We all know how it goes. The marines, though powerful, prove to be a rather weak match for the hordes of aliens on the planet. Films rarely work for me on both a visceral and emotional level, and Aliens ' success in doing so is at the core of my infatuation with it. I soon found that few films, if any, meet the standards that Aliens has set for the genre. First, there are the characters.
Burke are likable in the end.
All this aside from Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver with vigor and life that most female actress can only wish they had. Cameron's direction is so direct and skillful that watching Aliens makes me envious of his talent. Cameron's script, too, lacks any kind of logical flaws, while effortlessly characterizing a group of people with complex dialogue and actions. And there are scenes in Aliens that are already considered classics, the most important being that wonderful scene in the last few minutes in which Ripley fights the queen Alien using a loader. To report a flaw in this film would be a lost cause, because it does everything that it sets out to do, and then some.