Aliens
12 February 2006, early evening
I had nothing to do this Sunday afternoon, so I decided to sit down and watch Aliens. I bought the special edition of the DVD a little while ago, and hadn’t had a chance to watch it yet. The new cut of the film adds another 20 minutes to the film, making it a very long 2 hours and 40 minutes of Alien fueled mayhem. The movie is really good; some of the new scenes add a lot to the film. As sequels go, Aliens holds its own. The movie feels much different than Ridley Scott’s original movie. This probably has much to do with the fact that the audience knows all about the Aliens by the second film I suppose; that air of mystery just isn’t there. I don’t remember the 3rd and 4th films being particularly good, but after watching the first two, I really want to see the rest.