Of course he’s going to say that, but somehow this is the first I’ve heard that Fede Álvarez is directing an Alien movie. It’s hard to be optimistic about a new Alien announcement lately, but I’m hoping this gets a treatment similar to Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey. It’s also a Hulu release so we’ll see.
It’s an artistic opinion, it absolutely doesn’t 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, I’m sure there’s people out there who really like Fede’s 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? You’re the one that said Fede’s films weren’t as successful as 10 Cloverfield Lane.
I’m 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 “breakout” 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.