Alien vs. Aliens

[Bubba]

This is definitely for me the closest call with any movie and its sequel. They are both incredible films and my favourites of both Ridley Scott and James Cameron. When you consider the quality of films they have both delivered (especially Scott) then that is saying something.

Alien is just dripping with atmosphere and tension. Also, It's the first space movie I saw where the characters were just real, down-to-earth people as opposed to predictable, intelligent military types. They would have regular conversations like you and me with sly digs and innuendo. Once the alien is loose though the atmosphere is immense. With Dallas crawling through those tunnels, Ripley inching around corners... I still get tense watching it now.

Aliens is a completely different film but it was done to perfection. The cast of characters were amazing and again the atmosphere was terrific. Bishop was my favourite, I preferred him to Ian Holm's chilling android in the original. The soundtrack was perfect as well, pounding and pulsating to work perfectly with the awesome action. That bit where the facehugger tries to attack Burke in that glass case makes me jump. Every. Single. Time.

For me I would just give the nod to Alien but Aliens is such a quality film it really is as close a call as it gets.

It's a shame that Alien 3 turned out the way it did, especially with David Fincher at the helm. The studio executives interfered so much with that movie that Fincher has disassociated himself from it in every way. I'd love to see how it would have turned out if they'd given him a free reign.