Alien(1979)

Alien(1979)More info: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/
Directed by: Ridley Scott

• Direction: 10/10 - Perfect 10. The pacing, the editing, the tone, the tension...etc are perfect. One of the best film of Ridley Scott's career .
• Production: 9/10 - The casting is superb.
• Editing: 9.8/10 - Ridley Scott knows when to show the alien and how to show it. The alien appears exactly at the right moment when the tension is the highest.
• Acting: 9/10 - The acting is outstanding.
  Tom Skerritt
  ....
  Dallas
  Sigourney Weaver
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  Ripley
  Veronica Cartwright
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  Lambert
  Harry Dean Stanton
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  Brett
  John Hurt
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  Kane
  Ian Holm
  ....
  Ash
  Yaphet Kotto

7 of them. Only 1 survived. Everyone of them is brillant.

• **NEW** character development: 9.3/10 - All 7 of them are developed very well.
• Sound: 8.8/10 - The sounds of this film are also impressive. Alien noises, spaceship noises, computer sounds......great for a 1979 film.
• Visual effects: 9.3/10 - Able to make spaceship so real. Even better then some CGI movies. Extremely amazing. You cannot believe this movie is from 1979.
• Action: 9.2/10 - The action sequences in this film has lots of tension.
• CInematography: 9.5/10 - Amazing stuff. At the alien planet, the things you see are so spectacular. You can see there are large structures beside the actors. I wonder if they can built something so huge. Great sets.
• Soundtrack: 9/10 - Jerry Goldsmith creates the eerie atmosphere wonderfully.

GOOD: Scott’s masterful use of shadows, framing and sound has never been more terrifying. No matter how many times you’ve seen this, you’ll still be hiding behind your fingers at every conceivable juncture. - Chris Hewitt , Empire

BAD: In space, no one can hear you ask for your money back. - David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor

OVERALL: 92% ( super excellent)