It wasn’t until a few months ago when I finally watched Aliens, previously the only thing I knew about the movie is that everyone hails it as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time, some even ranking it above the first Alien.
Honestly, I found Aliens to be a pretty generic movie and don’t know what all the buzz around the movie is about.
I know, many of you will accuse me of blasphemy, but the movie simply didn’t do it for me.
Believe it or not, I agree with you. What I love about Alien is the ambiguity. Is the xenomorph sapient or not? Is it driven solely by instinct, or is malice a factor? Alien leaves the nature of the xenomorph open to interpretation, but Aliens? They’re just dumb bugs, except for the queen, whose wants/needs are still driven by base instincts. Took the oomph out of the premise, as far as I’m concerned. And the Space Marines were obnoxious, too.