Severely Underrated

Rating: 9/10 (3 March 2008)

I do not understand people and their movie tastes sometimes. Alien (the original) was; to me, a very good but not perfect movie, but gets in the top 250. Aliens to me; was perfect, gets the top 250 but lower than the original. Alien 3, was almost as good as Aliens, gets a 6.4 (as of 3/3/09). Why? I know: Its because people saw the action-packed Aliens and loved it (I'm guilty of that as well), but then saw the slower-paced, unique, different Alien 3 and hated it (not guilty there). I loved this movie. It was very different but very good. I'll admit it is slow and hard to follow at times but its very very good. Some just need to watch it again, I know I did. I saw it the first time and didn't get it all that well, then I saw it again and liked it a lot more. If I had rated this after one viewing I would have given it a 6 or 7 probably, but after a 2nd viewing I decided a 9 was more appropriate. Everyone was very well cast, especially Charles S. Dutton as the God-fearing, spiritual leader-type Dillon. Every time I saw him on screen it reminded me how good of a movie it is. The story is different but very good still. Fans of the first two who are open minded enough should check this out (Im getting a "Useless Comment" rating for this one). 9/10.
P.S. I love my low useful comment rating!