52in52: Alien
52in52 movies reviews
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This week’s movie was Alien, the sci-fi horror from 1979. Make sure not to call it Aliens because that’s the sequel. This was a great movie, the pacing was slow and suspenseful. It doesn’t hold your hand through the scenes either. There are long, drawn-out scenes with no explanations, where the viewer must draw conclusions based on previous events as well as what they see on screen. It was refreshing. I really admired the set design of the movie. I don’t know how advanced CGI was at this point, but all the practical effects and actual sets were so cool to see. In the Mother communication room, someone would have had to program the circuits to make the lights blink in the pattern they did. I could go on about how much I love the sets. Overall, I give the movie 5/5. Next week is Jojo Rabbit!
- 1/5 - I don't like it and I don't recommend it
- 2/5 - I liked it but I don't recommend it
- 3/5 - I liked it and I recommend it
- 4/5 - I liked it and I would keep a copy in my collection
- 5/5 - A masterpiece
- Bugonia - 4/5
- Philadelphia - 3/5
- Look Back - 5/5
- Drunken Master - 3/5
- When Harry Met Sally - 4/5
- The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4/5
- The Departed - 5/5
- La La Land - 4/5
- La Haine - 3/5
- Dead Poets Society - 5/5
- Call Me By Your Name - 3/5
- Alien - 5/5
- Jojo Rabbit - 5/5
- The Sixth Sense - 5/5
- Momento - 5/5
- Ghost in the Shell
- Requiem for a Dream
- Apollo 13
- A Few Good Men
- American History X
- The Thing
- Clue
- Schindler’s List
- 2001: Space Odyssey
- Memories and Murder
- Donnie Darko
- Millenium Actress
- Paprika
- Black swan
- Seven Samurai
- The Shining
- Cast Away
- Hateful Eight
- Contact
- Training Day
- The Green Room
- Wild Robot
- Sound of Music
- Nightcrawler
- Bridge on the River Kwai
- V for Vendetta
- Tokyo Grandfathers
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Trainspotting
- Hyakuemu.
- In the Mood for Love
- Hard Boiled
- Only Yesterday
- The Cat Returns
- When Marnie was There
- From Up on Poppy Hill