see to believe

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2001)

for a 1986 film, it's as good (and usually more ) as any cgi movie from nowadays. it has both action doses and sci fi, and terror, and good jokes too. the special fx, the sound, and, the best of all, the weapons, vehicles, costumes, etc. are amazing. james cameron is clearly my choice for the best director. this movie is the best among sci fi, much more than the SW saga. the few things i disliked are the fact that the small and harmless girl survived for some weeks surrounded by the creatures, all the marines die (in this 1 and the next 1 where hicks never gets up from his hypersleep) and that the soldiers didn't have anything like discipline. who's worst? the aliens or burke? "at least they don't sell each other". the acting was great for a sci fi with weaver, biehn, paxton and reiser (didn't you feel happy when he died? i did) and everyone else; though i said the marines lack of discipline, they were quite a funny group. i'm not much a sci fi fan, but i hope from now on they all look like this one. nothing is wasted, nothing is forgotten, nothing looks better than this flick. too bad the 2 next ones aren't as much as good as the 1 and 2.