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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Honestly, though I love Alien the **** to death, I think the rubber suit can be a bit not-so-great at times whenever you see more than just the head (the head is quite possibly the high watermark of all horror though). That jumpscare in the vents honestly looks kinda goofy even if the entire rest of the scene was ace. A CGI alien would have been far worse, but the rubber suit still wasn't perfect.
And while the second half is slasher movie nirvana most of the time, it's still a bit more generic than the first half of the movie up till the chestburster scene. From second one till after that thing runs off screen is like the best sci-fi movie ever though, with the ultimate, can never be topped expression of what can happen when unsuspecting explorers encounter secretly hostile alien life on an uncharted planet. But if I didn't have the first half to compare the second half to I probably wouldn't have the slightest problem with it beyond that suit kinda sorta.
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I guess I agree, but at least they had the good judgment of limiting what you see of the alien most of the time. Think of that scene where Dallas is crawling around inside the ventilation system. You see it for like 1½ seconds. Probably way less.
What really makes me love the first half is the atmosphere and believeability of it all. I'm not joking when I'm saying that my favorite part of the movie is at the very beginning before anyone has woken up. That whole stretch from when the credits begin, to the first person wakes up from cryo. Audiovisual porn.