Shame on any movie Buff who has NOT seen this movie yet!

Rating: Null/10 (3 February 2004)

I was around 12yrs old when I first saw this movie, with my father, late one night when it came on TV (back when families had only 1 TV in the entire house! :) I was throughly scared from watching anymore after the first most famous scene. I also didn't sleep good that night. A few years later, around 14yrs of age, I saw it again on cable TV, alone, late at night.(we still had 1 TV in the entire house! But it was a new one now :) I forced myself to watch the entire movie and I absolutly ENJOYED it! I was shocked most at the fact the movie made me jump at certain parts. Right now I am past age 20. And whenever I re-watch it, there's at least 1 scene that still makes me jump heheh. Even though I know ahead of time it's coming. Looking back now, I now understand what an incredible movie this was. It DEFINED a new type of genre. It DEFINDED new situations, new F/X, and a host of new ideas. "ALIEN" went even further than the often mentioned "THING".
No movie since, fantasy or horror or sci-fi, has captured EVERYTHING that defined what makes "ALIEN" a bona fid classic! My most favorite part is that the "enemy" is just as smart, and even smarter, than the main characters who are also very intelligent.