Ash

You know what, I actually liked this movie. It is an absolute vision in terms of the sci-fi genre, and the horror is gripping enough to be interesting to me. The twist is slightly predictable, but it didn't take away from my enjoyment of this film. It's just really pretty, and I feel like that was more than enough to keep me engaged.

I agree with @Julius Matheus in that all the negativity toward this movie isn't really warranted. It's basically a B tier "Alien" but in reverse with the protagonist "Riya" starting off as the "final girl", memory wiped, and stuck on an alien planet, who through flashbacks, is working her way through the kills of her crew, while trying to figure out just WTF happened / is happening.

They, having been dispatched from the homeworld that we once again apparently f'ed up beyond all recognition, and, rather than fix what we broke, have instead dispatched 7 missions to find some new digs, six of which have ended up kaput. Aaron Paul as would be rescuer Brion shows up in rescue mode, but, is just sketchy enough that you're not quite sure what to make of him, as is Riya. Eliza Gonzalez is perfectly cast in the pseudo "Ripley" role, but easier on the eyes yet still enough of a badass to be believable when she has to chew bubblegum and kick azz, but has run out of bubblegum.

The rest of the crew are basically "Redshirts", fodder for Riya's various uses of stabby things as well as a portable flame thrower, with which she deals her hand to each crew member with extreme prejudice.

Kudos to the writers for the Japanese "repair droid/bot in a suitcase, that can scan, diagnose, image, and even do brain surgery when called upon. Cutting edge stuff sometimes needed when going "where no one has gone before."

Eiza González is amazing — as always. That said, I really don’t understand the hate or all the harsh criticism this film is getting. Ash isn’t groundbreaking or mind-blowing, but it’s definitely not bad.

The suspense and psychological horror elements are pretty mild, maybe even weak, but they work for what the film sets out to do. What stood out to me was the visual side of it — the movie looks good. The camera work is interesting and often reflects what the character is going through emotionally. Visually, it delivers what it needs to — nothing out of the box, but solid.

I haven’t watched many sci-fi movies, so my standards for the genre aren’t that high yet. Still, I’d say Ash is a good film to watch when you’re not expecting anything too innovative or packed with plot twists. At a certain point, the story becomes predictable, but that doesn’t ruin the experience.

Overall, I don’t think watching it is a waste of time — especially since it’s a short film with some technical strengths that help carry the narrative.

It's definitely a B movie for sure, it's not terrible.. Its Alien meets The thing mash up.

This was extremely boring, predictable, and riddled with plot holes.

Well, contrary to public opinion, I thought it was fairly decent and I enjoyed it for the most part. I thought it should have ended after the machine removed the parasite from her skull, but other than that, it was pretty good all in all.

As far as sci-fi goes, I’ve certainly seen much worse that some people consider classic…

Alright movie.

I like the premise, not the world building. It would've been a better idea to keep things mysterious rather than explaining everything in an unnecessary step forward. They could've just gave the protagonist a revelation, and showed her moving towards her "freedom," and ended it. This would've been a better experience.

Pacing problems are apparent, unfortunately. I like the twist, sure, but pretty much everything up until that point felt like a filler. You obviously see the twist a mile away, however, it's the experience, not the revelation. So they needed a better story structure here.

I like the visuals, and the audio, but reliance on CGI doesn't help their case. I understand this is relatively low on budget, but they have decent body horror and practical effects, I don't know why they had to go with cheap CGI with certain scenes. They had like a few scenes they absolutely needed CG.

Anyway, it's not a marvellous movie, but it's okay.

Fell asleep and doubt I missed much.

Yeah Science! Mix of a Alien, The Thing Bitch.

Could be better. 40m in and the only reason to continue to watch the movie was only getting to know her memories. This isn't strong enough in my opinion. Maybe getting something to be or do instead of wandering in the ship waiting for the memories to come back.

And since it was all building for a big reveal I knew It wouldn't pay off. But it gets interesting at the end. Maybe they could have started the story there. Could use her trying to escape for 40m. At least she works have something to fight for and we could be rooting for her. Which leads me to my next point.

At the end she remembers her crew like they were important, but not for us since we didn't really got to meet them. Lacked character developments. Also no character development for the main character, that could make us care a bit more for her

It has lots of potential, great cast, beautiful imagery but poor execution of the story.