Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, was a typical alien encounter movie which was very unrealistic but enjoyable. The movie did a great job of using surprise tactics to keep the viewer on the edge of their seat. The whole movie leaves you scared to think when the next alien is going to jump out and kill one of the crew members. The plot is formed when a space craft headed back to Earth takes a bad landing on another planet and the seven crew members decide to go off and venture the planet. They find an abandoned space craft with a dead alien with thousands of eggs, the fun gets started when one of the eggs hatches and the alien breaks into one of the crew members space suit and leaves him unconscious. The aliens are out to kill and they are now faced with life or death.
This movie did a good job of putting the viewer in the shoes of the crew. The crew faces survival decisions and debate among themselves and as a viewer you find yourself engaged thinking about what you would do to survive. The director did not shy away from going away from the typical Hollywood action genre. All the characters who die are fully developed which makes the movie seem realistic as it doesn't always have the people you're rooting for win. I love this in a movie because you never know what is going to happen as in some movies where you know which characters are going to somehow end up alive. The killing scenes although were not as brutal as I would have liked, were very scary. The aliens are not shown much which makes them seem mysterious because there is not much known about them.
The setting in space adds to the overall spookyness of the movie. There is no light and the planets is very detailed along with the alien spaceship. The special effects fot the aliens were lacking but this ended up making the mystery about them better because you only see them for short periods of time. If this movie were made today, it could have potentially been worse because the effects would probably have been overdone. Many movies these days use special effects in every shot resulting in the effect of almost a cartoon type look. Star Wars did this in their more recent movies with almost everything in them and they were ruined because of it. The aliens in Alien are actual puppets which had limited movement but were very real looking. The directer did such a good job with the materials he had that you forget that an aliens don't exist to man.
The acting in the movie was great. It had contrasting personalities with the leader being Ripley who was a tough man who never would quit on his team. As a plus, it included a very hot woman along played by Veronica Cartwright who played the weak helpless woman aboard. Ripley emmerges to command and controls all the other crew members. The music did a great job of enhansing the action. The movie did a good job of being quiet and dark then surprising you when an alien attacked and the music picked up. You get to see what each crew member is made of with all the one-on-one fights with the aliens. This movie makes you question your own toughness and puts you in the place of the crew.
If you are interested in a sci-fi movie with aliens an old movie is the way to go. Alien was made at a time when people were not overly reliant on special effects to engage an audience. Instead, the movie concentrates on the actual story and has great simple dialogue to get the viewer engaged. The mystery of the aliens leaves you spooked not knowing when you are going to freak out and yell. If you are wanting to watch an alien movie, don't go to the new release isle at the movie store. Go to the sci-fi section and pick up Alien.
This movie did a good job of putting the viewer in the shoes of the crew. The crew faces survival decisions and debate among themselves and as a viewer you find yourself engaged thinking about what you would do to survive. The director did not shy away from going away from the typical Hollywood action genre. All the characters who die are fully developed which makes the movie seem realistic as it doesn't always have the people you're rooting for win. I love this in a movie because you never know what is going to happen as in some movies where you know which characters are going to somehow end up alive. The killing scenes although were not as brutal as I would have liked, were very scary. The aliens are not shown much which makes them seem mysterious because there is not much known about them.
The setting in space adds to the overall spookyness of the movie. There is no light and the planets is very detailed along with the alien spaceship. The special effects fot the aliens were lacking but this ended up making the mystery about them better because you only see them for short periods of time. If this movie were made today, it could have potentially been worse because the effects would probably have been overdone. Many movies these days use special effects in every shot resulting in the effect of almost a cartoon type look. Star Wars did this in their more recent movies with almost everything in them and they were ruined because of it. The aliens in Alien are actual puppets which had limited movement but were very real looking. The directer did such a good job with the materials he had that you forget that an aliens don't exist to man.
The acting in the movie was great. It had contrasting personalities with the leader being Ripley who was a tough man who never would quit on his team. As a plus, it included a very hot woman along played by Veronica Cartwright who played the weak helpless woman aboard. Ripley emmerges to command and controls all the other crew members. The music did a great job of enhansing the action. The movie did a good job of being quiet and dark then surprising you when an alien attacked and the music picked up. You get to see what each crew member is made of with all the one-on-one fights with the aliens. This movie makes you question your own toughness and puts you in the place of the crew.
If you are interested in a sci-fi movie with aliens an old movie is the way to go. Alien was made at a time when people were not overly reliant on special effects to engage an audience. Instead, the movie concentrates on the actual story and has great simple dialogue to get the viewer engaged. The mystery of the aliens leaves you spooked not knowing when you are going to freak out and yell. If you are wanting to watch an alien movie, don't go to the new release isle at the movie store. Go to the sci-fi section and pick up Alien.
1 comment:
Nick I agree about special effects being over done sometimes in movies. Especially scary movies and movies and in space where the guys aren't even scary looking, they're just weird.
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