2 posts tagged “sigourney weaver”
So I just watched Alien: Resurrection, which was the fourth movie in the Alien franchise. I saw it at the movie theater when it came out back in 1997. I am sure a lot of people did not like it because it definitely had a different style to it than the first two Alien movies. The difference in style was probably due to the director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who is probably best know for the visually-amazing movie, City of Lost Children (speaking of City of Lost Children, Ron Perlman aka Hellboy aka the hardest working man in Hollywood starred in it and Alien:Resurrection). I liked Alien: Resurrection, though. I even liked Alien 3, which was done by ultra-dark director, David Fincher. However, nothing comes close to the first two Alien movies. Aliens (the second one) was my favorite of all of the movies, and it was done by James Cameron. I have only watched the first of the two Alien vs. Predator movies. It was all right, but the movie seemed like it was part of a completely different franchise, and it did not have Sigourney Weaver.
Anyway, as I watched the end of Alien: Resurrection, I thought how cool it would be if Sigourney Weaver starred in a new Alien movie, one that had nothing to do with Predator and all of that nonsense. I went to IMDB.com and looked up her upcoming projects. There was no sign of an Alien movie, but there was a movie called Avatar, directed by James Cameron. The plot has something to do with humans and aliens. I don't think it is anything like the Alien franchise, though. Also, the movie may end up looking like Beowulf, where it looks like you are playing a video game or watching a PIXAR movie. I am not too excited about that, but I am hoping I will be pleasantly surprised by the effects. I would much rather see a traditional live action movie, though.
There is a little more information on the movie here ... http://www.avatarmovie.co.uk
One of my favorite movies, Working Girl, is on AMC right now. It's one of those movies that I have seen a dozen times, but I will stop and watch it again because it was done so well. Here is the trailer for anyone out there who lives on another planet and has never heard of the movie ...
Melanie Griffith hasn't been in too many good movies so it is refreshing to see her shine in this movie. Joan Cusack, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver are good as always. My favorite part of the movie is the ending, where she takes her little lunchbox to work and sits at the wrong desk (she sits at her assistant's desk and thinks that her assistant is her boss).
What a lot of people may not know is that there was a TV series, "Working Girl", based on the movie. Sandra Bullock played the lead role. The series did not last too long.
