Jay E
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I prefer my Sci-Fi harder edged (2001, Solaris, Forbidden Planet, Blade Runner, Quatermass & the Pit), but that being said, Alien is definitely right up there as one of the best sci-fi films ever made. Scott was able to create a tense & claustrophobic atmosphere that you can cut with a knife. And he didn't overexpose the alien creature on the screen which fits in with my outlook that sometimes less is more (which Hawks also used so effectively in The Thing). Your mind is a much better producer of nightmare than anything special effects can come up with.
Definitely one of my all time top 10 Sci-Fi films.
(P.S.: IMO, Contact is overrated )
Definitely one of my all time top 10 Sci-Fi films.
(P.S.: IMO, Contact is overrated )