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GarethBOct 9, 2018

No one can hear me scream... in remorse for when the Alien movies used to be great! This one had horror, suspense, thrills and spills and the creation of one of the greatest female characters ever (cough, cough.. new star wars take note)

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SerchvazJul 3, 2019

This film is such a masterpiece, it has a very good plot, very interesting characters, is the coolest a sci-fi horror alien movie, wonderfully acted, also every scene is perfect. A movie that you will enjoy and love. The alien o creature isThis film is such a masterpiece, it has a very good plot, very interesting characters, is the coolest a sci-fi horror alien movie, wonderfully acted, also every scene is perfect. A movie that you will enjoy and love. The alien o creature is also spectacular.… Expand

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Ikereviews1Mar 18, 2019

Easily one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Alien is a very great film. It has great atmosphere and suspense. The main character Ripley is one of the greatest female characters in all of movie characters. It also introduced a veryEasily one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Alien is a very great film. It has great atmosphere and suspense. The main character Ripley is one of the greatest female characters in all of movie characters. It also introduced a very great and iconic character the alien or xenomorph. A outstanding film. A must watch for sci-fi and horror fans… Expand

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ElbanNinjaMar 23, 2019

Sigourney Weaver is an absolute madlad badass in that movie.

She plays the role of Ridley. A true hero that you will root for and relate with no matter if you are a woman or a man. The story is progressive and she has to overcome some nastySigourney Weaver is an absolute madlad badass in that movie.

She plays the role of Ridley. A true hero that you will root for and relate with no matter if you are a woman or a man. The story is progressive and she has to overcome some nasty and hard stuff through the movie but she ends up thriumphing in glory.

This is a movie with nasty scenes that will not let you indifferent. I absolutely loved it and I highly recommend it.… Expand

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r96skFeb 21, 2022

'Alien' isn't as eventful, and as such as entertaining, as I had anticipated, though it is still an enjoyable near two hours.

It's a strong cast, with newbie Sigourney Weaver putting in a great performance. Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton,'Alien' isn't as eventful, and as such as entertaining, as I had anticipated, though it is still an enjoyable near two hours.

It's a strong cast, with newbie Sigourney Weaver putting in a great performance. Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto and John Hurt are good too. I wanted to see more of them, though that's normal given the tightness of the setting - there's only so much they can do, of course.

Other positives include the neat set design, solid special effects and well done tension building. I can't say I was ever fully unnerved, in fairness that's more a personal thing as fiction rarely scares me, but I was locked on for the entirety. It also gets respect for setting the benchmark it did.

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TommyValentinoMay 27, 2020

Best space horror ever made! I loved it 20 years ago and I still love it now, nobody could beat it so far

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NickTheCritickNov 3, 2021

A fantastic sci-fi horror movie by a R. Scott who shot his second impressive long feature after the duellists. This movie is an inimitable and unattanainble masterpiece of its genre. Scott here is a master in building tension during all theA fantastic sci-fi horror movie by a R. Scott who shot his second impressive long feature after the duellists. This movie is an inimitable and unattanainble masterpiece of its genre. Scott here is a master in building tension during all the film that is a space drama/thriller. You see the Alien only at the end of the movie. This is genius, this is what cinema is. Art. Every shot here is simply perfect. And guys, he created the Xenomorph. Honor and merit for this.… Expand

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howieh.Dec 19, 2005

Excellent, stylish, suspenseful flick.

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grandpajoe6191Sep 29, 2011

Ridley Scott's "Alien" is scary and amazing. It has the scary tense moments, presenting them with such screenplay that's even rare these day. A definite must watch.

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ReubenIsAGodSep 12, 2015

Basically the greatest science fiction horror movie of all time. Its a classic, and one of the greatest films of all time. I recommend everybody check out this film.

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bfoore90May 28, 2017

Ridley Scott tells a superbly scary story with a perfect blend of synchronized visuals, atmosphere and sound. Alien is a good piece of Sci-fi horror that still stands the test of time.

