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Alien (1979)
Has aged surprisingly well!
To think that "ALIEN" was made nearly 40 years ago is pretty incredible. The film, especially on the phenomenal new blu-ray, looks incredible, and has aged very, very well.
One way the film still looks excellent is because of Ridley Scott's heavy use of practical effects and models. The sets, in particular the alien spaceship, look realistic and amazing.
It also works well as a horror movie. The isolation of the spaceship and the incredible, yet believable, indestructibility of the alien makes for an intense, claustrophobic atmosphere.
Having said all of these great things, there are some points that show the film's age. The old computers look clunky and almost hilarious, and some of the CG, like the explosion of the ship at the end, looks cheesy. Nonetheless, this is one of the better horror films from the 19th century, and still worth a watch.
Eraserhead (1977)
A Nightmare in Film Form
David Lynch's debut film is one of the most bizarre, abstract, and downright disturbing films I have ever seen. The plot does not really matter; it is more of a chronicle of different occurrences than a story. However, the film captivates you with it's atmosphere; all aspects of the film contribute to a hypnotic, nightmarish feeling. For one, all of the actors have a very bizarre way of enunciating their words, where they talk slowly and with stilted pronunciation. Almost no context is given to the world this film occupies; only two characters have names, and even then, they are only first names. The soundtrack is nothing but whirring industrial sounds and shrieking sirens, which makes sense considering the factory surroundings the main character occupies.
While the film is very abstract, it is definitely very interesting. This movie is something you will either love or hate; my review will not help you decide. The only way to tell whether you will enjoy it or not is to watch it. I love it; you may not. Just watch it and see.
The Unbelievers (2013)
Makes the atheist community look like a bunch of snobs
I'm not even rating this one. That's how COMPLETELY AWFUL it is. This movie is, simply put, a boring slog of Richard Dawkings and Lawrence Krauss smugly talking about how religion is evil and science is beautiful and blah, blah, blah. Listen: I'm an atheist. These people are members of the branch of atheists that I like to call "Smug Jerks Who Like To Categorize Whole Religions By Their Extremists". This movie is great for fedora wearing redditors to drool over lectures from the famed scientists mentioned at the beginning of this review. For everyone else, this movie is the equivalent of "God's Not Dead" for the nonreligious crowd. Boring and offensively one-sided, this is one of three movies that I have not been able to see all the way through. I recommend that you stay far, far away from this film.
All Is Lost (2013)
A very well made film, but there were some definite flaws
This movie is kind of like Gravity; they are both movies that look pretty, but have the characters surviving impossible situations in, well, impossible ways. While this is very well made, there were so many instances where "our man", as the movie calls him, either made a decision that should have killed him, or simply should have died due to injuries. One particularly baffling example is when our man attaches the rope from his SINKING SHIP to his life raft and falls asleep. Wouldn't it really have sucked if he had his life raft pulled down with the ship overnight? Or if the ship just pulled the rope off and he wouldn't have been able to get any supplies off of the ship? Also, it has quite possibly the dumbest ending to any movie I have ever seen. Overall, the directing was great, but too many leaps of logic to make me truly enjoy this.