favourite movie in franchise, including the AvP series

I think the problem is Ridley Scott's direction of his actors. He had a technical and visual flair for his direction in Alien, yet the paradox is, he had what I would consider cold characters, played by actors who are pretty much warm actors. Perhaps this might have been the point he wanted to make; but it could also be a flaw in his presentation of them. Were they really any different to Ash, who was synthetic? I don't think they were given much guidance though and he was a new director on the scene and perhaps he trusted his talented cast to just give their own performances as written in the script. I think this is also to Sigourney Weaver's credit here, because while she was the lead and had the most screen time, her talent really shone through. Someone like Steven Spielberg, acts out the scenes for this actors and shows them how he wants it done. I also think this is where James Cameron may have benefited in his own direction of his actors in Aliens. Weaver, should have won the Oscar for Aliens.