THE-UPEI SUN, OCT. its, 1979, Page 15

MOVIE REVIEW ‘ALIEN’

byDanielHopkins

'Ihe outer space version of "Jaws" Cones to the screen in the well publicized novie '"Alien". It begins with the waking of the crew. 'Ihe Nostrono, a huge cargo cruiser's voyage hate is intermpted by an alien transﬁssim. Astrmauts being wider omtract to the oaipany they work for, investigate the possibility of intelligent aliai life. Soon :they are loddng for the source of the nystexy. the fellow gets a big hello kiss from a newly hatched alien. Several hours later he wakes 1p feeling fine,. except for a bit of an upset stomach - that explodes all over the dinner table. And so the aliai is born.

To this point, the novie is acceptable — even good. Ludcily special effects, miniature sequences, over- lap photography and a gruesome alien carry the movie to the end. The plot seems to get forgotten. What could have been a good movie becomes, storywise, the "Jews" ofouter space. 'Ihe monster is as interest— ing as the shark. Ash, the ship's science officer, says the alien is the perfect organism. Its structural perfection is Surpassed mly by its aggressive behaviour Whidl becottes only too predict- able.

This is not that bad a

novie if you like horror - shows, and a ladc of plot. A lot of scenes don't make sense. Ash, being a very heady fellow, goes crazy; he tries to screw the third officer, Ripley, in the nouth with a girlie nagazine. John Noight,

in the "Michight Cowboy", (hes a midi EDIE disgusting job, skreon'ng a fag in the nouth with a telephcne. It works in the "Midnight Cowboy" but it doesn't work in this Iiovie. The hatching of the alien cares fm "'me Body Snatchers“ ,

_ they take off.

: repair work. . decode the alien trans-

" the savagery of the alim,

V very moriginal. The crew

seens to have no concern for safety. 'lhey just

‘_ land on an mlmcm planet and practically crash.

'I'heninanatterofhours everyﬂ'iingisfixedmd 'Ihereare onlymoguysdoing 'meytxyand

mission and then forget about it. ﬁbers are

_ agreements doout jobs and

matey that are just for- 'Ihe plot becones

aid that is orig frighten-

ing, not interesting.

It's the sort of show you would see if you wished you hadi't missed "Jaws". The acting by Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, and Yaphet Kotto is excellent. An actor like John Hurt, whom you will renenber from "Midnight Express" , deserves a nore expressive part and a novie that has a little note to say, rather than a movie that is just trying to frighten Aesﬁietically the novie is terrible, but people are going to see it.

'Til next tine.

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