As a fan of Spielberg, I was excited to see that he had a new alien film coming out, but after seeing some of the reviews and the lackluster ticket sales, I skipped it in the theater.
I watched it for the first time a couple of weeks ago at home.
Should I have watched it in the theater? And what was so wrong with it?
In this video, we do more than breakdown the plot. We look at the effects, the complaints, my favorite parts of the film and the parts I definitely was not a fan of.
And in the end I tell you whether I should have bucked the trend and watched it in theaters.
As a fan of Spielberg, I was excited to see that he had a new alien film coming out, but after seeing some of the reviews and the lackluster ticket sales, I skipped it in the theater.
I watched it for the first time a couple of weeks ago at home.
Should I have watched it in the theater? And what was so wrong with it?
In this video, we do more than breakdown the plot. We look at the effects, the complaints, my favorite parts of the film and the parts I definitely was not a fan of.
And in the end I tell you whether I should have bucked the trend and watched it in theaters.
Not all of that scene is a practical effect, obviously. They didn't hang a stunt woman between two fast movie trains (as cool as that would have actually been) or do certain other parts of that scene because it would have been too dangerous no matter how many steps toward safety they took. What we wanted to make clear, which I realized later may not have been, is that a lot of things in that scene are actually practical effects. So essentially it's a mix, with some parts relying far more on practical, and other parts leaning more digital.