The character difference was perfect

Rating: Null/10 (7 April 2001)

Alien Resurrection was not the best movie out of all the alien films; it was never going to be. But what the movie did hit home to me was the way the character 'Ellen Ripley' had changed from the first film. People feel that this change was bad; they did not like the way in which she was now a b**ch from hell, compared to the emotional, kind person she was in the first movie. But yet i found that after watching all four movies in a row, this change in personality was perfect. It really made you feel for the character, and you began to realise all the torment she had gone through. It created pathos to an extreme; i felt sorrow for the character that had now been changed so dramatically by the alien race. Although all the physical violence the aliens did to 'Ripley' and others was easily seen, it was only when i saw the last movie that i began to appreciate that this woman had been tormented for about 400 years by this race, and i felt pity for her. Therefore, while the fact that this movie was not as successful as the others still stands, i do feel that they way 'Ellen Ripley' was portrayed was fantastic. The difference in character (compared to the first movie) shows that the movies were not like the typical 'hero kills aliens via lots of gore and action' horror movies, but that these horror movies also contained a very strong central character, where the actress delivered a fine performance mentally, not just physically.