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Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2004)

I have to disagree somewhat with the comments by FilmJack3, as I found the original Alien movie to be better than the first. It is slower with less of the in-your-face action, big guns and blowing stuff up. Alien is suspenseful and thrilling, especially towards the end, when Ripley is trying to make it safe to the escape pod, and you never know what corner the creature is gonna pop out from behind. We perhaps see little character development here, but it is a good base to build on for the next three movies, and Weaver does a great job in all of them. There isn't always a need for an explosion around every corner, as there are other ways to provide entertainment, and Ridley Scott proves it here. I was on edge the whole way through, and jumped high every time I thought something was gonna pop out.