Great, great movie, but.................different to the first.

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2006)

I agree with almost everything from Paul Kydd's comments, except one! Yes, Aliens was and still is a great movie, and with hindsight, and particularly after we've seen what dross we've been served up with parts 3 and 4 it looks even better, but and its a big but, ALIENS DOES NOT SURPASS ALIEN!!! I remember seeing Aliens for the first time and believe it or not, it did not make that great an impression on me, and the reason is ALIEN and ALIENS are two different movies. Having already seen Alien I was not expecting the adrenaline pumping action of Aliens. After seeing it countless times since I have warmed to it and come to realise what a fantastic job Cameron did in creating what is one of the best sequels in any movie series.
So there in lies the problem, 2 great, but different movies. It all depends what your taste is, but for someone to say that one is better than the other and not appreciative of this fact is short sighted and disrespectful of one or other movie.