The acting is horrendous compared to Alien
The line delivery, ugh... it's the one thing that stops me coming back to this film.
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Maybe you would have liked it more if they had British actors like in the first and third films.
shareEh, Brits in space work for British Sci-Fi shows. The universe in Cameron's Aliens looks like a typical futuristic American Space enterprise and not a withering Commonwealth collective where there would probably be more Scottish and Australian accents.
shareNice list of examples you got there LOL
shareThis movie actually has some of the best acting out there, especially for science fiction. It's entirely believable, just like the first film.
shareI don't know if it's the line delivery that makes me shudder, or the lines themselves.
Just not into the cheesy Marine jock jabber. Excessively animated. Stale.
Not a bad film overall, just not the greatest either.
I still think the first Alien is an all-time classic however.
What are you talking about ?? There is nothing wrong with any of the acting in this film! Sigourney Weaver was actually Oscar nominated for her role playing Ripley.
shareI finally watched this film and found the only good acting to come from Weaver and Henriksen. The entire group of "Marines" had way over-the-top overacting (I blame the director). Professional soldiers don't act that way.
The first film had utterly believable acting; this one just felt like a cheesy video game to me.
And how long was your military service?
shareThe only Marines I really had a problem with were Apone who was overacting and Gorman who was underacting.
Interestingly, the actor who played Apone, Al Matthews, had been a Marine sergeant in real life.
Well said. Sums up my feelings perfectly.
sharewait till you see Alien3
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