A masterpiece of yesterday

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2019)

The movie is honestly great, but you know this already. It's a difficult topic for me since I usually hate sci-fi movies, but this one's definitely an exception. The cast is great: everyone has their way of being likeable. Sigourney Weaver in the lead role is spectacular and the special and practical effects are, too, in particular talking about a 1979 movie. The screenplay is great and proves you how the problem is not the Alien's cruelty, but are actually human stubbornness and ignorance. The way the horror is brought up is through a daunting feeling of anxiety and a very low number of jumpscares, which makes this way more enjoyable. The main twist about one of the crew members is also great. My only critiques are: the use of the cat, which should have not been there in the first place, as a huge plot advancement mechanic, the size of the spaceship which is just exaggerate for that number of people and for them to always be in the same areas and where the Alien is and the, in my opinion, underwhelming finale (honestly I would have ended it 5 minutes earlier).