inspired instead of being inspirational.

Rating: 6/10 (7 February 2016)

Alien seems a unique and innovative film when you first see it. It becomes inspired instead of being inspirational. However after 2001: Space odyssey, I began to see Alien as heavily inspired from 2001. The hibernation chambers, HAL, slow pace, external spaceship shots all come from 2001. However Scott does his part in introducing classy alien horror and other features. I prefer such kind of cinema instead of slashers though the film has its share of gore too. Also, I liked the Android character - which was not part of 2001. Other good parts of the film have already been discussed in other reviews. But it leaves nothing foe users to interpret and far from being inspiring. But the film is still ahead of its times.