Alien 3 is a mess, but when you read/watch up on its production and how things happened with Seven, it makes more sense. Fincher was fired several times on Alien 3, and that mostly came from too many suits being involved with it, and him walking out.
I'm guessing you could say back then he was at a point where someone like Zach Snyder is now...both have a very clear 'style' or w/e you want to call it, but the difference is Fincher made it clear very early on that he wouldn't get involved if he wasn't given total control. Snyder simply hasn't done that, and it shows, his movies have a certain look to them, but are overall not very good because way too many people are making creative decisions.
Anyway, listen to some of the commentaries on pretty much any movie he released...the guy is a brilliant photographer more than anything. Every single frame of film, and everything in it, has a reason for being there. He worked directly with the principle photography of Seven as they underlit the entire movie on purpose, forced by him, and if his chemical thing didn't work out...it would've all been lost. I think more than anything his movies look 'expensive', as a lot of resources go into production outside of actors and headlines. That is probably a hard sell for producers, but it has almost always paid off overall.
Just think about it: David Fincher made a movie entirely about Facebook...and it was still awesome. The man is gifted.
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