Aliens was one of the first movies I saw where the sequel by far outshone its predecessor. No easy task, but with John Cameron at the helm, and Walter Hill on point it was always going to be one hell of a ride. Moreover, we first came to notice the music of James Horner, who managed to receive his first Academy Award nomination.
More than any of the other alien movies, Aliens has a tremendous pace. The Marines, who feel this will be just another “Bug Hunt” are soon into a situation they know is well over their heads, not least due to the ineptness of their commanding officer Lieutenant William Gorman. Nevertheless, in a humane and touching moment, Gorman and his nemesis Private Vasquez, go out in a sacrifice/suicide which should humble any viewer.
As well as the "evil" aliens, Paul Reiser plays the creepy Burke, whose capitalist colours turn red at the hand of the aliens. Lance Henriksen, who plays the android Bishop, was to reprise a similar role in the overbearing Aleins Vs predator. Cameron would play a similar game in the upcoming Teminator 2, when he changed villain to hero.
Aliens is currently a well deserved 63 in the IMDB’s top 250.
Favourite quote
Hudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Vasquez: No. Have you?
All Quiet on the Western Front,
Around the World in 80 Days
AIRPLANE!
Duh!
A Star is Born.
Okay, not a top ten, but Amityville Horror was scary.
The African Queen (For sure, Mr. Allnut)
The Age of Innocence (Scorsese scores)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (just kidding)
Dean Martin as Matt Helm in THE AMBUSHERS
And does Roger Corman’s A BUCKET OF BLOOD get filed under B?
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
After Hours
Agnes of God
Alive
All That Jazz
Altered States
Almost Famous
Amadeus
Amelie
American Beauty
American History X
The Americanization of Emily
Amistad
Anaconda
Angela’s Ashes
Angels in the Outfield
Antz
Any Given Sunday
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
The Apostle
Arlington Road
Armageddon
As Good As It Gets
At First Sight
At The River I Stand
Awakenings
A Fistful of Dollars.
And in my opinion, Alien/Aliens are neck in neck (har har), both are great flicks.
Freegards
Attack of the Killer Tomato’s
Anne of a Thousand Days &
Adventures in Babysitting
A bunch of your titles begin with “T” as in “The”.
I’d put A NEW LEAF with Elaine May and Walter Matthau at the top. Hilarious movie.
Amadeus and Amelie./Just Asking - seoul62......
One of the stupidest movies in one of the stupidest franchises ever developed. Go back to the 60's, Baby!
American Graffiti and American Werewolf in London would be contenders.
How about the bottom 10? Bogdanovich's At Long Last Love could possibly be the worst A-movie ever!
The Aviator with Leonardo DeCapiro? I watched about ten minutes of the crap on TV knowing that Decapiro is one of the most overrated actors today.
It reminded me of Oliver Stone’s Nixon in terms of inaccuracy and over the top acting and I like Anthony Hopkins.