Best sci-fi action film of all time!

Rating: 10/10 (27 May 2013)

And for a very long time my favourite film of all time, nearly wore out my VHS cassette of it back in the 80s.
How brilliant is Aliens? There just are no word to describe it, a triumph in every possible way. Great acting, from Sigourney certainly but the rest of the cast is also top notch, career making performances from Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen and Jennette Goldstein. What a shame Carrie Hern never made another film (apparently she became a teacher?)as she's the best child actor in history, her performance is just great, especially in the Special Edition where she's given a lot more to do.
Great action sequences, we actually all cheered at the "Get away from her you BITCH!" scene and I would have loved to have seen it in the cinema where apparently audiences did the same en masse. Fantastic writing and characterisation, not just in the action scenes and dialogues but in terms of the motivation and actions, there isn't a single character who does anything where you think 'Oh come on!', everybody acts totally logically. The clever thing about Paul Reiser's character is you expect him to be evil but for a long time he's not. Fantastic music too, really adds to it in terms of excitement and mood.
So what does the studio do? Give the sequel to David Fincher who could not have done more to ruin the series if he had been TRYING to! But my boy Joss rescues it in Resurrection (hence the title) and you note that in the last scene Newt asks Ripley can she dream and Ripley replies 'We both can' so I figure Alien 3 and 4 are just their dreams whilst in hypersleep on the way home.