There are just too many weird and wonderful films about aliens and I'm sure Alien and ET will show up on lists this week. I chose some obvious films and not so obvious ones to mix it up a bit and to stop me choosing the same films again. Don't forget to check out what
Wandering Through the Shelves picked, the blog that started Thursday Movie Picks
Aliens
'Game over man!' Ah Bill Paxton, that line will live on in film history. I preferred the action science fiction sequel to slower scary intense first film in the Alien franchise. I found it less scary and I could sit comfortably and enjoy it. Ripley returns, reluctantly to stop the shady Weyland-Yutani Corporation from trying again to bring an alien. Along with a group of marines, they find an almost destroyed colony, but where are the colonists? The aliens are present.
Flight of the Navigator
It might seem that MAX is a robot but he is actually an alien. He flies a spaceship AND he collects other aliens, including David from Earth. I'm sure everyone who was a child in the 80s/90s saw this wonder. After David falls down a ravine, he discovers that he has been missing for 12 years. At the same time a spaceship crashes to Earth and is picked up by NASA. Soon its discovered David and the spaceship are connected. David escapes in the ship and befriend Max, the pilot/ship itself. David wants to go back to his time but first they have to outsmart NASA. I always remember the opening credits for this film. A dog show, lots of dogs catching Frisbees.
Little Shop of Horrors
I know this is a musical BUT its a musical about an alien in the form of a plant that lands in the one of the most unlikeliest places, a flower shop in New York city. Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene head up a great cast, about an evil man-eating plant. The original ending was similar to the Broadway musical and the old original film but Frank Oz changed it in favour of a 'happier' ending. A highlight is seeing Steve Martin play the violent sadistic dentist, the song is so catchy.
