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They mostly come out at night..... Mostly.

Advantages: Great story, and sooo atmospheric
Disadvantages: none, not even to this day.

...original. Personally I think that Aliens is in this category. Now, I agree this is an outlandish claim. Ridley Scott's original Alien, is potentially one of the most atmospheric, and terrifying films of all time. In its time, it was perfect. The effects were great, and the performances exceptional. I believe that if I had of been writing this review ten years ago, then Alien would win hands down, but in today's market the award must go to the original's ...
...that has come out recently, Aliens is as enjoyable to watch now, as it was on its general release in 1986. The film was directed by James Cameron, who as we all know is one for creating a spetacle. His direction to the film is in stark contrast to Scott's original. Where Scott went for raw science fiction, and horror, Cameron has created a rip-roaring action adventure. I think it is plain to see that Cameron was heavily influenced by the recent success ...

giksy21 12.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Aliens (Special Edition) (DVD)

A.L.I.E.N. - AN OUTSTANDING MOVIE !

Advantages: IT DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS
Disadvantages: NOTHING

...they can about the weird alien ship. But what they find is the stuff of nightmares. With a superb cast of; Sigourney Weaver ... Ripley John Hurt ... Kane Ian Holm ... Ash (My Precious) Tom Skerritt ... Dallas Veronica Cartwright ... Lambert Harry Dean Stanton ... Brett Yaphet Kotto ... Parker Soon the horror will spread throughout their ship and people will start to die OR WORSE! With acid for blood and a built in drive simply to reproduce, ...
...The opening of the alien egg and the crawling thing that emerges is ghastly, when it decides to give Kane (John Hurt) a big kiss you know things are about to get ugly very quickly. The crew are simply out of their depth and simply cannot cope with what is about to happen to them. Only 'Jones' the ships cat knows what is happening and he soon makes tracks for the escape pod. The film was darkly shot but that was to its advantage because unlike more ...

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Review of Alien (DVD)

All that waiting for this!!!

Advantages: Graphics
Disadvantages: Everything else

Alien versus Predator Whoever wins we lose. Even the snappy subtitle starts some contraversy. As we have seen from Predator 1 all that was needed to kill a predator was one man. Ok it was arnold schwarzenegger but we could just get him again with some of his mates to kill three. As for the aliens there are about 10 of them so nothing really to be scared of if they win 10 aliens is not enough to defeat the human race. With this title without having ...
...like CG in Predator and Alien 1. The aliens look very realistic, if you have ever seen an alien in real life before, and all the weapons of the predators look great too even the costumes are advanced from the originals in Predator. However I have to talk about the negatives. You are going to be here for a long time! Firstly I am utterly disappointed that this movie was only a 15. This limits the amount of gore you actually see and in my view sort ...

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Review of Alien Vs Predator (Special Edition) (DVD)

Be afraid...yet again!

Advantages: A brilliant scene underwater
Disadvantages: The CGI aliens are a poor relation to the costumes

The fourth installment in the Alien saga and in many ways a change from the original format. The original two films in particular had the air of suspense about them...you knew that aliens would be there....but we knew so little about them that we let our imaginations run wild! In this film the Aliens are bred on purpose, cloned from a resurrected Ripley (brilliantly played by Sigourney Weaver). The film uses the traditional costume for the Alien, ...
...resurrect her, they want the Alien and the technological and biological advances it will obviously bring. Lots of people I know didnt enjoy this film as it was such a step away from the tense suspense thriller elements of the first two and in some respects the third too. Me, I enjoyed it a lot. I like the pacey action feel to it and I loved what they had done with Ripley! The supporting cast are well chosen, especially Winona Ryder who plays the ...

excelsior81 31.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Alien Resurrection (DVD)

One ugly motherf***ing film"

Advantages: Potential of story.
Disadvantages: Everything else.

...joking, either. I mean Alien Resurrection was bad, but AVP is even below that level. The characters are lame, the acting cringe-worthy, and the PG rating is just a pathetic attempt at persuading younger audiences to hit the cinema and make more money for the corporate whores within the FOX network. With very little violence or gore, even the much anticipated alien vs predator fight is a huge disappointment. The only ever-so-slightly saving grace ...
...everything we loved about the Alien and Predator franchises within the space of one hour fifty mins. Oh, and there was the small issue of the Alien 5 project been completely dead and buried after Aliens Vs Predator was given the green light to be made. Talk about a kick in the teeth. I'm going to go cry now. (C) Andy Carrington, 2009 [as part of www.andycarrington.co.uk] ...

andycarrington 09.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Alien Vs Predator (DVD)