Hey -
Just saw the Alien Vs Predator movie today. I went in expecting to be sorely disappointed. It actually was a pretty decent movie. Its definately not a genre-defining film like the original Predator and Aliens, but it was definately fun to watch and Im glad I saw it in the theater.
My gripes (some spoilers here):
The first two Predators died way too easily
Since when does it take 20 minutes for an Alien to gestate and emerge from its host?
Storyline was decent, but could have been much better.
PG-13? WTF? A lot more action and carnage would have definately made this movie a better effort.
I liked:
The Aliens and Predators both looked great. I really liked the heavy 'Alien Fighting' battle armor they had on.
Alien Queen looked badass
Lance Henriksen's role in the movie was cool and made sense, giving more depth to his characters in the other films.
The 'alliance' between the main human character and the Predator was cool, and was a nod to the Dark Horse comic book series.
The disc weapon resembled the 'glade' from Krull - pretty cool.
The Predalien chestburster at the end was awesome! Made me leave the theater with a smile on my face.
The director (Paul Anderson) drew from the books, comics, video games, and of course the original scripts to make this movie. He did a good job at creating a story that made sense in the grand scheme of the Alien/Predator universe. It dosent really stand up to the originals, but I dont think it was meant to. A cool flick, IMO.
Not nearly as good as it could have been, but a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
BV
Just saw the Alien Vs Predator movie today. I went in expecting to be sorely disappointed. It actually was a pretty decent movie. Its definately not a genre-defining film like the original Predator and Aliens, but it was definately fun to watch and Im glad I saw it in the theater.
My gripes (some spoilers here):
The first two Predators died way too easily
Since when does it take 20 minutes for an Alien to gestate and emerge from its host?
Storyline was decent, but could have been much better.
PG-13? WTF? A lot more action and carnage would have definately made this movie a better effort.
I liked:
The Aliens and Predators both looked great. I really liked the heavy 'Alien Fighting' battle armor they had on.
Alien Queen looked badass
Lance Henriksen's role in the movie was cool and made sense, giving more depth to his characters in the other films.
The 'alliance' between the main human character and the Predator was cool, and was a nod to the Dark Horse comic book series.
The disc weapon resembled the 'glade' from Krull - pretty cool.
The Predalien chestburster at the end was awesome! Made me leave the theater with a smile on my face.
The director (Paul Anderson) drew from the books, comics, video games, and of course the original scripts to make this movie. He did a good job at creating a story that made sense in the grand scheme of the Alien/Predator universe. It dosent really stand up to the originals, but I dont think it was meant to. A cool flick, IMO.
Not nearly as good as it could have been, but a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
BV