A Cinematic Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 2005)

I used to watch this movie frequently as a kid and was enthralled by the daunting atmosphere and violent chaos. I would cheer along with my brothers and Dad as we shouted out nearly every line as the characters spoke them on screen. I remember vividly not being able to sleep some nights as a result of LV426, Ripley, and the facehuggers. My brothers and I went to far as to play "Alien Search." A game of our own design in which we'd run around the house with the lights out, toting plastic guns, hunting invisible aliens. We'd make spit-inducing machine gun sounds until our lips were numb. Now, rewatching it as an adult, the movie has grown only more engrossing. New layers of the plot continue to reveal themselves and the environment of the futuristic world become reinvigorated with every viewing. No other movie swiftly and thoroughly obliterates a handful of hugely likable characters in such a convincing way. I could watch this movie every day for a month and not tire of it.