https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/06/16/worst-to-first-ranking-the-alien-movies/
Posted by jeffthewildman
In a crowded summer movie season, Ridley Scott’s latest entry in the Alien prequel series has gotten squeezed out at the box office despite decent reviews. What does that mean for the future of the Alien franchise? It’s hard to say at this point, but it seems like as good a time as any to rank the Alien movies from worst to first.
Worst to best, I also don't include the silly AVP movies.
Alien 3
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Resurrection
Alien
Aliens
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Alien vs Predator
Prometheus
Alien Covenant
Alien
Aliens
Aliens
Alien
Alien: Ressurection (Fuck you, at least it was entertaining, while beating Prometheus/Alien:Covenant by a landslide)
Alien³ (far better material than Ressurection, but was pretty bland)
Prometheus (Shaw > Rest)
Alien: Covenant
Worst to best;
Alien Resurrection
Prometheus
Alien
Alien Covenant
Alien 3 (Assembly cut)
Aliens
Alien Resurrection was odd, some great actors but a massaced script and i really didn't like the newborn.
Prometheus was good, i liked the philosophical element of the engineers creating life. All thats great. But some silly scenes with the biologist and the cartographer getting lost?!
Alien to me was great at its time, and is still a great film. Moreso as an introduction to these monsters. But as the series progressed i feel myself enjoying the deeper layers the other films have brought to the saga.
Alien Covenant, had great soundtrack and probably the best 30/45 mins of any alien movie, i absolutely loved the beginning of this film.
Alien 3 Assembly cut is such a beautifully shot film with a bleak outlook and yet some of the most fantastic acting and monologues in all of the films.
Aliens was a different film to the rest and brought an interesting dimension to the saga. Not philosophical at all but introducing the queen and the concept of the characters still being alive once they were attacked was clever.
I actaully never been a fan of any Alien films. I found Alien: Ressurection somehow entertaining more than all these Alien films..
My ranking:
Ressurection 6.5/10
Alien (best looking/cinematography) 5/10
Aliens 5/10
Covenant 4.5/10
Prometheus 4/10
³ 3/10