Still one of the single greatest films in cinema history. "Alien" hits just as hard today as it did 45 years ago (if not harder, down to the use of practical effects). Performances are 9/10, script is 9/10, music is 10/10, sound design is 10/10, production design is 11/10. There's a reason this movie continues to capture imaginations and define genres decades later. A bevy of sequels and remakes have all tried and failed (save for one, depending on who you ask) to replicate the genius level of filmmaking on display here; based on glimpses, Alvarez may be the closest yet. Famously, this film and Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey both feature a "helpful" A.I. lethally dispatching a human crew, or at least actively choosing to be a bystander as the humans are lethally dispatched. Make of that what you will
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Still one of the single greatest films in cinema history. "Alien" hits just as hard today as it did 45 years ago (if not harder, down to the use of practical effects). Performances are 9/10, script is 9/10, music is 10/10, sound design is 10/10, production design is 11/10. There's a reason this movie continues to capture imaginations and define genres decades later.
A bevy of sequels and remakes have all tried and failed (save for one, depending on who you ask) to replicate the genius level of filmmaking on display here; based on glimpses, Alvarez may be the closest yet.
Famously, this film and Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey both feature a "helpful" A.I. lethally dispatching a human crew, or at least actively choosing to be a bystander as the humans are lethally dispatched. Make of that what you will