McBride) orbits this new planet, most of the crew takes a lander down to the planet’s surface. The expedition consists of acting captain Oram, his wife, biologist Karen Oram (Carmen Ejogo), a terraforming expert named Daniels (Katherine Waterston), security head Sergeant Lope (Demián Bichir), members of his team and a couple others. While exploring the area around their landing site and beginning to evaluate the planet for possible human habitation, their discoveries range from odd to shocking to deadly. There are signs of human cultivation of what appears to be wheat, but at the same time there are no signs of animals or birds. The expedition finds the crashed ship Prometheus, along with the fully functioning David, who says that Elizabeth Shaw (the sole human survivor of the doomed ship) repaired the injuries he sustained on that earlier mission. Something else that the crew of the Covenant finds are alien spores which, if they enter a human host, result in the birth of vicious creatures which are very new to the unfortunate souls of the Covenant – and will also be somewhat new to Movie Fans. Thus begins a desperate struggle for survival.
“Alien: Covenant” is a worthy and exciting addition to the “Alien” franchise. Making this set of deep space travelers colonists who all have significant others on the ship raises the emotional stakes for the characters and for the audience. The interactions between the twin synthetic androids from different generations makes for a fascinating subplot, partly because of the acting prowess of Fassbender, who, along with the rest of the cast contribute to a talented ensemble who all deliver excellent performances. The story effectively builds on “Prometheus” and towards “Alien” with a flare that ups the franchise ante on horror and gore, while the wicked twists wonderfully tease a sequel. This film, however, can’t really be said to be very “original”. Besides the intended connections to “Prometheus” and the “Alien” movies, it’s also a bit of 2016’s “Passengers” meets 1991’s “Terminator 2”. “Alien: Covenant” may lack the creativity of the last film and the freshness of the original, but it excels in action and terror.
IT 2017 REVIEW
“You’ll float too.”
IT is a horror movie.It’s actually a remake of a 1990 movie.The plot summarised is A group of bullied kids band together when a shapeshifting demon, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.The movie is loved by people,with high ratings.Here’s a review from imdb.com.Spoilers!
The brand new #ITMovie scared the heck out of me and I don’t throw that around loosely because just when you thought that “Annabelle: Creation” may have set the bar for this year, bam! “IT” comes along and smashes that bar into pieces. Wow! This is one incredible horror film, everybody involved should get a congratulatory pat on the back, definitely a huge upgrade from the ’90s miniseries. This is best Stephen king adaptation yet.
Directed by Andy Muschietti, based on Stephen King’s timeless novel of the same name, IT is set around the mysterious disappearance of children in Derry Maine, when a group of young kids will have to come face their biggest fears and square off against an eternal evil clown named Pennywise who comes around every 27 years to repeat his reign of terror.
It’s no secret and it’s not really a spoiler that New Line and the filmmakers of this new version have planned to re-imagine this story into two installments, with the first focusing on the children and then chapter two will be about their grown up selves once again battling Pennywise. So with this first chapter, I think the timing of its arrival couldn’t be more perfect especially with last year’s debut of the hugely popular series, “Stranger Things” that brings up ’80s childhood nostalgia while presenting mystery at the same time, “IT” offers you that same vein and I think that’s OK because we haven’t gotten to the point where it’s played out so for the time being you’re going to love that aspect about “IT.” There’s definitely a “Stand By Me” vibe to it as well, and the whole thing does feel episodic, at one point while screening it I didn’t want it to end, it felt like I was binge-watching, it was so cool. Kudos to all the young actors featured in this film, they really hold their own and each of their characters’ distinct personalities stand out. Their backstories and their process of slowly but surely coming together as some sort of a team is both honest and engaging.
Now, if you’ve ever read Stephen King’s book, “IT,” you’d recall that it is a super duper thick book. You can use it as a stool to stand on for when you need to change that lightbulb. But the point is, I think the screenwriters of this new film did well in condensing the story to just the right amount of time that contains just the right mix of kids camaraderie and the horror fest that is Pennywise. And if you’ve watched the ’90s miniseries, you’d recall how much that version held back plus the low quality practical effects that they had at the time. Well, I’m happy to tell you that this new “IT” doesn’t hold back, this is Pennywise unleashed, it’s practically proud of being R-rated, which is great because it allows for the scary parts to be really really scary and not second-guessing or pandering.
