"There is nothing like "aging well". That would mean that the Mona Lisa looks horrible while a dumb selfie on a recnet smartphone looks like the answer to all questions of the universe :)"
Of course there is, and that's, er, a terrible analogy :). You seem to think the phrase means that anything new is better than anything old. That isn't what it means.
Some films -- or any art, for that matter -- were very well received and appreciated in their time. But for whatever reason or combination of reasons (standards of acting, special effects, writing, whatever), over time their flaws are magnified and become more obvious.
The reverse is true too. In its time Casablanca, for instance, had a very lukewarm reception. Cleopatra was downright panned. And yet today, both are considered classics, because they weathered the test of time and have become more appreciated than they were originally.
You may not agree with me, and the OP, that Alien hasn't aged well. That's a matter of opinion.
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Quint (957)
6 years ago
A opinion is "I dont like that movie". Thats fine and im not even such a huge fan of Alien. I only just got it on BluRay, cause it was part of the anthology :) . I was disappointed back then, cause Aliens had no connection at all with Alien. Alien was a masterpice of a horror classic! And Aliens was ..... a damned good action movie. But thats it. Its like making a Bond movie where he has to save the smurfs! Still .... a fantastic action movie. But "aging well" is a dumb term. A movie is just good or bad. There is no aging at all. Otherwise each and every old picture would decrease its quality with the years coming. And thats simply laughable.
Special effects are also what they are. There were movies with horrible special effects in the 50s or even at the 80s. But this special effects always were laughable. So no, there is no "aging" at movies. And the standard of acting never changes. Either a actor plays well or not. Thats the problem with recent movies. That most actors cant act anymore. Today you mainly let actors being themselves. But that isnt acting. Its just being. Anyone out there could do that :) .
So .... there is no aging. Its just that you dont like a movie. Which is completely fine.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
So .... there is no aging. Its just that you dont like a movie. Which is completely fine.
Actually I do like the movie. In fact at the time I felt it was one of those rare cases where the sequel is better than the original.
Maybe ageing is the wrong term. Maybe the ageing is me. Either way, for me the movie does not stand up as well as it did. Alien and Alien 3 do....for me.
Nothing to do with special effects either.
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