I watched it a few months ago and was bored by it. It does look amazing for it's time though. Although that last scene with the alien looking like a guy in a suit nn.
Me 3. I was never a particular gorehound but I had no problem with bloody violence. I can't stand to watch torture or suffering now, it just makes me upset. I think it's part of getting older and being touched by death and loss in real life, I can't watch people in pain or dying anymore.
The first Alien really feels like a psychosexual nightmare come to life. It's definitely my favorite.
It feels so big budget and is wonderful. The Marquis De Sade segment
i am very desensitized to it. I am not a 'gore hound' as some have called it but it doesn't bother me remotely. If it's particularly overly ridiculous then I just see it as the director (and actors) having fun with it. There doesn't need to a reason for it in horror, some people need a meaning (sometimes I do) but often it just as simple as trying to gross the audience out. That's having fun with us, although not appreciated by all. Horror allows that. I do see so many people place hard and fast rules on what they would consider entertainment in horror should be. I have always been open to trying stuff outside my comfort zone, which has meant my tolerance is more that most, especially as I have been doing it longer. In real life I cannot stand the site of blood but in horror films, although often very realistic these days, doesn't phase me whatsoever. I can see it's gross but it's meant to be. It's more likely what people have grown a tolerance for and now they get the fun out of it they are supposed to.
