Alien

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Amazing movie!!! Ace sci-fi stuff!!! Superb thrills, gripping horror and binding anxiety; everything was there in this movie. Alien is terrifying at instances and interesting all the time. Some scenes will bring out your heart to mouth. Movie starts a bit slow but then picks up pace in an unforgettable fashion. ‘Alien’ is de facto one of the best sci-fi movies ever made. People are most frightened by things they don't see, that imagination can be more terrifying than reality, that suspense can be more hair-raising than mere shock. ‘Alien’ used this concept beautifully. ‘Alien’ is an excellent entertainer, a unique blend of genuine science-fiction, suspense and horror. The method of building suspense is slow and deliberate; it uses silence and a complex soundtrack. Things will stay quiet for sometime and suddenly something will happen which will take your breath away.

‘Alien’ has the ability to genuinely shock. Some of the scenes need a mention. Famous embryo-through-the-chest scene was tremendous. Another good one was revelation of Ash being robot, the alien pod attaching itself to John Hurt's face and in fact all other shocking scenes were truly shocking. Sequences are kind of unsettling that makes you shudder, stays with you, and comes back with a vengeance at unpredictable moments. Sustained tension can be observed throughout the movie. Ellen Ripley, as played by Sigourney Weaver, is a very strong woman role model, one who is tough without becoming manly.

Director Scott Ridley didn’t show the entire creature at once, concentrated instead on bits and pieces. In this way, it seems bigger, more unreal and more menacing because it exists mostly in our imagination. ‘Alien’ is a rare horror / Sci-Fi film that can still shock us after years of release. Its on the top movies list of SP and for me it’s the best sci-fi movie, I’ve ever seen. ‘Matrix’ and ‘The Island’ are also not bad:-)

My Rating: 8.3/10
Entertainment Value: 85%