The trailers on TV make it look pretty kick-ass. Is it worth seeing?
Yeah, I just got home from it. Makes a great unwind after a busy christmas shift in the ER. It’s no match for aliens, or the arnold predator, but I didn’t have any trouble finishing my popcorn
I don’t know whether the fact that they went for an R rating is a good or bad thing. I think our benchmark for the rating system is a lot different today than 20 years ago. The content in Alien or Aliens were pretty intense for their time, but today would probably make for PG-13 fare. Nowadays they push the level of gore and violence to a gratuitous extreme just for the sake of doing so, so the R rating could be a mixed blessing. I think they just used it as an opportunity to make the film as graphic as possible.
I’ve always felt that the best parts of the first two films were the things that you couldn’t see, or could only barely see, and I’m not all that interested in seeing grisly bloody scenes of people being disemboweled and torn apart. I do like the fact that they’ve reverted back to Cameron’s interpretation of the Alien design from the second film, though. I wonder if the plot and characters are any good, though I doubt it.
I saw it, along with some friends, on Christmas Day.
Our opinion was that it’s a hell of a lot better than the first AvP. It’s more of an action movie than a horror movie, but there was one scene in particular which I found particularly terrifying- a shot of the xenomorphs crawling out of the sewer.
There was one bit, though, that was sort of a “what the hell?!” moment, and it concerns how the aliens reproduce. None of us could figure out why the hell the writers introduced it, except that they were probably going for the shock value. It’s certainly R rated.
Right!?!?
I actually looked at my brother during that seen ( I won’t spoil it) and had this conversation:
Me -What the hell is that?
Brother -What the hell is what?
Me- I am quite versed in zenomorph physiology and I can assure you that is NOT part of their life cycle!
Brother - …
Me -What?
Brother -I have no idea what you just said but I have the feeling your nerd just flared up
Everyone involved with the making of this and the previous AVP film are pedophiles. They’ve raped the child in me.
I remember fantasizing about aliens vs. predators with my friends when we were in third grade. When the first movie came out I forced myself to see past the numerous flaws and accept what would likely be the only thing that came close to fulfilling my boyhood fantasies. But this new movie had me so excited, because hopefully it would make up for the first one.
When are they going to realize that an Alien vs. Predator movie needs minimal human character development, if any? That wasted half the potential movie right there. And if you have to have dialogue at least don’t make it complete shit.
Someone just give me a film adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series. Please? I’m thinking of sending a petition begging James Cameron or Ridley Scott to head the project. Anyone with me?
Perusing the internets, it sounds like the fanboys all have their panties in a bunch over this.
So what’s the verdict? Really, really bad or not?
I thought the first one was watchable. Is this one better, worse or different how?
I though it was good. My only real complaint was the Michel Bay induced action scenes. They were way to fast and jiggilly and dark. Other than that, turn your brain* off sit back and enjoy a not so bad movie.
*I really do suggest the shut your brain off part. If you try thinking about it to much it will start to hurt.
michael Bay, Michael.
I need to read these things before posting.
Hey, I never liked the idea from the first AVP where the Predators come to Earth to host the annual Running of the Xenomorphs Festival. It’s one thing to hunt a creature just because it’s a dangerous asskicking machine. It’s another to hunt one that breeds like a cockroach and could consume the entire planet.
Saw it the other night with my buddy. He had high hopes, I had very low hopes.
He was sorely disappointed, I thought it wasn’t that bad (exceeded my expectations).
It’s an OK B-grade movie. Rent it or catch a bargain matinee. There’s nothing new or surprising in it, the actors are OK, nothing really scary but definitely some gory stuff.
Things that made me say “Oh please”: (No spoilers here)
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A massive spaceship descends out of the sky in broad daylight in an incredibly visible fashion. Nobody on earth notices.
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Remember the Predator self-destruct mechanism in the original “Predator” movie? Atomic explosion looking thing? Again, nobody seems to notice this taking place.
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The Predators are supposed to be the galaxy’s most incredible hunters, yet they act like the most obnoxious drunken dimwits on day 1 of deer season - charge in all guns blazing, etc. I was waiting for one to run around screaming “Yeeeeeehaaaaaaa!” at the top of his dreadlocked lungs.
Okay, I went and watched.
What you’re getting is two movies. It’s sort of a double-feature matinee except they spliced them together.
One is a cool, rock 'em sock 'em Predator vs. Alien smackdown, the other is apparently the deleted footage left over from that last Jason/Freddy teen slasher flick. You’ve got the cool-rebel guy getting his ass kicked by the stupid jock guy while his hot girlfriend looks on saying “gosh, you’re such a jerk! Why do keep beating up all the boys I like and should be dating instead of you?”
Yeah, why are you dating the asshole jock who beats up all the guys you really like, idiot-girl? Oh, and idiot-girl? Don’t strip down to your bikini and get in the water. Just don’t. You know which half of the Alien & Predator vs. teen-slasher movie you’re in, don’t you idiot-girl?
I’ve heard complaints the movie is too dark. Not depressing dark, just dark, like I can’t see dark. Well, I don’t agree. I could see what was going on. The problem was the cool action was too damn close. I kept tilting my head back thinking that would help. It’s a bit like a 3D movie without the 3D part.
All in all though, I had fun. Yes, I totally switched my brain off. That does help. If you’re a canon junkie who’s going to wet himself over the fact they aborted your favorite comic book, don’t go.
But I liked it.
This is not your mommy’s Predator. He’s (it? she?) not a boy scout looking to earn his honorable hunter badge. He has no interest in playing with the cute but soft & squishy humans. Oh, no. This guy’s been around. He’s a cleaner, and he just got a really messy clean up job to do, and he ain’t playin’. You really don’t want to find yourself in the same zipcode with this one. I loved that.
“Xenomorphs”? Someone please bring me up to speed on this term.
Xenomorphs are the “aliens,” as in, the name of their species.
Naw, it’s just a generic term for “alien”. They’ve got some binomial nomenclature sort of name, but xenomorph is just shorthand.
In Aliens, during the briefing, Lt Gorman calls them “xenomorphs” which is Greek for “strange form”. Since all they have is Ripleley’s vague description they don’t know what they are so we can only assume it’s a generic term for “alien life form”. The name, however, stuck with fans ever since.
he always was an asshole
I loved it, especially because of the gratuitously high body count, particularly…
…offing the little kid, and the romantic girl interest, and the sympathetic sheriff…no one was safe.
Plus they paid wonderful homage to the original Predator movie: “Get to da choppah!”
There was a reference in the movie I didn’t get:
It was the two brothers. One said “I won’t leave you!” or something like that. The audience busted out laughing so I assume that’s from one of the other movies? Which one?
Ripley said it to Newt or Baker said it to Ripley or something like that in the second <i>Aliens</i>.
Any lines in this one about bad calls or Arcturian poontang?