Aliens has the greatest atmosphere which stays with you for a very long time

Rating: 10/10 (3 September 2016)

Whenever I think of Aliens I immediately recollect and go back to the early 2000s when I first saw it. I was maybe seven or eight years old at the time. The atmosphere of Aliens captured me so much that it doesn't let me go to this very day. For a kid I myself was back then, Aliens was just another movie I had seen on TV. I didn't have any standards for what makes a great movie - I only liked it very, very much. Little did I know I would years later discover that Aliens won two Oscars and is one of the highest rated movies ever, being at great 65-th place on IMDb.
Aliens is may all time favorite movie. No other movie did I and do I enjoy watching so much. James Cameron was able to create such a captivating atmosphere! Who would've thought back then that James Cameron would go on to make Terminator 2: The Judgment Day, Titanic and Avatar all of which immerse you in with its story and world? Is seems that James Cameron is an all time master when it comes to creating a milieu which blends all movie elements together and hence drags you in making you forget about time and problems.
Aliens was made in 1986., so it's special effects (which won him Oscar, both for visual and audio effects which means they were amazing thirty years ago) can't measure up to nowadays standards; but that doesn't even matter! They did their job very well and provided finishing touch in Aliens space-ship world and aliens themselves. Anything more would've ruined what's far more important than SE since SE usually highlight only themselves and can drag you away from the rest of the movie. What more can you ask for when you've got the coolest guns (Private Vasquez anyone?) and the coolest aliens ever!? Not to mention the coolest female protagonist to this day to hit the screens, Ripley.
Aliens is more action oriented than its predecessor which centers more on being suspense. If somebody would've told me today that movie I like went more action packed I would immediately postulate that it then must loose something to its atmosphere. I would've been so wrong if I made that statement about Aliens. Here, action is so well distributed throughout the movie that it not even once occupies a substantial amount of time or takes away from suspense. Although there's a lot of action, Aliens is still not an action movie; like IMDb suggests it's a sci-fi horror adventure with shootings as a flavor.
Let me now briefly turn my attention to protagonists. Sigourney Weaver played Ripley in every Alien movie and was accompanied with beautiful Winona Ryder in Alien: Resurrection. Sigourney delivered very strong performance of a very tough Ripley in each and every movie in Alien series. That's how female protagonist should look like: reasonable, courageous and cooperative. Unfortunately, thirty years later all main female stars look like Rey from Star Wars VII: arrogant, non-cooperative, too powerful etc. Blame feminist movement for not having another Ripley! Everything I have to say about Ripley can be stated with: the greatest female movie hero ever. When it comes to other crew members I remember private Hudson played by always easily recognizable Bill Paxton whom I've recently seen starring in Frailty. He's on Terminator 1 and Titanic as well. After Ripley, however, pvt. Vasquez (Janette Goldstein) is my favorite crew member. Just look at her red rag and woodland cameo pants together with tank-top! And oh men, just look at the weapon she's carrying! Goldstein is a blast and plays minor roles in Terminator 2 and Titanic as well. Alien queen can be seen as a standalone character as well. Just wait till you see her. Newt (Carrie Henn), a child stuck on board, just makes you feel warm around your heart. I'm so glad Cameron decided to make a child as a crew member as well since she by her own presence forces all other crew members to show their easy and gentle side. Henn was ten at the time. Now she forty, married with children. Time flies...
Aliens has it all: a beautiful, real women protagonist with great crew members and chemistry among them. Even today very good SE, both visual and sound. Tense atmosphere with perfectly distributed action. Horror elements which blend with sci-fi environment. Story which keeps the movie rolling. The coolest aliens ever. Everything is very finely mixed thus summoning milieu which may just stay with you for a very long time.