Aliens

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Myself

Oh man the bluray looks so good. The film was shot on pretty grainy stock but it looks awesome.

James Camerons film is hugely ambitious. Of course, it's a James Cameron film. This is text book how to do a sequel. It's removed enough from the original, telling a very different kind of story but keeps all the key things you want and expands upon them too.

The best old school style fx. Rear projection never looked so good. And Stan Winstons gang made some huge contributions. The queen is just awesome. But again, my favourite is always the face huggers. And they get the best showing off in this film.

I'm for the longer cut all the way. The characters a fleshed out a bit more and it's just more awesomeness to take in. Awesomenessss.

This film is intense in a very different kind of way to the first one. This is just a full on assault. I love how utterly dire everything in the film is. The whole last hour is just nightmarish. And throwing a kid into the mix is always fun.

I haven't sat down and watched the whole film since there was that awesome screening 2 years ago where they dug up a 35mm print. It was pretty damaged but still a lot of fun to see in a cinema. But the picture on bluray is fantastic and the home cinema set up here is ideal for watching again. Just awesome.