Stop yer Grinnin and Drop yer Linen

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2003)

This my favorite movie of all time, but I won't dwell on the brilliance of the plot. Let's talk about those marines!
Vasquez: "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" "No. Have you?" Apone: "You heard the man, and you know the drill! A**holes and Elbows!" Frosty: "Hey man, what are we supposed to use, harsh language?"
The quiet, but cool Hicks. And, of course, Hudson: "We're on an express elevator to hell, going down!", "Game over, man! Game over!" If you're going to make a sci-fi flick with a touch of horror, this is the blueprint; clearly, after about 30 minutes the bad guys have to start waxing people left and right, but this movie gets it right. The Marines are really cool; the aliens are just way cooler. You think the marines are sweet, which makes the Aliens even sweeter, which makes the whole "long odds of Ripley surviving" bit actually work. This is but one of the many reasons this film puts all of the sci-fi children to bed. Pre-Titanic James, how we loved you...