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Originally Posted by Elandyll
I really really wanted to like Alien 4 (J.P Jeunet being one of my fav French directors), but ... it just didn't work for me.
I think it's the entire tone that didn't match the movie franchise to me.
All the little "comedy" bits were just over the top to me (the breath analyzer, etc.). The acting too seemed over the top (a stapple of Jeunet's in your face camera sometimes, but it just really didn't fit in for me).
As per the "Newborn", it was ok to me (bit lackluster in design tbh), the one standout element being the acting of S. Weaver when she discovers her other clones "discarded", and decides to do some mercy killing out of rage with a flame thrower. Big emotionnal moment, that "almost" saved the movie.
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Completely agree.
There was no horror, the first three at least had some scary elements because the Aliens were almost impossible to kill.
They get killed off to easily in the 4th, BIG mistake.
Jeunet is a great director, but his style didn't fit the franchise, there has to be some sort of realism involved.