A daring gesture, a walk hand in hand with a masterfully handled camera and a claustrophobic and obsessive person. Thus was born one of the greatest milestones in science fiction: the Nostromo ship.
The first sequence of "Alien" is so overwhelming that it has the privilege of being one of the best startups I have ever owned.With a simple score and an imposing transition, this is achieved during its first five minutes, where we find that the image and the sound, nothing else, invite the viewer not only to let themselves be carried away by a distant fiction, but also to join to its crew, and thus it becomes one more.Something wonderful and little seen.
His characters start to introduce themselves immediately after and a preview of the roles they will play on a ship, the biggest problem may come from an eggshell but in which subtlety is an element of and is constantly redistributing these roles, giving themselves account that as the command or the need is erected without strength, but with enough intelligence to be able to interpret personalities. And thus was born another of the great milestones of science fiction: Lieutenant Ripley.
One of the first heroines in the history of cinema and, a character that at no time until the conclusion of him rises with all the importance. With a stern gesture and serious reactions and thus it appears that, despite the suspicion, he is handling the situation and giving it a precise approach.
Knowing the Nostromo ship and its entire crew, it develops in a viscous way, and even the most accelerated moments of tension follow one another with a calm that narrows down to the gut.
The landing on an unknown planet and its subsequent inspection carried out with an impetus that very few people manage to achieve, and make the chilling tour of the cave a unique experience, which moves between silences and sounds with undeniable mastery, until each stage of the expedition worries you, having almost intuition until after the gentle calm, the storm can strike at any moment.
Each change of planes, each introduction to a new space, guided with overwhelming use in both the soundtrack and the soundtrack is that without noise or force, the atmosphere is reproduced on more or less soft tones according to the needs it is traced. with incredible precision, making the wonderful movie "Alien", which highlights these qualities as masters of the function.
This movie is a marvel, a horror sci-fi masterpiece. Leaving aside its aftermath, ALIEN seems to me a dark and suffocating science fiction as an instrument of fear. I don't think I have seen any movie that matches this one.
And I will say why this movie is wonderful
1- The charisma of all the characters and the one you don't want them to die.
2- The primitive terror inspired by the creature: how it moves, how it hides, how it kills, takes advantage of the weaknesses of each one to make them victims
3- The famous improvised scene.
4- His achievement: the dark and suffocating spaces of the Nostromo ship, the cold darkness of the planet and the beastly alien ship.
5- The magnificent performances, highlighting those of Weaver, Ian Holm and John Hurt.
6- As it is brilliantly structured, as it is at the bottom, the mystery that will continue to surround it and endure.
7- Its extended version.
8- The way the title appears at the beginning.
