.....wow. I watch a lot of movies when I'm not going through a TV series. And stuff.

Alien

friggin masterpiece. The most beautiful scifi film I've seen, second only to Blade Runner. Ridley Scott is possibly

my favorite sci fi or just VISUAL director

the man PAINTS with mood

Aliens

nowhere near as good as I'd heard from friends who saw it when it came out

do later action movies owe a lot to it? sure, maybe that's true. but seeing it NOW? after Avatar, and everything in between? it was a lot

of action cliches, type-characters instead of real people, a diluted sense of emotion and urgency

a Moppet who didn't act like a real kid

and a pretty kickass ending

but yeah, doesn't even compare to Alien, imo.

The Fly

(1986 version)

fantastic, made me cry when I was expecting just to cringe.

simple, poignant, with visceral effects that beat the living shit out of CGI any day

Goldblum is perfect for the role, too

psychosexual without being trite or heavy handed on the pop psychology

I can see why del Toro loves Cronenberg

Breaking Dawn

aha. I don't even know why this is on the list .

see prior plurk.

Smoke Signals

very good. a little cleaned-up, sanitized-feeling? but still sincere and authentic independent film produced by

and about indigenous Americans

great sense of humor, and a sense that it was culturally owned humor.

really looking forward to the even-better reviewed Fast Runner