And if you have never liked clowns before, you’re going to hate clowns even more because Bill Skarsgard’s performance as the new Pennywise will haunt your dreams for the next few weeks after you’ve watched this movie. What I appreciate about Skarsgard is that he doesn’t try too hard to emulate or imitate or channel Tim Curry, Skarsgard does his own take of creepy. And because Pennywise is pretty much invincible to a certain extent, you’ll see him pop up in the most unlikeliest of places meaning when you least expect him, that’s when he’ll scare you to your core so brace yourselves for surprises around every corner. Another reason why the timing of this movie’s arrival could not be more perfect is because today’s visual effects compliment Pennywise’s limitless abilities and so director Andy Muschietti and his crew have the creative freedom to not only realize some of the scare points in the book but they managed to also go beyond that. “IT” goes for massive, it goes for bold, it goes for bloody, not a single boring minute, it goes for the “Goonies” fan in all of us. You will laugh, you will scream, you will have nightmares, hands down one of the best horror movies ever made.
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Kingsman 2 : The Golden Circle Review
Kingsman 2 : The Golden Circle is a sequel to the first Kingsman.It’s a action movie, specifically a spy action movie, and some comedy too.It stars Taron Egerton as Eggsy If you haven’t watched the first movie, the plot is basically a street thug named Eggsy becomes an agent working under an organization named Kingsman. Now he must defend England from terrorist attacks.
Now,before i review it,you probably want to hear the summarised plot of the sequel.When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman’s journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US. These two elite secret organizations must band together to defeat a common enemy.
Personally, i think it’s very good.The action is very good,the effects are great.The comedy, although little,is funny.The story is very normal,it’s just a spy fighting a dangerous organization with some predictable twists.I’ll give it a 8.5/10.
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Shin Godzilla / Godzilla Resurgence Review
Shin Godzilla is a Japanese film about,well,Godzilla.It’s a personal favorite of mine, even many people think it sucks. Here’s the plot summarized:
An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay’s Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is named “Godzilla”.
Now the reviews.It got 6.8/10 on imdb which is “decent but a bit good”.I personally think it should get higher than that.Even though it has bad CGI,it has good action.Here’s some other reviews:(some spoilers)
‘Shin Godzilla’ isn’t Toho’s vainglorious attempt at re-capturing the success of recent Hollywood adaptations of its iconic Japanese monster. Quite the contrary, co-directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi know better than try to outdo their Western counterparts in terms of spectacle, and instead have made the astute decision to make a distinctly Japanese ‘Godzilla’ that will most certainly resonate with their home audience, even at the expense of alienating some non-Japanese viewers without the same cultural or historical context. In fact, we dare say that their film has the unique distinction of being both political allegory as well as real-world horror, and is surprisingly effective on either count.
No other recent event has been so seared in the Japanese consciousness as that of the 2011 Tohoko earthquake and tsunami as well as the consequent Fukushima nuclear disaster, not just because of the hundreds of thousands of people affected but also because it exposed how terribly unprepared the Japanese government was with handling a crisis of such proportions. The parallels here are unmistakable – from an indecisive Prime Minister (Ren Ôsugi) to the frustratingly bureaucratic attitude of his Cabinet ministers to the embarrassing revelation of his poor judgment (such as during a live press conference where Godzilla makes landfall right after he specifically tells the people that the creature will not) – and indeed meant no less than a searing indictment of just how inept the Naoto Kan’s administration was during 3/11.
Yet it isn’t hard to imagine how a movie based solely on such criticism would quickly turn monotonous, not least because the lead characters here are all political/ Government figures – among them, Hiroki Hasegawa’s outspoken and gutsy Deputy Chief of Cabinet Secretary Rando Yaguchi, Yutaka Takenouchi’s opportunistic Aide to the Prime Minister Hideki Akasaka, and Satomi Ishihara’s Special Envoy for the United States Kayoko Ann Patterson – and each is defined only in terms of his or her role and ambition in relation to the ongoing calamity. None too subtle is the point, emphatically and unequivocally made, that while politicians wield the ingenuity and authority it takes to manage an unprecedented catastrophe, each is also simultaneously weighting the cost or opportunity of every decision or maneuver to his or her political futures.
