Yo. Back with another horror-themed post. My first time watching the debut film of the classic horror franchise- Alien!
Hang around and catch my review, easter eggs and other cool stuffs about the film.
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A lil bit o' background history.
The 1979 (Read: pretty old) film premiered at the Fourth Seattle International Film Festival and aired at Midnight. I would think that watching this at the cinema would have made it much more intense and atmospheric because after viewing it on Disney+ at home.. I felt like it was a pretty 'meh' experience (and I do be having a pretty kickass sound system at home =P). It initially didn't do well at the box-office but has since become one of the most famous film franchises of horror cinema.
LONG STORY SHORT.
It is about a crew of this very cool-as-beans sounding spacecraft called 'Nostromo', making their way back to Earth after a space mission. The crew decides to land on the moon to investigate a strange distress call emitting from the lunar surface. Thats when our crew learnt a very hard and fatal lesson.....
Never respond to strange distress calls coming from the moon. even if its cutesy and hello-kitty-ish.
The film itself fell short from the hype surrounding it. Its one of those good but not great type films sadly.
Pros
The sound effects were brilliant and really added a layer of thrill and suspense to the already tense environment
The set was pretty damm good; almost makes you believe they shot it in space.
The aliens were freaky and believable but not too camp, which was really common for films coming out from the 70s-80s
Sigourney Weaver is iconic as is her character Ellen Ripley, although quite bit**y. Check out her film dossier below.
Cons
Pacing was slow as hell at the first half and dragged on....and on.. until the first scary bit
Some of the dialogues were dull and too technical for my liking.
Not as scary as i thought. Hack- its not even scary to be honest.
The aliens were not as intimidating as what I had pictured in my mind.
The damm cat jump-scaring everyone all the time. Stupid cat.
*GASP*... could possibly be quite boring for today's millennial/tik-tok generation standards.
"Will you listen to me Parker??! Shutup!!"- Ellen Ripley (In a very dramatic scene while scolding Parker)
EASTER EGGS + TRIVIA
Guess what was used to create the tendons of the beast's tentacles?!
Shreded Condoms!
After watching, what did you think was the scariest scene of the movie ( And guess which one was voted scariest scene in a Top scariest moment poll?
Guess what was used as the alien slime in the movie?
How many films are there in the Aliens franchise?
Leon's Final Rating Thingy
Scare factor | 2 |
|---|---|
Shock factor | 1 |
Gore | 3 |
Originality | 4 |
Weirdness | 1 |
Final Scare Rating | 44% Scary |
That's a wrap!
Although the film was not as good as I expected, it is still pretty kick-ass and iconic as it debuted one of the most instantly recognizable monsters in film history upon us all; plus tell me what other thing from 1979 is still cool even today?!!!
Nothing!!
Ok, other then the PC, Nothing!!
So please enjoy Alien on Disney+ and let me know how you feel about it =D
Also if you love Alien-themed movies, check out this cool list of 40 other films you can watch, from the link below.
ET-Peasy. You're Arrival-ing to the sign(s) that we are at the world's end of this Post, but please have an independent day and don't let this get under the skin.
Thanks for viewing and catch you at the movies!
Venom!!
Leon
