I'm slowly starting to realise that your favorite movies are not always the ones you consider "the best" but the ones that have the biggest impact on you. And this was certainly the case for "Alien". Sure, rewatching it now after a long while and a few years of film school it doesn't hit the same as that majestic first time in my teens but I'll be damned if I ever lower my rating.
I think the first thing I…
