Great movie if you think it was made in 1979

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2007)

I really liked Alien. It has a couple of flaws, but it is very scary. A great mix of sci-fi and horror.
This movie is impressive if you think it was made in 1979. The scenario and the music was great, so was the actors performance. Sigourney Weaver's acting was excellent considering it was her first movie.
What I did not like is that the pace turns very very slow sometimes and you can get bored. Also what's the matter with sound effects? The same sound effects are recycled all the time! You hear the same sounds when they type in keyboards, something is showed in computers screens or the doors are opened. This made me sick. It seems they lacked of sound effects or something. Another sound that bothered me off: heartbeat sounds! Why did they put this? Also the menacing creature looks like a man in a stupid crocodile suit. Anyway you never see the entire creature body until the end, so it does not matter how it looks. I think the creatures in Aliens, the sequel, look much better.
There are some flaws. If it wasn't for this I would have rated 9 or 10. The main flaw is the cat. WTF is a cat doing in a spaceship? This is not a cargo ship at the sea, this is a spaceship! It is even harder to understand why they look for the cat TWICE knowing there is an alien on board. Another thing, only a detail, but I will never understand how every member of the crew smokes in the spaceship as though it was so normal. Again this is a spaceship, not a ship at the sea!
All in all, the movie is very suspenseful and scary.