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kyle20ellisMar 31, 2022

Easily one of Ridley Scott's finest films, and one of the best of the sci-fi genre. Alien is simply wonderful, with imaginative production design especially and a magnificent score from Jerry Goldsmith. The pace is also right on the moneyEasily one of Ridley Scott's finest films, and one of the best of the sci-fi genre. Alien is simply wonderful, with imaginative production design especially and a magnificent score from Jerry Goldsmith. The pace is also right on the money with a purposefully slow build-up, the editing is great, Scott's direction is superb and the story is wonderfully structured with seldom a dull moment. The script is also thought-provoking, clever and well written, while the atmosphere is just spellbinding with a perfect mixture of false scares and genuine jolts. The acting is also top notch, Sigourney Weaver is amazing as Ellen Ripley, who is not only one of the most iconic characters in film history but a contender for Weaver's best ever role. It is a delight seeing fine underrated actor John Hurt, and he is great to watch as the curious crewman. Overall, defines the term sci-fi classic. 10/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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MadDadSep 16, 2019

An abdolute masterpiece nailbiting thrill from the beginning. This is one of Ridley Scott´s best movies. Alien has strongly influenced the genre and is one of my top 10s

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TheWalrus2000Mar 9, 2013

It feels like a horror but suceeds as a thriller, Ridley Scott provides an outstanding terror in which In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.

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busbfranOct 17, 2014

Alien is the go to place for the best in business si-fi action. Alien introduces an exciting new world that makes me beg for a sequel. The down right on point acting and cleaver dialogue will still proclaim this movie as the best in theAlien is the go to place for the best in business si-fi action. Alien introduces an exciting new world that makes me beg for a sequel. The down right on point acting and cleaver dialogue will still proclaim this movie as the best in the genre. Don't miss out! instant classic!… Expand

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Viper8787May 11, 2014

A great classic movie. Heard lots of great things about it, and of course since I am such a big movie fan I would obviously have to check it out. Really enjoyed it thought it would be scarier then it was but it didn't scare me. If I watchedA great classic movie. Heard lots of great things about it, and of course since I am such a big movie fan I would obviously have to check it out. Really enjoyed it thought it would be scarier then it was but it didn't scare me. If I watched it when it first came out I would have been horrified probably. Good action and great acting a job well done by Ridley Scott… Expand

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Steven1981Mar 15, 2020

Alien was made in 1979 by the director of Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) which happened to come out in 1982, only a few years after Alien was released. I never saw Alien in cinemas which is disappointing but I wasn't even born when the film wasAlien was made in 1979 by the director of Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) which happened to come out in 1982, only a few years after Alien was released. I never saw Alien in cinemas which is disappointing but I wasn't even born when the film was initially released. When I saw it as a kid I thought it was okay but I was really too young to care at that age. I'm now 38 years old and seen it too many times but what Alien brings is suspense and Terror beyond belief. Ridley Scott's film is a sci fi horror classic with great acting and disturbing scenes and fairly dark. I liked Alien because it's scary and pretty effective without too much gore. A classic.… Expand

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geewahDec 12, 2020

Masterpiece.
One of Ridley Scott's finest movies. Original for it's time and still holds up well today.

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TheUnknownBardFeb 18, 2013

This is just mediocre sci-fi horror movie with a lot of screamers and pointless scenes. Not saying it's bad, but it's so damn overrated.

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lilkillpappyJun 27, 2012

Best Science fiction horror in history, but we all know that don't we. I just wanted to recommend another good Sci-fi horror film that I enjoyed almost as much as Alien called Pandorum, check it out.

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Rox22Mar 17, 2013

Overall a very slow paced film. Effect were great for the day and I'm sure when this was new it was the scariest movie in the Sci-fi genre, but I originally only watched this in the late 80s, or early 90s so the same initial effect was lostOverall a very slow paced film. Effect were great for the day and I'm sure when this was new it was the scariest movie in the Sci-fi genre, but I originally only watched this in the late 80s, or early 90s so the same initial effect was lost to me. However it still adds allot of atmosphere and the Alien itself is truly menacing. Like I said before, my real grip with this movie is that its pacing is almost snail like. Even faster scenes seem to drag on. To me it feels like they just tried to stretch every scene just to hit some sort of running time target. Allot could have been cut from the movie, and I'm sure most wouldn't even notice, except for the fact that it would only be just under an hour long. Overall: A very good sci-fi thriller that could have been flushed out with some more character development rather than the ultra slow camera tracking. Very good, but equally flawed.… Expand

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DexEngineerMar 15, 2021

It's difficult not to give this movie 10 points in 2021 when most movies are not even trying to be good in the name of agenda. Alien is great... story, climate, Ripley. So 2021 is checked... till next year, dear aliens.