Just as illuminating, especially to the Japanese, is the strengths or limits of its military might post-WWII, seeing as how it has never yet seen the need to invoke the use of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) or call in the help of the US military under the US-Japan Security Treaty. Under the pretense of exterminating Godzilla, Anno’s screenplay imagines what it would take not just for the SDF to be activated but also how US intervention would likely come with some strings attached. How and if at all it is meant to play into the current Shinzo Abe’s push for an expansion of the SDF role is quite perceptively left up to the audience’s interpretation, but there is no doubting that the introduction of the United Nations late into the film is meant to demonstrate how powerless nations not on its Security Council may be to resolutions passed by its five members on non-member countries.
Yes, if it isn’t yet clear, there is no intent here to highlight the human dimension of such an event; rather, it is domestic politics as well as the global world order that forms the basis of this re- incarnation of Godzilla. As a reboot, ‘Shin Godzilla’ starts on a clean slate, beginning with an underwater disturbance that briefly makes its way onto shore before going back out to sea, then returning as a much more highly evolved organism that grows and grows ever more fearsome. Fans though will not be disappointed – as with past iterations of Godzilla, this latest version not only has the ability to radiate highly destructive atomic rays from its dorsal fins, it also can set streets of buildings ablaze by spewing fire out of its mouth. It does take time to get used to the new ‘ShinGoji’ design, but rest assured that this beast is every bit as terrifying as it should be.
In fact, that palpable sense of fear is twofold – first, in tying the origins of Godzilla to Japan’s ignominious nuclear history; and second, in showing with utmost realism the wanton destruction of notable landmarks in Tokyo by the monster. The former has to do as much with the United States’ alleged dumping of radioactive waste in Tokyo Bay in the 1950s and 1960s as accusations of Japan’s own disposal of toxic ash from the burning of Fukushima’s nuclear waste into the same waters. The latter, on the other hand, sees entire districts in Tokyo ripped or flattened by Godzilla’s rampage, impressively staged by co-director cum VFX supervisor Anno (also known for last summer’s ‘Attack of Titan’) using a mix of old- fashioned puppetry and modern CGI. In particular, the combined US- Japan military assault on Godzilla along the banks of the Kano River and the finale in downtown Shinjuku is stunning, especially in imagining the magnitude of destruction that Godzilla could inflict on modern-day Japan.
Yet if the promotional materials have given the impression that ‘Shin Godzilla’ is an action-packed blockbuster like its most recent Hollywood predecessors, you’ll do best to temper those expectations. Sure, there are beautiful sequences of Godzilla wreaking havoc, but because the focus is on displaying different types of political personalities and their responses towards such a crisis of proportions, there is a lot of talking (as well as ‘talking heads’) throughout the film and especially in the beginning. By tapping into the paranoia, fear and frustration of their fellow Japanese following their own recent real-life crises, Anno and Higuchi have made a contemporary ‘Godzilla’ that is sure to roar loud with their home crowd – and by that count, this is as its Japanese title suggests, a new and true incarnation as relevant as it is frightening.”
Avengers : Infinity War Trailer (low quality version)
A few months ago, at a convection called ComicCon,Marvel released a trailer about Avengers:Infinity War.After the event,Marvel didn’t release the trailer to YouTube, though.So, we had to wait for Marvel to do that.Or, people at the event just could record it and release it.Yeah, because it’s recorded, its quality is bad.At least it’s watchable!I won’t do an analysis for this, because its long.Also,you can find analyses on the web.
PACIFIC RIM 2 CONFIRMED!!!
Yep folks,it’s back.Pacific Rim 2. The sequel to the movie we know and love.Although little is shown in the trailer,it’s still good to know a sequel to Pacific Rim is coming.Let’s analyze the trailer.
The first part of the trailer shows parts of Jaegers,with text saying things like “Innovation”,”Superpower”, and others.It also shows some humans,which may be the new main characters in the movie,OR it could be returning characters from the first movie.
The second part, shows a mountain (looks like Mt.Fuji) with some text too.And then we see him.It’s Gipsy Danger!He has his weapons, like the cannon and the sword.And then we see some other new Jaegers,like the red one with two swords.
After all that,we see the main character.I think it’s John Boyega, or known as Finn from Star Wars.He pilots Gipsy Danger.And then the trailer ends.I’m pretty hyped!How about you?
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