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So I watched Blink Twice and I think I liked it, but I'm not sure it is something I'd want to watch again any time soon. Not because it isn't a good movie - I think it was very well written, acted etc - but because the subject matter is way darker than anything else I've seen recently. The movie is even prefaced with trigger warnings, which I think was a nice touch, but a bit late, because by that point you've already bought tickets and sat through 30 minutes of ads and trailers. You really need to know going in if you're going to have any difficulties with the subject matter...whilst at the same time not having the whole movie spoilt for you. Cos the whole point of having a twist in a movie, is that it is a surprise when it happens.

I have to say, the new addition to the Alien franchise is pretty good. It isn't doing anything original admittedly - it has the usual face huggers, xenomorphs, milky androids and corporations making foolish decisions. But it does have a whole new cast of snacks for the xenomorphs to chew down on though, rather than defrosting Ripley for the umpteenth time. Overall, it looks pretty, has plenty of jump scares and the plot makes some sense, even if some of the decisions made by the characters is dumb as hell. They are only human after all.