The first thing I have to address are the 'so-called' cons of the movie...
First is, a lot of people who have reviewed it negatively have said it was because the aliens would transform willy nilly before groups of people, unlike Carpenter's version where they would take over one by one... well YEAH! How do you think an alien, who had never met any humans before, learned not to attack a group of them, because it had resulted in catastrophe for the alien at the Norwegian camp, therefore it LEARNED to be smarter when it made itself to the other camp.
Another is that many people believe them bringing in Americans made no sense. Sander was the one who was contacted about the finding and HE chose who he brought, not the Norwegians, otherwise they may have chosen Norwegians. And the fact that women were chosen was mostly to differentiate the lead from Kurt's Mac.
Yet another complaint is that the Norwegians were expendable... well, forgive me if I am wrong, but wasn't the final survivor from the camp a Norwegian... Not to mention most of the Norwegians died when they were trying to protect others, and one actually killed himself, so really an equal amount of Norwegians and non-Norwegians were killed by the thing (or turned into one) The only con I will agree that really stuck out to me in the movie was that there was a bit too much CGI in certain areas, although I believe it would have looked much better had they lit the scenes a bit darker. I can also agree on one bit of continuity error, in that 2 vehicles were left at the ship site but they were not there in John Carpenters version, although Kate may have driven hers away and the storm could have covered the other one once it had burned up a bit.
The acting was good, even if character development was a bit lacking. The character of Adam was particularly well done, as he was an on screen personification of what we were feeling as viewers. The Sander/Adam face meld scene was also very effective and one of the most disturbing and memorable scenes of the film, which tied in to the fact that the double faced thing they found in the original was one of the more memorable visuals from that movie. The practical effects were great and the tie ins to Carpenters version were well executed.
It may not have been as good as the original but that was to be expected. Otherwise, a very good prequel and movie.
First is, a lot of people who have reviewed it negatively have said it was because the aliens would transform willy nilly before groups of people, unlike Carpenter's version where they would take over one by one... well YEAH! How do you think an alien, who had never met any humans before, learned not to attack a group of them, because it had resulted in catastrophe for the alien at the Norwegian camp, therefore it LEARNED to be smarter when it made itself to the other camp.
Another is that many people believe them bringing in Americans made no sense. Sander was the one who was contacted about the finding and HE chose who he brought, not the Norwegians, otherwise they may have chosen Norwegians. And the fact that women were chosen was mostly to differentiate the lead from Kurt's Mac.
Yet another complaint is that the Norwegians were expendable... well, forgive me if I am wrong, but wasn't the final survivor from the camp a Norwegian... Not to mention most of the Norwegians died when they were trying to protect others, and one actually killed himself, so really an equal amount of Norwegians and non-Norwegians were killed by the thing (or turned into one) The only con I will agree that really stuck out to me in the movie was that there was a bit too much CGI in certain areas, although I believe it would have looked much better had they lit the scenes a bit darker. I can also agree on one bit of continuity error, in that 2 vehicles were left at the ship site but they were not there in John Carpenters version, although Kate may have driven hers away and the storm could have covered the other one once it had burned up a bit.
The acting was good, even if character development was a bit lacking. The character of Adam was particularly well done, as he was an on screen personification of what we were feeling as viewers. The Sander/Adam face meld scene was also very effective and one of the most disturbing and memorable scenes of the film, which tied in to the fact that the double faced thing they found in the original was one of the more memorable visuals from that movie. The practical effects were great and the tie ins to Carpenters version were well executed.
It may not have been as good as the original but that was to be expected. Otherwise, a very good prequel and movie.
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