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Andy K (10823 KP) rated Aliens (1986) in Movies

Oct 23, 2018  
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
1986 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
10
9.0 (90 Ratings)
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Sci fi action at its finest
Alien and Aliens have to be up there with The Godfather I and II and Raiders/Temple of Doom and one of the greatest one-two punches in movie history.

"They mostly come at night...mostly"

Make sure if you are watching after not seeing for awhile or never seen you watch the 1990 "Director's Cut". As with several Cameron epics, the story and characters get flushed out a lot more and the extra scenes are very good. With Aliens, though, I would have omitted the scene near the beginning where we meet Next and her family when they discover the chestbursters. I think Newt's reveal works better if we were to first meet her while crawling around underneath the decks of the colony.

The only thing that ever bothered me was the extremely bad timing of Ripley being floating in space for 57 years, then she gets found, then they lose contact with the colony on LV426 right after that? Talk about a horrible coincidence!

Another remarkable item of the film;s slow progression is we don't even see an alien until well over a hour into the film and it doesn't matter. The tension built and anticipation Cameron delivers are amazing!

Nonetheless, Aliens is a masterpiece of sci fi cinema which has rarely been equaled. Now if only they wold quit trying!.

  
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Andy K (10823 KP) Oct 27, 2018

Thanks!
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Derek Mcfarland (4 KP) Dec 19, 2018

Best movie ever
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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Independence Day (1996) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020  
Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
1996 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
2
8.0 (62 Ratings)
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Okay but why do you all call this a legendary blockbuster spectacle when there's very little spectacle yet a whole lot of people sulking around in rooms talking about computer code, cigars, recycling, and little else of actual value? Honestly just bar that this is preposterous and nauseatingly corny with a twinge of jingoism (granted, still way less than I expected) and a metric fuckton of characters not the least bit interesting - because of course it is, this is a Roland Emmerich film. Hell, this is the nearly tit-for-tat way less fun precursor to 2012 as it stands. But Jesus Christ did it have to be so goddamn boring? Not even ten minutes into this weightless behemoth and I already wanted the aliens (who, by the way, are barely even used... in this ALIEN movie) to put all these annoying mfs out of their misery. Has some highlights: the whole alien surgery bit is still a winner, can't help but get a sincere chuckle out of the last scene with Randy Quaid, and of course the explosions are... explosive. But it isn't worth it to have to wait like 40+ bloated minutes of nothing between them just to get to some minor diversions. Yes the effects are nice but when do we get to sit back and admire them around all this insufferable exposition and cheese? Hirsch > Smith > Fox > Spiner > Goldblum > Quaid > the kid actors > everyone else > dog shit > Pullman.
  
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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The Fifth Element (1997) in Movies

Jan 26, 2018  
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Fifth Element (1997)
1997 | Drama, Sci-Fi
9
8.1 (54 Ratings)
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A kick ass Element
In the future a former marines and now cab Diver collides paths with LeeLoo who is the ultimate being and can save the world from the ultimate evil. A priest named Vitio Corneilus who leeloo needs to find becuase he is her guardian on earth and can lead them to the sacred temple. All go on a journey and pick up yet another fun character in Ruby Rod (Christ Tucker was awesome) and have to get away from the eveil scorge who is out to stop them.
   The movie is filled with fun characters, great action, a good story line and plot, and one amazing singing alien diva.
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated Authority (Southern Reach #2) in Books

Jun 3, 2018  
Authority (Southern Reach #2)
Authority (Southern Reach #2)
Jeff VanderMeer | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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'Ok' is a perfect word to describe the second installment in the Southern Reach Trilogy. I was expecting something a lot like Annihilation. But, this novel was office-based and kind of boring. The last part of the book was the most exciting, after slogging through the first parts. This novel is about the Southern Reach itself, and it's impending collapse. Is the border advancing? What is Area X? Welp, this book still wasn't sure about these questions. The only reason I'm going to complete the series is that I want to know what Area X is.
At least in this installment, they finally use the term 'alien', it only took a book and a half.
  
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Tina Bevan (79 KP) rated The Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) in Movies

Aug 16, 2018  
The Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
The Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
6
7.7 (33 Ratings)
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The premise, the cast (0 more)
Every cliche imaginable (0 more)
So disappointed
I came away from this sooo disappointed, in the main the film was good with exciting action sequences aplenty but for me the whole thing was ruined by the lazy cliches. For example the main protagonist ( who has been trying to kill all of them and in some cases succeeding) being knocked unconscious in a fight not being finished off only to rise up again and attempt to kill them yet again and when the main stars are on a rooftop surrounded by fire looking like their about to die when an aircraft rises up a collects them (alien anyone?) just one too many copycats for me