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What can I say new about this much reviewed film? It's great. Without comparing it to the original, I'll just say that it does a fabulous job at continuing the story of Ripley. The Marine segments are hilarious and scary once things start going south. Bill Paxton makes this movie in a lot of ways. He's so ridiculously over the top "quit s-screwin' around!"
I love the atmospheres created. Cameron, being the effects and set genius he is, really puts the amp up to 11 with the outside planet world and the heavy metal machines navigating through the terrain. This is a blue and silver looking movie.
Lance Henriksen as Bishop adds a nice Disney touch that's probably enough even though the Newt character does add some incentive to really kick the alien's ass.
Paul Reiser oozes scumbag perfectly.
I prefer the theatrical cut to the extended DC. I feel the off world colony didn't really need to be seen as the aftermath still puts across the despair in spades considering a little girl is living in an AC duct.
Plenty of comic moments peppered over terrifying moments of the aliens getting closer. And that reveal of the giant cockroach-like gang of warrior aliens in the overhead grated ceiling was beyond freaked out.
Aliens (1986)
Director: James Cameron
Director: James Cameron
What can I say new about this much reviewed film? It's great. Without comparing it to the original, I'll just say that it does a fabulous job at continuing the story of Ripley. The Marine segments are hilarious and scary once things start going south. Bill Paxton makes this movie in a lot of ways. He's so ridiculously over the top "quit s-screwin' around!"
I love the atmospheres created. Cameron, being the effects and set genius he is, really puts the amp up to 11 with the outside planet world and the heavy metal machines navigating through the terrain. This is a blue and silver looking movie.
Lance Henriksen as Bishop adds a nice Disney touch that's probably enough even though the Newt character does add some incentive to really kick the alien's ass.
Paul Reiser oozes scumbag perfectly.
I prefer the theatrical cut to the extended DC. I feel the off world colony didn't really need to be seen as the aftermath still puts across the despair in spades considering a little girl is living in an AC duct.
Plenty of comic moments peppered over terrifying moments of the aliens getting closer. And that reveal of the giant cockroach-like gang of warrior aliens in the overhead grated ceiling was beyond freaked out.
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