One of the greatest Sci-Fi films of all time!

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2016)

It's the classic sci-if horror film. I love this movie and always will love it, it's one of my all time favorite films and always will be. The cast is great, characters are excellent, alien is such an original film, and who will forget the iconic scene with the chestburster. I love the somewhat simplicity of the plot, and the great special effects, I only have a couple complaints. As much as I love this film every time I watch it, when ever it gets near the end I always ask myself, why does she go back for the cat? If it were me, I'm not going back for the cat with this killer alien on board and frankly I think a lot of people would agree with me, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Sure maybe you could excuse it if she had some kind of close attachment to the cat and they showed that in the film, but they don't, it's not until the end of the movie when Ripley says " oh I've got to go back to get Jones!" I'm sorry but as much as I love this film I always find that part hard to believe and it always bothers me. The other problem I have isn't quite as bad. I feel like the movie doesn't have enough of the actual Alien and also would have benefited greatly if they actual made it longer instead of its 114 minute runtime. I feel like they could have had more scenes with the alien chasing someone as opposed to Ripley running around trying to get to the shuttle and not actually even seeing the Alien except one time and the Alien doesn't even see her when she sees it. I've watched the 2003 directors cut and actually liked it a little better because of the additional scenes even though there is not many. Overall Alien is a very good film and a classic.