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PachekoviskMar 18, 2016

EXCELLENT
An Amazing mix of Science Fiction and Horror and one of the best movies of both of those genres.
It's the best of its series and really a film to be remembered as one of the greatest.

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RickyReviewsJun 24, 2016

Alien is one of those films that was so good, but then ruined by a bunch of bad sequels. This is one of the, if not the most suspenseful films ever. There is a reason that Roger Ebert calls this a "Great Movie". I won't go as far as to giveAlien is one of those films that was so good, but then ruined by a bunch of bad sequels. This is one of the, if not the most suspenseful films ever. There is a reason that Roger Ebert calls this a "Great Movie". I won't go as far as to give this film 10 stars, but it truly deserves 8. Mediocre acting sadly. Effects were the best for 1979, but won't suffice today.… Expand

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FanBoyCritic1Mar 24, 2016

Alien(1979)
Starring:Tom Skerritt(Dallas),Sigourney Weaver(Ripley),Veronica Cartwright(Lambert),Yaphet Kotto(Parker),Harry Dean Staton(Brett),John Hurt(Kane),Ian Holm(Ash)
Written By:Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett Directed By:Ridley ScottAlien(1979)
Starring:Tom Skerritt(Dallas),Sigourney Weaver(Ripley),Veronica Cartwright(Lambert),Yaphet Kotto(Parker),Harry Dean Staton(Brett),John Hurt(Kane),Ian Holm(Ash)
Written By:Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett
Directed By:Ridley Scott
My Review
Aw man I have been wanting to watch this movie for quite some time now, thank God they were giving it on Amc. This film is a horror gem that must be seen(I use to not consider this a horror movie cause it's Alien.) it is one of the greatest horror films of all time.
The Film Revolves around a crew on there way home from a mission for the Company, the Nostromo's crew is woken up from hibernation by the ship's Mother computer to answer a distress signal from a nearby planet. They Unleash a deadly Alien into their ship and must stay alive.
What I love about Alien is how the motion picture builds on it's opening shot like Star Wars(1977) where it shows you the bottom of the ship and then the inside and you hear nothing cause in star wars there's shooting going on but in this our characters in Hyper sleep.
One of the great strengths of Alien is its pacing. It takes its time. It waits. It allows silences. It suggests the enormity of the crew's discovery by building up to it with small steps:The interception of a signal. The descent to the extraterrestrial surface. The mainstroke of the surface murk through which crew member move, their helmet lights hardly penetrating the soup. This is a masterpiece of Action,Horror and Science fiction that must be seen.… Expand

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FilmClubMar 26, 2016

When Alien was first released during the summer movie season of 1979, science fiction films were all the rage. The trend had been started two years earlier with the unexpected box office success of Star Wars, and, by 1979, anything evenWhen Alien was first released during the summer movie season of 1979, science fiction films were all the rage. The trend had been started two years earlier with the unexpected box office success of Star Wars, and, by 1979, anything even remotely connected with space and/or aliens was guaranteed to raise some interest. Two highly anticipated efforts - the big-screen debut of Star Trek (Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and the Star Wars sequel (The Empire Strikes Back) - both of which were within a year of their opening dates, further invigorated the atmosphere. It was into this climate that Alien was unleashed upon the general public.

The film's memorable tag line, "In space, no one can hear you scream", promised a far different experience than the popcorn entertainment of Star Wars or the kinder, gentler saga of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In fact, Alien was as much horror as it was science fiction. In fact, one could make a convincing argument that there is more synergy between this picture and John Carpenter's Halloween than between Alien and any of the other umpteen sci-fi movies invading movie theaters at the time. Alien is about shocks and chills and thrills, not space battles. Where Star Wars has light sabers and blasters, Alien has intense atmosphere.

In many ways, Alien was the first of a kind. True - it wasn't the first space movie to feature a homicidal monster, nor was it the first time a group of characters were hunted down one-by-one in dark, dank spaces. However, this "haunted house in space" film was one of the first to effectively cross-pollinate these two genres. Alien became the blueprint for dozens of rip-offs and three sequels. With one exception (James Cameron's superior Aliens, which substituted all-out action for creepy horror), none has come close to what the filmmakers attained with the 1979 feature.

