Ranking the Alien films
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Really it's a tie between Alien & Aliens for me. Ones a horror movie, the other an Action movie.
But I could only pick one, so I chose the Action.
After that? IMO it's just a series of increasingly bad sequels. With the Predator ones being the worst.
*I haven't seen Covenant yet. But given that it follows Promethius, & I liked that less than 3 & Ressurection, I'm not expecting much. Though I doubt it'll be worse than the ones with the Predators....
But I could only pick one, so I chose the Action.
After that? IMO it's just a series of increasingly bad sequels. With the Predator ones being the worst.
*I haven't seen Covenant yet. But given that it follows Promethius, & I liked that less than 3 & Ressurection, I'm not expecting much. Though I doubt it'll be worse than the ones with the Predators....
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It's a really tough call for me. Alien was definitive - changing monster and suspense movies forever. The writing, the scene selection - it's all really good. Aliens had such amazing tech. And such lines that hinted at a huge universe! Then again there was AvP which was one of the best b-flicks I've ever seen.
Aliens 3 and Resurrection are forgettable. 3 never quite managed to recapture what (I think) was an attempt at the suspense and terror of the first film; although the dog alien was really cool. I have no idea what they were going for with Resurrection, but ti did not impress.
Promethius was weird. I know it's supposed to be part of the Alien series, but to me it's just a very strange sf movie. I like it but I don't understand it. It certainly had me jumping and quite freaked out at what happens to one of the characters. But it's ponderously slow. The tech is beyond amazing; and it's part of every scene, and every character's plot. Good SF. Odd writing.
Covenant I've not seen.
AvP Requiem was a gore fest of a movie. It lacked the suspense of the first Alien movie, the skill of the first Predator movie, and the fun of the first AvP. It failed as a sequel.
Aliens 3 and Resurrection are forgettable. 3 never quite managed to recapture what (I think) was an attempt at the suspense and terror of the first film; although the dog alien was really cool. I have no idea what they were going for with Resurrection, but ti did not impress.
Promethius was weird. I know it's supposed to be part of the Alien series, but to me it's just a very strange sf movie. I like it but I don't understand it. It certainly had me jumping and quite freaked out at what happens to one of the characters. But it's ponderously slow. The tech is beyond amazing; and it's part of every scene, and every character's plot. Good SF. Odd writing.
Covenant I've not seen.
AvP Requiem was a gore fest of a movie. It lacked the suspense of the first Alien movie, the skill of the first Predator movie, and the fun of the first AvP. It failed as a sequel.
It was just your standard slasher horror flick, with an Alien and a Predator inserted.
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