PREDATOR

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[KaiserGhidorah]

They removed those images due to the fact that it showed off too much. However, there are still 2 superpredator images on the main page of alienexperience.com.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[RapZiLLa54]

[RapZiLLa54]

[KaiserGhidorah]

[Benjamin Haines]

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbc ... /100709982

[quote="Roger Ebert"][color=black]It lacks the quiet suspense of the first “Predator,â€

[Dr Kain]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[jellydonut25]

[quote="Roger Ebert"][color=black]It lacks the quiet suspense of the first “Predator,â€

[RapZiLLa54]

Saw it and while I enjoyed it I wouldn't call it a good film. I give it 7 out of 10 an okay movie.

Movie is a solid 10 until they meet the character Noland, it then nose dives into mediocrity. Wolf from AVPR still remains the most bad ass Pred on screen. Another movie with 3 Preds and yet another movie that fails to use them.

The 3rd act is just a rushed mess but the first two acts are amazing, check it out.

[MouthForWar]

[MouthForWar]

So I just got back from Predators and all in all, its a mixed bag. The action is GREAT but everything else seemed kinda lazy. But I enjoyed it WAY more than I thought I did. For me it was one of those movies like Terminator Salvation or Star Trek, where I had a lot of fun in the theater, but from the second I walk out, I start to think about it and the more I think about it the worse it gets. I'll just break it down simply for now:

THE GOOD
-The cast is actually pretty good, even when they're spouting some awful dialogue... when you can sell such dumb dialogue, it shows they were taking it seriously (which is good). Brody was actually pretty cool in it. I usually like him, but I never thought he was right for this role... I was wrong.

-Laurence Fishburne is actually only in it for about 5 minutes and its the most (probably unintentionally) funny five minutes I've seen all year. He plays a crazy guy who talks to himself then SPOILER: explodes... and that's really all he does. Funniest cameo since Bill Murray in Zombieland last year.

-The action scenes really are spectacular and the whole film is shot really well.

-Its a fun movie! There are a couple lulls in the pacing (they try to space out the dialogue and action a little TOO evenly if that makes sense), and the last act just kinda drags.

-The Predators look great and even the other aliens on the planet are pretty cool.

-The music is really good. And they use the original film's theme really well. It was impossible not to grin from ear to ear when that music started playing.

-One thing is for sure. This film is (in my mind) the only true sequel to the original Predator. It doesn't take it to a level even close, but its a fun film and SOOOOOOOOOO much better than the boring and muddled P2 and those AVP abortions. This feels like the true sequel to Predator and for that, I have to give it some props.

The bad (and be warned, I will have some "nitpicks" here).

-Biggest problem is the writing. And I don't mean just the bad dialogue. I just mean the way the story unfolds. Everything is WAY too convenient. Brody figures everything out within the first 20 minutes of being there. Some things are just so lazy and clumsily handled (how does Topher Grace's character know the biological characteristics of ALIEN PLANTS?) The ONLY reason that's even there is so when the stupid "twist" is revealed he can (spoiler)use it as a weapon. REALLY? Did they even think when they wrote this movie or did they just try to figure out the laziest dues ex machina they could? Not to mention the twist (even though I knew it before hand) was pointless... why even bother doing that if its gonna go nowhere? That's just one example of the way this movie just conveniently goes from one thing to the next with no rhyme or reason. What bothers me most about all these things is that its pretty much ALL stuff that is introduced in the last 15 minutes of the movie, turning a really enjoyable experience into a bit of an eye roller. Its like the movie was doing just fine and practically committed suicide. Its like getting all foreplay and no orgasm.

-More writing stuff (sorry, I'm a writer, so script issues are the thing that really gets to me and sticks out in movies... trust me, I don't like being "that guy" but its always what I notice) Relating to Grace's character and what I just mentioned... there are ideas here that just don't go anywhere, much like the aforementioned twist.. There's a "blood feud" between two races of Predators, but its never developed and its pretty much pointless. It doesn't go anywhere. Its just an excuse to have two Predators fight and apparently it took bringing in a Predator race war subplot to do so. A cool idea, but its serves such a small purpose that its a wonder it was included in the final draft.

-Some choppy editing. For example, theres a scene where Grace's character is following everyone else through a tunnel system and suddenly gets lost. Then we see the people he was following walking the opposite direction in the tunnel next to him. What?

-I was a little disappointed that they didn't introduce any new weapons or even focus on the Preds weapons. Even Predator 2 had the creature show off some cool stuff. This one just has them with the things you already know they have and its just kinda dull.

-The infra red vision was really shaky and jarring. I wish they stuck to the old effect.

All in all, pretty sub par. I can't believe this is the story Robert Rodriguez had in mind for like 10 years... all that time and he couldn't have thought more things out? He probably should have written the script himself for this one cuz as it seems, the writers he hired didn't know where to go with it.

That's all for now. Curious to see what my fellow MZ'ers will have to say. I'll be doing a full length review pretty soon. I give it a 3/5.

[king_ghidorah]

[Dr Kain]

It was all right. It had some great scenes, like the Yakuza/Predator showdown, but the movie was boring for the most part. It just moved so slowly and was very predictable. Definitely the best since the original, but that isn't really saying much. I agree about Topher's character, as there was no backstory to his reasoning for knowing how to spot that it might be poisonous. Sadly, there is not a single memorable piece of dialog in this movie at all, which is one of the things that made the original stand out. The music was indeed good, and the creature designs were excellent (especially the new one), but it still did not have enough Predator in it. I did love the scene though where the Predators started to life off their stealth after the crew fell into the river, and the scenery was gorgeous at times (such as the halls in the ship against the red and blue backgrounds from the flares, the sky with all of the planets, and the camera angles for the samurai showdown), but the cast was dead before you even got to like them, and like I said, the pacing was way too damn slow. Overall, it was better than it could have been, and I loved the reference to the original movie, but it was missing something.

[KaiserGhidorah]

Just got back from this and I enjoyed it. Couple of gripes though as I thought the dialogue was unbelievably cheesy at times and Laurence Fishburne's death scene could have been executed better - he just explodes when blasted. Also another thing, for these being super predators - it seemed like they died way to easily maybe with the exception of the final one. Great to see the classic predator again and I was more or less rooting for him during that little pred scuffle even though I already knew the outcome. Overall, a good flick with a few minor nitpicks. I wonder what extra stuff they'll include in the director's cut. I will agree with Rapzilla though as I still believe the Wolf Predator from AVPR is the best predator portrayal since the original. Just my two cents.

[DannyBeane]

[RapZiLLa54]

[Destroysall]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Saw this last night it wasn't to bad but wasn't the best movie in the series either.

They did the ending wrong they should have set it up for a AvP movie IMO but oh well.

[MouthForWar]

[Thomas]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[DannyBeane]

[metal_bryan]