Aliens. I've never got the buzz about scifi but the Alien series has always been a good one. Aliens the second film in particular. It's just a thrill ride with a brilliant hero, Ellen Ripley, just doing her best to survive. I think the reason she was so popular was because she felt ordinary, just someone doing their job who got caught up in something extraordinary and as such you root for her throughout the film, especially when her and Newt, the lil survivor, meet and bond. The aliens, a brilliant enemy, terrifying, intelligent, vicious, merciless. The soldiers, mostly faceless but with a couple of standouts. Hicks, calm and cool, the one you expect to save the day until the film flips it near the end. Hudson, the one who loses the plot but who can fight when it matters. Vasquez, the hardcase. Gets the best death scene in the entire series. The android, Bishop, who you expect to be an enemy after the events of the first film in the series but who turns out to be awesome in his own way. The setpieces. The first attack, nerveshredding but fantastically exciting. The face hugger trap. As terrifying as any horror film. The moment Ripley lets lose in the Queen's lair, disgustingly satisfying but really fucked up when you think about. And the final battle. Mother vs mother. Maternal instinct a-gogo. "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH!!"
Ah I love it.
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