Which is the best one?

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2006)

Okay, first of all lets forget about Alien Resurrection and Alien V Predator. They don't count. I am talking about the first 3, the ones that really create discussion. Ridley Scott's horrifying, psychological but also very cold ,'Alien', James Cameron's exciting, tense, but also very dumb, 'Aliens', and David Fincher's interesting, experimental, but flawed and hardly scary at all, 'Alien 3'. First of all, why have I included Alien 3. Because it is different, enthralling and completely underrated. It is brilliantly edited (just look at the opening credits if you disagree with me), it has Sigourney Weaver's best performance of the 3 and the soundtrack is amazing. Then there's the first, Alien. Still horrifying, still amazing to look at and still inspiring Alien is still one hell of a film, age only slightly damaging it. But age has still has done a bit of damage. Its scares are not as scary, it's technology not as futuristic, and its special effects not as special. Yet it is still an amazing film. And then finally there's Aliens which is exciting, exhilarating and by far the most fun of the bunch. It also has the best variation on the Alien by far with the queen and stands as one of the greatest sequels ever. But age has been the least kind to this installment with 80's being written all over it. It also has the most annoying characters of the lot and it is the least disciplined one of the three deciding to take the least perfected route of three and decides to take a more conventional route of the three. But it sure is a lot of fun. So what is the best one? I'll let you decide.