Of course heās going to say that, but somehow this is the first Iāve heard that Fede Ćlvarez is directing an Alien movie. Itās hard to be optimistic about a new Alien announcement lately, but Iām hoping this gets a treatment similar to Dan Trachtenbergās Prey. Itās also a Hulu release so weāll see.
I know the franchise has been on a downhill, but I really loved Dan Trachtenbergās Prey and felt that it breathed life into the Predator as a menace once more. Maybe all Alien needs is a nice, smaller budget, more classically focused sci-fi horror film to revitalize the franchise. I donāt know if Fede is necessarily the prime choice, Dan at least had the excellent 10 Cloverfield Lane under their chops, but I think giving relatively new directors tired franchises is great.
Prey was amazeballs!
I watched all of the Predator series except for āThe Predatorā before watching āPreyā and āPreyā captures everything that made āPredatorā amazing!
This was exactly my thinking as well. And Iām cautiously optimistic that Fede may take Alien back to its horror roots.
Not sure what you mean here. Fede has 3 feature films under his belt already, one being the Evil Dead reboot. Dan only had 1 film before making Prey. Fede will also have around twice as many years of experience as Dan did when he made Prey. Fedeās first feature was a decade ago, not exactly new.
Thatās fair, heās certainly been making films for awhile. I didnāt really think too much of the Evil Dead remake, it was fine but Sam Reimi casts a wide shadow. I saw Donāt Breathe as well, and found the finale to be more yuck than spook. I donāt think either have been a breakout hit in the way 10 Cloverfield Lane was, but youāre certainly right about experience.
I dunno if youāre just letting your preferred movies cloud what you consider success but while the Evil Dead remake didnāt do too well, Donāt Breathe made $157M worldwide, compared to 10 Cloverfield Laneās $110M. Evil Dead did worse, but not by much ($97M). None of them have been these runaway successes.
Look, I absolutely love Dan Trachtenberg and for more than even directing, and I think his movies blow Fedeās out of the water, but this picture youāre painting of 10CL being this breakout hit, especially compared to Fedeās movies are just not supported by facts. Not trying to bust your balls, but I believe itās important to form opinions based on evidence and not just feeling.
Itās an artistic opinion, it absolutely doesnāt need to be informed by evidence. Feeling is the whole point of art. I can feel like a director is lesser than another based upon my experiences with their previous work. My opinion is not fact, Iām sure thereās people out there who really like Fedeās work and feel differently. Trying to use objective measures like profit margins to prove a piece of art as superior to another is missing the point entirely.
what? Youāre the one that said Fedeās films werenāt as successful as 10 Cloverfield Lane.
Iām wholly agreed that you can have a subjective artistic opionion, but you described it as a breakout hit, which is what you say when a movie is financially successful. A ābreakoutā also assumes acceptance by the masses, or at least more than not, which is not at all what a subjective or artistic opinion would entail. I could maybe go with it if you said cult hit, but breakout means something else entirely.