Sigourney Weaver
Veronica Cartwright
Harry Dean Stanton
John Hurt
Ian Holm
Yaphet Kotto
The first Alien franchise film I saw was Resurrection in 1997, and I
always craved to see what led to it.
In 1979, with the aid of great cinematography, Ridley Scott directed the
first Alien film. I have to be honest, after you get over the first 50 minutes
on intense suspense and thrill, the movie shifts to horror, and it had all it
takes to make you quiver. You may not appreciate the graphics as it felt below
standard in some places, but I can tell you one thing — they pulled it off in
the end.
Sigourney Weaver, I just have to say, what a classic actress she is. She
made sure that she conveyed the fear of being alone and chased by this creature
to an extent that makes you the viewer shake as you pray for her survival.
The plot is simple. A crew is sent on a science exploration in space.
They pick up a signal and divert to check it out (they didn’t really want to,
but it was against their contract not to), only for one of the crew to get
infected by an Alien. They bring him onboard to help him, and all hell breaks
loose.
At first it is a crew, and as the creatures kills them off one at a time
the movie drops down to Ripley and this alien battling it on this ship.
I have to give this movie thumbs up for execution. Nice story build-up,
all leading to the inevitable — an Alien on board the ship horror chase.
Have in mind this was done in 1979, so the scenes that had the Alien had
to be done with lighting and camera work to sell the threat. These days, that’s
done with CGI, but back then they had a man in a costume, and production used cinematography,
light and sound effects to make the scene scary.
The directing and acting in this film is what gave it the nudge that
more parts needed to be done — and they were, leading to a franchise that has
lasted decades and even crossed over into the Predator franchise.
If you’re a fan of seeing how things were done back in the day, try this
for size. If you’re not... they were ahead of their time with this one, so you
won’t feel taken for a ride, I recommend seeing this movie.
But I have to warn you ahead, the special effects may seem dated and the
movie has a slow start, which goes on for a while and makes you think nothing
will ever happen.
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