I just watched this again. I've seen Alien and Aliens countless time, but have only seen Alien 3 once and that was pretty much enough for the last 15 years.
This movie is really just a waste of time, because the few good ideas and interesting things that happen are completely overshadowed by the illogical plot, worthless characters and slasher feel (you could replace the alien with any other movie monster, no problem).
I don't think this has anything to do with David Fincher, though.
He did not write the story or the script, and those areas are where the major problems lie.
Think of all the other movies he has directed since then:
Seven, Fight Club, The Game
Those are three of my all-time favorite movies, and the ones I didn't list above, like panic room, are still good movies.
I just can't believe that it was Fincher causing the problems here, but I can believe that he could be easily pushed around by a studio during his directorial debut (maybe even their fall-guy?). Blame the studio for letting this P.O.S. go into production in the first place.
This movie is really just a waste of time, because the few good ideas and interesting things that happen are completely overshadowed by the illogical plot, worthless characters and slasher feel (you could replace the alien with any other movie monster, no problem).
I don't think this has anything to do with David Fincher, though.
He did not write the story or the script, and those areas are where the major problems lie.
Think of all the other movies he has directed since then:
Seven, Fight Club, The Game
Those are three of my all-time favorite movies, and the ones I didn't list above, like panic room, are still good movies.
I just can't believe that it was Fincher causing the problems here, but I can believe that he could be easily pushed around by a studio during his directorial debut (maybe even their fall-guy?). Blame the studio for letting this P.O.S. go into production in the first place.