"Bad" is, such a broad term.

In what way bad did you hear, exactly? It should be defined. No it may not be at the level of ALIEN and ALIENS, but it rightfully earns its place within the franchise I feel. By "bad" they must mean "not entertaining", which is true it's not entertaining the way those other 2 movies are. But it's not what Fincher was going for either, it's very much like an arthouse ALIEN movie as opposed to a commercial one. And to most normal movie audiences, that's not palatable.

Personally, I feel ALIEN³ is a spiritual and emotional kind of experience, with a wonderful music score by Elliot Goldenthal to match that tone. I also think it's Sigourney's best acting work in the franchise, maybe even of her entire career!

Visually I also think it's quite an underrated masterpiece, from the art direction to the production design of the sets, albeit with some flawed FX. I think it's still among one of Finchers best-looking movies myself. If you like his work and are a fan of the 1st two ALIEN movies, ya kinda owe it to yourself to check it out.

ALIEN RESURRECTION, now that.......is just plain bad.

Alright then.

Yeah, Ebert did say that. He's also the guy who didn't like BLADE RUNNER, HALLOWEEN or A CLOCK ORANGE when they first came out but has since gone back and re-evaluated his stance on some of those now regarded classics. I have a feeling that if he went back to ALIEN 3, perhaps the now existing "Assembly Cut", he may rethink his position on that one a bit. Then again, perhaps not.

That's the other thing too, there's 2 pretty diverse versions of this film. And there's even a 3rd version, the rare *Workprint* cut that has not yet been officially released whch I am watching at this very moment. I'm updating my STATUS with the info about differences in this version compared to the other 2, follow them if you'd like...

Sucker Punch wasn't anywhere near good. Nowhere near. It was hundreds of thousands of light years away. It had absolutely nothing going for it. I can't even begin to describe what a waste of time, money, and energy it was.

I don't think Easy A thinks it's brilliant... I think it knows exactly what it is and does it very well.

Totally agree on 7, 9, and 10.

Agree with Dark Knight Rises

Black Christmas is so creepy. Chills down to the bone.

Why not Sam Worthington?

Malin Ackerman has me sold already thanks to her stint on Children's Hospital, and I love Jonah Hill. I think he's talented. The rest I can definitely agree on though. I don't see the big deal with January Jones yet and Sam Worthington blows.

This is an interesting list and I agree with most of your points, particularly #1. Dark and gritty only works with specific source material and not everything should be that way. Batman is a dark and brooding hero who works best in a cold, grounded landscape with a very serious tone... yet some asshat studio executive thinks "We need to make every superhero movie like that!". A common mistake we've seen from Hollywood producers is exactly that, trying to force everything into a gritty and realistic environment... when some things are just MADE to embrace the fun and roll with it.

It's why Captain America worked so well IMO, it was a throwback to comic-book movies and was all about embracing it's tone and going over the top. The Avengers seems to have bottled that perfect mix in a way that Joss Whedon seems to handle with ease. We need more movies that'll go balls to the wall and live it up as a comic book movie.. this looks like pure geek ecstasy.

I totally agree with you man, but I'm still open to be surprised by it. The only ones I don't agree on are 4 (I didn't see any faults with it, it didn't look that much better than anything we've seen before but I certainly wouldn't say it's anywhere near 'bad', in fact I thought it was pretty good -- however I'm still real iffy on the Lizard look, I know he looked like that at a certain point in the comics apparently but that's not his iconic look to the general public and personally not his best look... in all honesty he reminds me of one of those creatures from the Super Mario Bros live action movie) and I gotta disagree somewhat with 5 as well. Not saying you're wrong because facts are facts, he hasn't done anything like this but hey the dude has talent and everyone deserves a shot. This is his, if he screws up it'll probably be one of his last, if it's a success then he'll continue to evolve and become a better and better blockbuster director... everyone's gotta start somewhere! And as far as hollywood is concerned music video director = big movie director =P (hey, it's worked so far... somewhat)

I thought I was alone in not enjoying Super 8...Nice List, I've seen half of these and agree with you on those I've seen.

great call on 1 and 9