Alien Review

Review of Alien (1979) by screenqueeen: 👍 4.5/5

Working on a project for this one. All I can say is it involves sound effects, music cues and dialogue from the film.

Still love this movie to death and know it almost like the back of my hand. Still stands far above its sequels to me. Ridley Scott channels Hill's intentions very well here, and it's increasingly evident (at least to me) that Scott didn't really have a singular touch that defines his style, especially early on in his career.

I kind of liken Scott's early success with this and BLADE RUNNER to George Lucas's circa 1977-1978 but it has to be credited that ALIEN, despite its obvious influences of other horror films around the same time and some sci-fi influences (in the visual sense, but not without a heavy dose of 2001 mistrust in non-human entities) is mostly wholly original, but specifically has its own voice and employs it effectively throughout, and often. The crew still feels like real people that could be working today on a commercial towing rig, right down to the cat that hangs out in the office.