For people with long attention spans only

Rating: 3/10 (25 August 2018)

I try to remember when I'm watching this that I am very much a product of my generation, by which I mean that I have a very short attention span and I'm not good with slow pacing. When it comes to horror I like a slow burner but there must be lots of little, uncanny things happening.
Like watching a Tarkovsky movie, this one has a lot of meditative pauses and a lot of purely logistical content that often doesn't seem to make too much sense. It is one of many films that is very famous for being original where many other films have taken the premise and tone and improved upon it. I remember watching a parody on "American Dad" and thinking if only Ridley Scott had actually made this film so compelling.
A couple of amazing, instantly iconic moments notwithstanding (and with a wonderful sense of design with its lonely, junkyardish ship and a super Alien), I would not say this has stood the test of time and is really more for viewing for historical interest.
Overall my favourite part was Sigourney Weaver's anal cleavage.