The director of Alien is British-born Ridley Scott, who was stepping behind the camera for only the second time (his feature debut was 1977's The Duellists). Along with 1982's Blade Runner, Alien cemented Scott as a filmmaker of great promise and ability. These days, whenever the director releases a new film, reviewers will inevitably mention Alien, Blade Runner, or both somewhere within the text of their write-up.

In addition to blending graphic horror with science fiction, Alien has another distinction - it is one of the first films to feature a female action hero. Even today, on those rare occasions when a woman takes the lead in an action/adventure movie, she is typically measured up to Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley. In actuality, much of Ripley's reputation is based on events in Aliens, where she strikes back against the creatures with a vengeance. In Alien, Ripley is essentially just one of several crew members - until the end, when she's the last one standing (not counting Jones the cat). Having Ripley as the hero of Alien is an interesting twist. In 1979, viewers automatically expected that role to be filled by Tom Skerritt - not only because he had top billing, but because he is a man.

Alien is a perfect example of a director gradually elevating the level of energy and anticipation in a motion picture. The way Scott meticulously raises the sense of menace and tension is worthy of Hitchcock. Like Steven Spielberg's great thriller Jaws, this atmosphere-soaked production relies on the viewer's imagination to enhance the alien's nightmarishness. Scott carefully restricts how much we see of the creature - there's enough to provide our minds with horrifying images, but not so much that the illusion is spoiled.

Alien contains its fair share of genuine scares. These aren't mere "boo" moments, where something benign jumps out of the shadows accompanied by a loud noise and a musical crescendo, but legitimate shocks. The first occurs when the face-hugger leaps out of the egg and attaches itself to Kane. The second is when the alien explodes through Kane's chest. Then, during the hunt for the alien, there are numerous others. In fact, the level of suspense during the film's final 30 minutes becomes almost unbearable. What started as a seemingly low-key motion picture turns into a real white-knuckler.

Despite not featuring any big names, the cast for Alien is comprised of credible actors, including two --Ian Holm and John Hurt - who have won numerous critical plaudits and earned Oscar nominations. Ironically, Sigourney Weaver, who would go on to be the most successful of the Alien stars, arguably gives the least impressive performance. Weaver is an uneven actress, with strengths in comedy and action, but weaknesses in drama.

In its own way, Alien was as influential as Star Wars, proving that in the '70s/'80s wave of sci-fi, there was room for darker, grittier stories than the ones set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.… Expand

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hassallJan 14, 2017

Alien is a really good film it was Brilliant. Scary. Horrible. Scary. Scary. Tense. Intelligent. Oh, and it's scary. It has to be seen, especially if you like being scared.

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daviddelnorte23May 13, 2017

Aprovechando el estreno este viernes día 12 de mayo, de 'Alien, Covenant' era una inmejorable oportunidad para visionar la cinta original de Ridley Scott. Y es que esta 'Alien, el octavo pasajero' es un auténtico clásico del cine. UnaAprovechando el estreno este viernes día 12 de mayo, de 'Alien, Covenant' era una inmejorable oportunidad para visionar la cinta original de Ridley Scott. Y es que esta 'Alien, el octavo pasajero' es un auténtico clásico del cine. Una película que marcó un antes y un después, con un montón de copias e influencias posteriores.

Personalmente, me gusta más como película de ciencia ficción que como película de terror/suspense. ¿Porqué? Debido a las múltiples "cosas" basadas en Alien y llevadas más bestialmente, que hacen que no me impresione ya la original, en ese sentido, cosas de la época...

El resto, es magnífico en todo, el guión perfectamente coherente dentro de lo que cabe, desarrolla perfectamente a los personajes que son múltiples con su personalidad cada uno bien marcada. Los propios personajes me gustan mucho, empezando por la propia Ripley, la cual me sorprendió, ese personaje con ese carácter y con un look tan poco "atractivo" a simple vista, nada de machismo en una cinta de esa época. Me sorprendió mucho.

El Alien, si que da miedo y como está desarrollado es magnífico, con esas etapas de crecimiento. Al igual que el giro de guión, el momento con el científico, cuando explican todo es sensacional. Y ese final. Es tremendo.

