A worthy addition to the Alien franchise

Rating: 8/10 (12 July 2013)

Prior to watching Alien (1979) I'd had no particular interest either in astronomical concepts or movies associated with these hypotheses. Although the movie itself wasn't appealing by any means to me, I was amazed by the startling originality of the plot. The mere thought of a perilous journey across the universe and being all by yourself in the infinity of the space was absolutely spine-chilling. Now, imagine how amazing would it be if the theme of the movie was a perfect combination of two sought-after concepts: Creation of mankind and astronomical theories. That being said, I felt a bit let down by the overall view of the critics that the movie received.
The movie begins with a gripping plot idea: A man who appears to be an extraterrestrial life form (nicknamed "Space Jockey") is watching a spaceship departing from the Earth. Following the departure of the ship, he starts to drink a peculiar liquid that seems to be moving. As he's drinking, the liquid penetrates into his blood vessels and his body begins to disintegrate until finally he falls down into a waterfall. Although there is no concrete evidence as to who this hunky humanoid is or his intentions, one can assume that he was chosen to sacrifice himself for the human race to emerge from.
Throughout the movie we come across questions like this which for no definite answer is given which I believe was the right decision to make by the filmmaker. because as I mentioned earlier no one has the answer to these questions and everything else would be speculations. as a result what I provided with is the chance to entertain ideas about the story and the fate of the characters which happen to be extremely exciting in my case.
My only objection to the film is the incident towards the end where the Space Jockey savagely beat them up and didn't answer them in a civilized way. It felt like a little out of the place compared to the rest of the film.
All in all it was a fantastic experience to watch this film. I'm looking forward to the sequel.