its one of the best experiences cinema has to offer

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2010)

if you haven't watched this film and your looking for a worthwhile 1 and a 1/2 hours or so out of your life, i suggest you watch it. just make sure you watch the original release and not the "director's cut" first. if you need an explanation, the original release basically is the directors cut.
what is the film about: people are stalked by an alien on a spaceship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you've seen spoiling images of the visuals included in this film, don't let it turn you off. the visual elements of the film are so powerful yet all the other elements come together with just as much ferocity. it doesn't really matter if sci-fi, horror or creature films aren't your thing, this is brilliantly made, and quite scarily artistic. its probably as intelligently executed a film as can be as far as films that mainly deal with physicality go. that is, after all, what is so recommendable about alien in my opinion: it's visceral cinema, and plays with some of our most fun and troubling responses to whats possible on screen.
most of what the alien franchise has to offer is in this film by Ridly Scott. in my honest opinion, this film so freely and masterfully and explicitly uses the powerful visuals to truly memorable effect.