En resumen, peliculón que no me sorprende tanto por la época en efectos ni en novedad, pero que es una obra maestra y el pistoletazo inicial de una época y de un género. Un 8.… Expand

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zNeverSleepingAug 31, 2020

Há muitos pontos positivos aqui.

A começar por todo conceito do filme. A nave, o alien, o background. Tudo me parece bem único e ajuda a atmosfera a ter um ar próprio, o que por si só já cria uma tensão em volta do Alien. Infelizmente, oHá muitos pontos positivos aqui.

A começar por todo conceito do filme. A nave, o alien, o background. Tudo me parece bem único e ajuda a atmosfera a ter um ar próprio, o que por si só já cria uma tensão em volta do Alien. Infelizmente, o suspense não me pegou tanto quanto eu gostaria - muito menos o medo. Mas a imagem do extraterrestre foi tão massante pelo apelo excessivo do publico que minha apatia se dê por conta disso.

Os personagens são ótimos. Suas discussões, medos e raiva parecem reais. É interessante como o Alien nem precisou se esforçar tanto para separa-los. Os embates funcionam bem e dão uma importância maior a ponto de levarmos aquilo mais a serio.

O conteúdo gráfico é bom, assim como os efeitos especiais de forma geral. A fotografia envelheceu muito bem. Consta com uma técnica muito bem aplicada.… Expand

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FifthWheelApr 11, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A classic sci-fi/horror thriller that laid the foundation for others to follow. While it's dated in the special effects and animations departments these days, this movie has a lot more soul than others like it that are released these days. Between the camaraderie with the crew, to the chase to find out where the Alien will go next, to seeing everybody else die and Ripley escape, this movie has tons of twists and turns to keep you engaged.… Expand

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VidsRuleNov 25, 2012

So I went to the park the other day. There were some cool dogs there. I rode around on my bike for a while. It got boring. I went home and played some videogames. Skyward Sword sucks by the way. It was a good day I guess. Oh, was I supposedSo I went to the park the other day. There were some cool dogs there. I rode around on my bike for a while. It got boring. I went home and played some videogames. Skyward Sword sucks by the way. It was a good day I guess. Oh, was I supposed to wright something about Alien? It doesn't matter. It speaks for itself.… Expand

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btzneb92Aug 13, 2012

For a film made in 1979, the movie feels pretty timeless, now watching it in 2012, which gives a lot of merit to the film itself. Ellen Ripley is an engaging and strong female protagonist, and it was an interesting choice to make her behaveFor a film made in 1979, the movie feels pretty timeless, now watching it in 2012, which gives a lot of merit to the film itself. Ellen Ripley is an engaging and strong female protagonist, and it was an interesting choice to make her behave like an antagonist on the first half of the film. Good creature and make-up effects as well.… Expand

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hardkor33Aug 5, 2013

Alien 8/10............................................................................................................................................

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BigZNov 5, 2014

Ridley Scott unleashing a trademark creature and series that would horrify for decades. Go back to the root and you find a solid bit of just plain good movie making. The story may move on the slow side but the build of curiosity and scaresRidley Scott unleashing a trademark creature and series that would horrify for decades. Go back to the root and you find a solid bit of just plain good movie making. The story may move on the slow side but the build of curiosity and scares relatively well. This is just a classic, there isn't much else to say. People argue that you have to consider the time it was made and while that is important and it may have a significant effect on the graphics and production value, the time is here and now and her and now I think it holds its own. It was slow and for that it lost some points while also being on the lower scale with few actors it is harder to stay grounded. This movie had all the right components though and it was made in the 70s...pretty hard to believe because there wasn't anything too obvious to age the movie. That's tough to do. As far as sci-fi horror is concerned, this is up at the top. Worth a watch.… Expand

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Jay777Jan 19, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a good movie but I hate it that the aliens exploded out of people that part goes to far but good sy-fi film
Warning: very intense jump-scares
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MovieGuysSep 15, 2013

Except for the occasional jump scene, this movie was slow, ponderously directed, and banal. Nothing really happened in it except for a couple of climax scenes. It was nothing more than average fare. Such a shame, since I really love someExcept for the occasional jump scene, this movie was slow, ponderously directed, and banal. Nothing really happened in it except for a couple of climax scenes. It was nothing more than average fare. Such a shame, since I really love some other Ridley Scott movies (Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, Gladiator)… Expand

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Timbuck2Aug 2, 2006

This movie can never bee made into a decent film, it will always be pathatic and nothing but fake gore, annoying script and stupid scares...awful in every way...no match for "The Descent".

