Film #15: Alien (1979)

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bilbo Baggins, one Alien

I've never seen an Alien film before so I thought it would be a great time to start seeing as Film Four had a special Alien and Predator thing going on (they even showed the first 5 minutes of the new AVP film).

I found this film quite funny. Don't get me worng; the special effects were great at the time when it came out but at the present day, it's slightly funny to look at.

Anyway, it's set about 150 years in the future where the Nostromo ship is floating through space when they hear a distress call. They follow it and check it out. One of the guys gets his face raped by a giant spider thing which impregnates him with a small alien (which looks like a penis with teeth). The toothed-penis explodes out of the guys chest, gives a little squeal (which made me laugh) and flew off out of the room.

It then changes into a big xenomorph (I do my research xD) and hunts down the rest of the crew.

Everything looks great, especially the small facehuggers and chestpoppers. The blood and the acid also look pretty good but the only problems I have with the effects are the explosions which look slightly crappy and overdone and the Xenomorph costume at the end of the film. From the time when Ripley (Weaver) turned the steam on the Alien and it screamed to when it was hanging onto the outside of the ship, I was laughing my head off.

Speaking of Sigourney Weaver, by the way, this was her first motion picture film and I thought she acted excellently. Not many people start off this great (George Clooney - Return of the Killer Tomatoes, anyone?)

Good film anyway, watch for laughs.

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