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MCT:May 14, 2008Some would say this misses the point of the fist film. That's exactly what was intended. It's a great action film.
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MCT:May 14, 2008The perfect sequel. Easily the most watched film that I own. I LOVE this movie. I LOVE Colonial Marines. I LOVE Ridley Scott's Alien. The coolest sci-fi James Cameron has ever done... and he has done some of the best around.
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MCT:May 12, 2008
Really cool! I'm sad it took me a million years to finally watch this movie. Funny scenes, and definitely some gross ones....great how the "queen alien" told them Look BITCH! I can take an elevator too! lmao
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MCT:May 11, 2008ALIENS (1986)
directed by James Cameron
starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn«My mommy always said there were no monsters, no real ones, but there are.»
When a movie is successful, Hollywood likes to make a sequel, nowadays they make trilogies but back then it was one film at the time. The concept is easy, they take the first film, ask a writer to do the same thing with slight differences and possibly a bigger budget. The film comes with a number «2» or «3» when it could almost be considered a remake of the first film. When came time to make a sequel to Ridley Scott's Alien they didnt do that.James Cameron stepped in as a writer and due to the success of The Terminator he also got the directing job. He added an «s» to the title and went all out to be as far away from the first film but keeping the elements that made it great. He succeeded completely.
Alien was an intimate film, slowly paced with a lot of atmosphere. There werent too many characters. In Aliens, there are many characters and many monsters. Like the tagline said «This time its war». It really was. A group of marines are sent on the same planet where they found the alien creature in the first film. Its set 57 years in the future, as Ripley was lost in space and frozen. She goes back with them as a consultant. Nobody really believes her but it all changes when after their first encounters with the monsters, only a few survive.
There are many typical characters in the film. From the Coporal Hicks to the funny guy, the killer chick, the incompetent Lieutenant and more. Like in the first movie, we have an android but its set from the very beginning and we know the same thing wont happen this time cause Cameron sort of added Asimov's laws of robotic to the character. There is also someone from the company and from the first minute we know his intentions arent the one he seems to be proposing. From there, we know how the story might evolve cause we've seen movies before and all our suspicions ends up paying off but simply for our greatest pleasure cause we dont really expect any surprises. There is also a kid that seemed to have been the only survivor on the planet and there is something interesting with that character that is developed in a better way in the Special Edition of film which contains 17 more minutes. Its actually James Cameron's cut, but he simply doesnt call it Director's Cut. There are element that help understand a few things but that arent necessary to the film cause we manage to understand with other ways, except maybe the relationship between Ripley and Newt, the kid.
Being frozen in space for 57 years Ripley comes back and learns her daughter is now dead. Its a big loss for her, and it explains how she bonds quickly with Newt who saw her family get taken away by the monsters. Its nothing big but its quite important in terms of character development. Also during those added minutes we get to see how the aliens got to the station at that very moment and not before.
James Cameron was smart when he wrote the film. He didnt try to reinvent the origin of the aliens. What he did, was taking elements from the first film and prolonged it. Thats how the alien queen appeared.
«Get away from her, you bitch!»
The alien queen was simply an obvious continuation of what had begun in the first film, especially with that scene that was finally added in the Director's Cut, where we found a room in which Tom Skerrit's character was stuck to the wall cause the alien had it in its nature to prepare host for more eggs. Here it comes full circle and we finally understand the cycle of life of those creatures.Again, like in the first film, there is a one on one fight with the monster at the end of the film, except this time its with the queen and its obviously bigger. Its actually to the image of the film. Everything is bigger. More characters, more death, more action, more visual effects. The atmosphere isnt frightening anymore but its still very effective and keeps the mood that Ridley Scott had created with the first film. There is a lot of guns and action in this film. Aliens die, its really like a battlefield and its extremely entertaining. But, there is a but, its not simply a brainless action picture, its a smart one. It follows the first film perfectly and to this day is one of the rare sequel to have equaled the first film. Its actually very hard to compare them cause they feel so complementary to each other.
Aliens' qualities are also its biggest flaws cause it had success and was better than any expectation, which spawned more sequels, they arent that bad but they are nothing compared to the two original films.
Like the first film the sets look dirty even if its the future. The lighting is clever and the acting is solid. Sigourney Weaver is completely commited to her character and she gives one of her best performances of her career. Carrie Henn, the cute kid is quite effective and she finds her place among that whole lot of testosterone. Paul Reiser as the company guy looks like someone you hate easily so its was perfect casting. Lance Henriksen does a good job acting robotic, Michael Biehn showed he could have become a good action hero but his career got lost somewhere and Bill Paxton is perfect at being the comic relief. Just like Yaphet Kotto and Harry Dean Stanton from the first film he can get serious when its time to be which is always great. Jenette Goldstein is a chick who can definately kick asses.
Aliens is a high quality sequel. Its doesnt have the sense of sensuality/sexuality of the first film but it has a feeling of realistic future with good character development, plausible psychology and great mood. Its hard not to like.
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MCT:May 11, 2008
After drifting around in space for about half a century Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returns to the planet where she faced the alien in the first movie. During her absence that planet has been settled by colonists but contact has suddenly been lost. Ripley accompanies a group of marines as an advisor but ends up being the biggest badass of them all while the other members of the group die a horrible death one after the other. While the first film was more suggestive this one is an all out action movie. There are some minor problems - like, if a few drops of acid (blood) from one alien could do so much damage to a spaceship in the first movie, how come they can now shoot a zillion of them without it having a sort of China Syndrome effect? But who cares ? This is fabulous entertainment.
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bSpikerposted 83 days ago -
Absoluteley badasses!! the marines are so awesome (hudson's ma favourite) and the sulaco looks seriously menacing.
james cameron is the man. why cant more films be this good?posted 114 days ago -
Hicks:where ´s Apone?where´s Apone?
Hudson:The Sarge is gone.Let´s get the fuck outta here.posted 141 days ago -
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Hi,
Here is an awesome trailer parody twisting Golden Compass Vs Aliens :
http://parodiesaffichesfilms.blogspot.com/2007/12/parody-golden-compass-vs-alien-aliens.html
Compare with the original trailer !
Enjoy !
Myposted 164 days ago -
James Cameron expanded Riddley Scott vision.This movie is one of my all time favorite movies.But unfortunately the alien franchise was destroyed by Alien3 and resurrection didnt help either.I invite everyone to take my Ultimate Aliens quiz,so far none has passed it and the average score is 36%.The highest score is 56%,lets see if you can beat my quiz.
posted 241 days ago -
CAMERON DOES GREAT WORK ATFER T1 PUT HIM ON THE MAP,DOES WHATEVER HE WANTS AFTER TITANIC.MAYBE HE CAN REMAKE BLADERUNNER IF SCOTT TURNS IT DOWN.THAT MOVIE DESERVES THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
posted 246 days ago -
I was 9 the first time I seen this and ever since I have loved Aliens =)
posted 265 days ago -
Hi, nice to meet you. I couldn't agree with you more. This is my all time favorite movie (which I am sure you read already on my page, haha)
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