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rockytopthadJan 28, 2022

Victimized again by overly high expectations! If I try really hard to channel an inner film student who is seeing this in historical blahblah then maybe. But on its face, in 2022, it’s not entertaining at any substantive level.

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PeteCarterSep 17, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The storyline of this pathetic excuse of a movie is so filled with nonsense that it's hard to find something that DOES make sense. But I should point out at the start that I have a PhD in Physics, so the analytic side of my mind is automatically on and can't be "turned off" whether I want to or not. So let me enumerate the big "goofs":
1. The Nostromo is an interstellar towing vessel --- it travels from earth to a planet around a distant star, mates with a "barge" containing 20 million tons of ore, and returns to earth (with of course a little detour). So why is a crew needed? This entire round trip could be easily done robotically.
2. Stars are, on average about 7 light years apart. From the fact that they make a detour to another star to checkout this signal, the source of the ore has to be at least 20 light years distant. Also, the remaining duration of the trip from the planetoid they had to stop at was a few months, thus the total trip was on the order of a couple of years. To make a 40 light year trip in 2-3 years would require traveling at close to the speed of light. This would require extreme acceleration and the expenditure of more energy than all the world's power plants have generated since the beginning of the industrial age, "more" means by a factor of at least a trillion. The cost of this energy would be so high that, if they were hauling 20 million tons of polished diamonds, it would be a money loser. However, if they traveled at a more realistic 1% of the speed of light (still 2000 miles/sec), the trip would take 4000 years, a little long for a crew who'd like to return to a familiar world.
3. The beginning scene of the interior shows a display monitor coming on, with technical words and numbers showing. Since the crew is still in cryosleep, what's the point?
4. If the last living member of the crew of the doomed ship wanted other vessels to keep away (as Ripley mentions "it [the signal] looks like a warning"), why send out the signal? And to call the transmitter an "acoustical beacon" (Dallas's words) is ridiculous --- there are no acoustics in space.
5. The on-board computer (mother) is a joke. You'd think they'd have voice recognition by then and could just talk to it (as in Star Trek). And Dallas's inquiry as to mission status:"What's the story mother"? Gimme a break.
6. After landing, three of the crew exit the ship and enter the alien ship --- amazing that they had such an easy time getting in. Then Kane rappels down a cable to the main hold, seeing all the "eggs" arranged in neat rows. Although knowing that they could pose a hazard, when he sees one open its "mouth", instead of taking a defensive stance, he bends over and puts his face right over it --- something only an idiot would do, and of course he pays for this recklessness.
7. When Kane recovers from his "nap", he feels nothing unusual in his abdomen, like an infant alien about to hatch, and his midsection looks pretty flat. And then the alien bursts out and quickly scuttles away. What is more ridiculous is that, without consuming anything, and within a couple of hours, this little guy has somehow "expanded" to a towering monster that attacks and consumes Brett. What you could call a blatant violation of conservation of mass-energy. Not only is it huge in that scene, it seemingly has the ability to shrink down to a tiny version of itself, as it had to have done to be a stowaway that hides among the plumbing in the shuttle Ripley uses to escape before the ship detonates. And WHY would the builders of this towing vessel feel a need to install a self-destruct system of thermonuclear caliber?
8. One of the most nonsensical parts of the plot is the "outing" of Ash as a robot. Wasn't he eating with the crew? What does a robot do with food, excrete it just like a human excretes waste? And Ash's human-like artificial intelligence is quite a contrast to the very primitive "mother" supposedly running the ship. At the minimum they should have "her" at least at the level of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
9. And a couple of minor points that i found irritating: In the latest version, Lambert the navigator tells the crew that the signal is coming from a planetoid 1200 kilometers (about 750 miles) in diameter, but it's gravity is 0.86 (that of earth), which is a ridiculous value, it should be more like 0.1. So why not have it as 12,000 km in the script, or almost earth-size? And when the Nostromo begins its descent to the surface, the rockets fire the wrong direction --- to reduce altitude, speed must be reduced, so the rockets should retro-fire instead. But of course it just looks neater to fire the way they did, like, who would know?

