Aliens Simply = The First Alien × James Cameron !

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2009)

The title said it all. It's not one Alien this round. It's many of them. And the reason is clear; a 32-year-old man at the moment by the name of James Cameron.
I must admit that I respect the guy. Since his start, he added his fingerprint so visibly on the action movie-making in Hollywood. Cameron loves, just loves, the titanic look for the action. And he's so smart at making that as well. His first movies as a writer are the best when it comes to define that historically. (The Terminator - 1984) was a mix between sci-fi and straight big and loud action (Apparently after Star Wars, sci-fi became not that artistic anymore and transformed into popular mainstream hits). Then (Rambo: First Blood Part II - 1985) was the right way for how to explode a B-movie to the max, but in a good way. So they brought him to do what he already did with (First Blood), by doubling it into 10 times its action, however with a classic hit named (Alien). And he simply did it.
Despite the smart elements that (Cameron) put, it's the first movie's formula anew. He came just to add: Some marines; so crazy and violent; unlike the rational and scientific team of the first which externally looks boring in comparison, and so many; to be killed one by one later. A kid into the action. A daughter-mother relationship. Surprisingly a good robot this time, while keeping the conspirator member also, but after turning him into human. And, of course, dear aliens, with more scenes to see their ugliness appropriately.
I can't say that the Slasher movie was working finely under the surface, because to tell you the truth, there was no substance in the first place, so the slasher thing was all over it with nothing more! However, the non-stop action, the hot thrill and the solid horror, with - not to forget - the many dazzling explosions--it managed to keep things going on interestingly enough on the screen as a perfect Hollywood fare. Or the Hollywood fare thereafter. Because (Aliens) sat a new redefinition for the sci-fi action that countless next movies would follow.
The outrageous financial success consolidated that, since it grossed nearly quintuple its original budget: the $18,500,000. I read that just grossing double the budget is considered a lovely thing for the producers, so how about 5 times more (and that's just domestically speaking too!). Let alone the appreciation of the Academy that honored it with an Oscar for the best sound effects editing, and another for the best visual effects, with being nominated for 5 more Oscars; best original score, sound, editing, set decoration, and actress. However, despite all of that, the first is still better on all the levels.
The intellectual substance is so out this round. It's the exploitive sequel after all. The swearing, the violence, and the nudity (even if slightly shown) are disturbing factors for me. Plus there are holes that kill me; for instance, if the lead stayed for 57 years out of earth, then why she wasn't worried about any relative that she got or whatsoever?! It came to my knowledge lately that there was a scene about her daughter, then it got deleted. I believe for things like these, Sigourney Weaver threatened to not do any more "Alien" movies after seeing the movie's final cut; so as a compromise, the 1987 Special Edition was released on Laser-Disc. Over and above, the scene of forgiving (Ripley) for destroying a millions dollars facility was utterly laughable. So how about destroying new, huger, ones this time too?! But hey, that's for the fun of it anyway!
For me, it doesn't hit the degree of the first's top amusement. Hence, I just get sick when I read that this is one of the greatest movies ever made. It maybe contributed to define how the greatest pure action would be made. It was voted the 42nd greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Fairly they describe it as the "greatest pure action movie ever." It's pure indeed. After more than a decade, (Titanic) would be chosen as the 6th best big blockbuster of all time by Total Film magazine. Well, neither is sci-fi's evolution, or romantic epic. But surely they're fine action ones. And there where their noble metal exists.
In brief, the first had the surface and the depths. This one has a surface only; the same one of the first too. But apparently it was more refulgent. Or should I say more explosive!