It was directed by David Fincher
If you don't count Alien3, which he disavowed after being cut out of the editing process almost wholesale, his films are all somewhere between "great" and "modern masterpiece". I admit that TSN is more likely to be the former than the latter but it must be worth a look
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:24, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

It's really close to "modern masterpiece"
IMO.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:26, Reply)

I think I am the only person who thinks Alien 3 is a good film.

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:29, Reply)

I enjoyed it
But I haven't seen it in a very long time.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:35, Reply)

I may watch all 4 this weekend

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

I don't mind Alien3
but a) it was a horrendous drop in quality from the first two (as it was always likely to be) and b) some of the concepts being banded around before production began and the ideas that Fincher had that were expunged in the name of smaller budget and less complicated plot make the end result nothing more than a disappointment.

Even so it would have been a good swansong if the saga had concluded there, the denouement was quite moving as long as it was, actually, the end. Resurrection crippled what merit Alien3 created for itself. And Whedon's influence aside, Resurrection is still generic bobbins, and there's no excuse for putting Natalie Cassidy on the big screen
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

compared to the first 2 it does suffer
but that is because they are such good films.

I don't mind resurrection either. It took me a moment to figure out what you meant about Natalie Cassidy. I'm assuming you mean the minger from Eastenders looks like the half-human, half-alien thing?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

'xactly

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 11:09, Reply)

No, I'm sorry, you're wrong.
Alien3 was crap. The only thing which really justifies its existence is that it was at least watchable, unlike its sequel which was just tedious shit. The very first Alien film has it, I'm afraid. (Though I must admit I still need to get round to seeing Aliens the whole way through.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 11:04, Reply)