I could go on with a few more non-sequiturs and faux pas' but I might be accused of nitpicking. I just think it's sad that people who make scifi movies seem to have total disregard for the most basic facts of science --- there's really no science in science fiction, at least not in that turkey.… Expand

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sebastianaliAug 12, 2021

Alien tiene algunas cosas para destacar. Gráficamente es todo un espectáculo, efectos especiales impresionantes, escenarios tan detallados que se ven bien a dia de hoy, y un muy buen uso de las luces. Es increíble que una película actuada tanAlien tiene algunas cosas para destacar. Gráficamente es todo un espectáculo, efectos especiales impresionantes, escenarios tan detallados que se ven bien a dia de hoy, y un muy buen uso de las luces. Es increíble que una película actuada tan vieja (1979) pueda envejecer tan bien, salvo la ultima escena en la que muestran el cuerpo completo del alien, que si se nota que la trabajaron muy poco, pero todo lo demás es increíble. También debo destacar la atmósfera, que si bien en parte juega en contra (ya diré luego porque), la película mantiene muy bien ese nivel de tensión, sumado a que hay pocos jumpscares, realmente no te los esperas, y en cierta medida reduce así las situaciones cliches. Pero ahora a hablar de los puntos negativos. Y es que si bien dije que la atmosfera en cierta medida juega a favor, esto es a costa de dejar muy poco desarrollo de personajes y mantener muchas secciones con solo tensión y nada mas. En parte sentí que la película se estaba alargando artificialmente. La película dura 2 horas, y debo decir que la primera media hora la sentí muy de relleno. Si bien algunos podrían contraargumentar que la película intenta transmitir tension y suspenso (que en parte lo hace), esto es asi hasta el final, y a costa de no dar una historia llamativa, ni explicarnos cosas como el origen del alien o las verdaderas intenciones de la compañía con hallar el descubrimiento (por dar un ejemplo). Realmente la historia nunca se explota, es otra de esas películas de terror que solo buscan atmósfera, pero por tener solo atmósfera, al menos a mi, no van a lograr captar mi atención, quiero una buena historia también, y desgraciadamente muy pocas de su genero lo han logrado. Llega a tener varios cliches, incluso para su tiempo y algunos son muy predecibles, los personajes a veces actúan como tontos y, en resumen, se siente como la típica película thriller en la casa, solo que esta vez con temática futurista. No es que haya envejecido mal, simplemente es aburrida de ver y con un montón de cosas que podrían haberse explorado y explotado.… Expand

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HellHoleHorrorFeb 16, 2022

This was made in the seventies. Seventies. The picture quality is stunning. Undeniably stunning. The sound is perfect except minor issues regarding occasional muffled dialogue. God it looks good. Rivals and beats many films made thirty yearsThis was made in the seventies. Seventies. The picture quality is stunning. Undeniably stunning. The sound is perfect except minor issues regarding occasional muffled dialogue. God it looks good. Rivals and beats many films made thirty years later. The blend of suspense, horror, science-fiction is perfect. The budget is perfectly used. Perfect. I say stick with the theatrical version, the various director cuts are not as well paced, add irrelevant scenes and don’t fix the one bit that annoys me – the jump cut on Ash’s head. Stay theatrical and think of the best film ever made and you would possibly have this. There may be a scant few other films but this would be the first. The ending is so intense and fearful without cheap techniques. I love it. Very minor technical issues are forgotten through fear, fascination and legacy.… Expand

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drlowdonAug 20, 2023

The crew of a commercial spaceship are awakened from their cryo-sleep halfway through their journey home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel. When they discover a nest of eggs inside the alien ship, they have no idea of theThe crew of a commercial spaceship are awakened from their cryo-sleep halfway through their journey home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel. When they discover a nest of eggs inside the alien ship, they have no idea of the horrors that await. With a career defining performance from Sigourney Weaver Alien set a new standard for sci-fi horror upon release in 1979, and with its iconic look and plethora of memorable scenes, it has arguably yet to be bettered.… Expand