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Alien
Nov 25, 2011 16:03:07 GMT -5
Post by leangreen76 on Nov 25, 2011 16:03:07 GMT -5
I watched it again after many years ;last night and realized just what a great horror (Allbeit sci-fi horror) it is.
Trouble is, I grew up in the 1980's so I was kinda spoiled by Aliens and the hard-ass marines. The first time I was in awe as much as i was afraid of them. (Just turning into awe over many years). So I always found the much slower paced Alien harder to sit through as a kid/teen.
As an adult, having watched it the other night after many, many, years, I have a new appreciation for the film, not just the story, writing and acting but the suspense, the set designs (both alien and aboard the Nostramo) and what it means being a good horror film. Sure like all older films there's a couple of things that date, but there were still a couple of things that made me jump at the age of 35!
Any thoughts?
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Alien
Nov 25, 2011 20:53:08 GMT -5
Post by endo on Nov 25, 2011 20:53:08 GMT -5
Alien is a great movie. I was the same way back in the day, couldn't wait for the gross scene or the jump scene and thought the rest was boring. But, yeah, I have a much better appreciation for the movie now too. Very good at setting up the suspense, and making you wonder what was coming next. Love the movie now. Cast was great too. Very believable.
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Alien
Nov 26, 2011 7:31:13 GMT -5
Post by leroy on Nov 26, 2011 7:31:13 GMT -5
got to agree about alien being a good movie. i didn't like the last one though.
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Alien
Nov 26, 2011 21:53:26 GMT -5
Post by gorepolice on Nov 26, 2011 21:53:26 GMT -5
I love this movie, and Aliens is my favorite movie ever. This one scared me silly as a child, and many a night I was holding the flashlight.
There was a midnight screening of this at a theater in the city and man, was I ever glad I went! Seeing this thing on the big screen makes it 10 times scarier! What was funny was we went on a rainy day, and at the scene where the alien is drooling over one of the victims, the roof started to leak and scared the guy sitting in the seat. Talk about great timing!
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Alien
Nov 28, 2011 21:43:33 GMT -5
Post by endo on Nov 28, 2011 21:43:33 GMT -5
I had an awesome Alien figure when I was a kid. About 16 inches tall, and it had a lever on the back of it's head that you squeezed and his mouth would open and the second set of jaws would come out. Really wish I knew what happened to that, I loved it.
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Alien
Nov 28, 2011 23:26:02 GMT -5
Post by gorepolice on Nov 28, 2011 23:26:02 GMT -5
I still have my Aliens action figures from the 90's.
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