Masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2016)

Alien is, by all means, one of the most important films in cinema history, as 2001, Star Wars, Citizen Kane. Because, like these three films - of course you can ad a few to the list - it changed our relationship with filmmaking. It pushed the envelop and opened new doors.
Beyond si-fi, horror or any genre, Alien belongs to the short list of masterpieces. After 40 years, the film not only holds, it's just fresh and as powerful as day one.
The mark of a masterpiece, immortality and eternal "youth".
For having made Alien - and Blade Runner - R. Scott can be forgiven for any other film you might not like or, to be honest, may have been major set back compare to these two masterpieces.