So I have to admit, I was cautiously optimistic about this one. The trailer promised a stripped down, back to basics approach to the Alien franchise, with a fresh new cast and a talented horror director at the helm. But does it live up to the promise?
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Did not expect to see people share Critical Drinker on Lemmy
His gruff no nonsense reviews appeal to me, and I’ve never been disappointed by anything stamped with drinker recommends
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFz_00sC7mo6MosxP6XeYpwoAtkdVUpq1
That’s the entire reason I watched the menu and it was amazing
My impression is that he mostly makes money off calling things woke (spreading The Message/forced diversity/Mary Sue/cancel culture/etc.). The Menu is great though.
Yeah I’d just put that down to no nonsense reviews.
If a media property spends more energy on politics then the story/writing itself that’s a reasonable bit of critical feedback.
He celebrates empowerment when it’s motivated properly in the story, like his love note to Arcane. https://youtu.be/W3h6Pszege4&t=481
I usually agree with the critical drinker, here I’m going to respectfully disagree. I think the analysis of the film is absolutely correct. The analysis of the source material is correct. But the takeaway of people being unexpectedly enthusiastic for the film I think is incorrect.
Everything exists in a context, and the context which this film released in is one of demand and hunger, there hasn’t been an equivalent well put together film for quite a while. And even if this film copies much of its structure from past films in the series, it’s still relatively fresh amongst the current movie options. I think people are excited because it’s the best available, even if it isn’t innovative. And I can’t fault people for that.
People like watching Shakespeare productions, even though it’s been done before, and I think the same can be said for alien. A good retelling, even if it’s not masterful, can be very rewarding