My thoughts on all Alien movies (spoiler alert)

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 2001)

I recently bought all 4 DVDs of the Alien films at a great bargain price (all 4 separately, even cheaper than buying the entire Alien DVD Collection at once). I had already seen Aliens and Alien 3 very long time ago (vagely remembering some pieces) but now watched all 4 films in the right order. I'll write my conclusion in the comments of this film because it's the latest installment in the Alien franchise. Here are my thoughts.
Alien. I think this film is both great and mediocre. Great because it's the first film and thus was able to start developing the great alien story line (which it did great, I only regret the cocoon scene explaining the alien life cycle was deleted). Also because it has a nice dark atmosphere throughout the entire film and feels the most scary of all movies. The film was also mediocre because it has a lot of flaws in it. For example after this guy (forgot name) had a facehugger on him for a few days, the facehugger is mysteriously gone. What happens next is that all crew are happily sitting together joining their meal, laughing, breading the same air as if the most normal thing happened the passed days. I mean, WTF?, do they not have quarantine rules or something? Also in the beginning of the movie quarantine restrictions seem to only be laughed away. As the story enfolds, you can understand that from the android but not the other crew members. I was constantly thinking "omg, this can't be happening". To me the entire crew felt more like an amature team of space explorers to me which is one of the main reasons the film never drew me into the story line. Rating: 7/10.
Aliens. This movie picks up on the story very well. Also the contrast with the first one (faced paced action Sci-Fi thriller versus a very slow and dark horror movie) is superb. I really liked the casting on the marine team as well. Action and special effects are far superior here as in the other movies. This one is definately a classic. Rating: 9/10.
Alien3. While a lot of fans seemed to find this film horrible I have to say I liked it. Just like the second one but in lesser extend it picks up on the storyline (although I have a few questions about the egg and 2 facehuggers on board and didn't like the instant death of Higgs and Newt either). For the rest this film was great IMO. Most people describe this one as a drama / tragedy film which I agree upon. What I enjoyed most was the part where they wanted to capture the Alien later in the film. Especially the chases through the alien bug-eye view were great. Very well shot. Also the decision to make Ripley die in the end of the film was great. If they would have got some super doctors to put her into surgury and remove the alien from her chest it would have been a joke. Rating: 8/10.
Alien Resurrection. Well here I agree with most of you to say the film should never have been made. The first three movies fitted together very well (the Alien trilogy where Ripley dies at the end of the 3rd film) so any director to even think making a 4th film should better come up with a great storyline. This is where it all went wrong. While the first three films picked up the story very good the fourth seems to not even belong in there. The idea of having Ripley resurrected on its own is something I don't like much but it's also built into the storyline the most aweful way. Heck, for all I care they could just as well have invented time travel and go back to the beginning of Alien3. Beam me up Scotty! If they so badly wanted to make a fourth film after all it would have been better to have an all new cast in there with a new main character. Also the aliens in Alien Resurrection looked way to slimey and at some points even reminded me about Jurassic Park (which the other three never did). The casted crew here is in no way comparable to the Marine crew in Aliens, Winona Rider's character is the only one that at least has some depth. Also the entire story around the newborn humanoid alien at the end of the film is discusting. Weaver's acting is the worse of all films, special effects are not half as good as in the second film which is more than 10 years older. The first had a great dark atmosphere, the second one was the action movie of the series, the third one the dramatic film but this here? I'd say it's a shame it even belongs in the Alien series. Rating: 4/10
Future. For the future I hope they make a new movie because seeing with what miserable story Alien Resurrection left us is horrible. With the games Aliens Vs. Predator and AvP2 being quite popular I even heard some rumors an Aliens Vs. Predator movie could be made. Well, while I don't immediately like the idea to cross these movies I think with a decent story it could actually be worth it. But I certainly hope we don't need to see anyone of the survivors from Alien Resurrection in there. Weaver's character is completely ruined thanks to Alien Resurrection. Develloping Rider's character could be interesting but heck, she could just as well be dumped for somebody else.