Alien Vs. Predator

bonanzataz · August 12, 2004, 10:16:35 PM

that wasn't funny, ya poof!

modage · August 13, 2004, 06:39:44 PM

this was just sort of blah. i guess i shouldnt have been expecting much, and i wasnt but hoped it could be fun in a freddy vs. jason way. it wasnt. the problem was that freddy has a personality, (jason doesnt.) here there are two creatures, neither of which you know/care anything about, so really who gives a shit? it was really dark. seemed a little censored cutting away from anything violent quickly. could've been a lot worse, but it could've been a lot better. it just sort of layed there.

Myxo · August 13, 2004, 07:29:46 PM

Ya know..

I'm thinking this movie is going to be a live reinactment of a first person shooter.

;)

Wow.. You know this movie has to suck ass when you see www.metacritic.com listing this.

Bad movie alert!
Alien vs. Predator
was not screened in advance for critics.

It's scored a 26/100 so far.

The Perineum Falcon · August 13, 2004, 10:51:01 PM

*SPOILERS*.... I guess, but there's no reason you should see this anyway.

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Jesus Christ, I didn't realize I paid to watch a Buddy Movie.
Going in, I wasn't expecting much, or anything at all from this. But I got much less than that. This was horrible and yet it received quite a bit of fan fare during certain moments of action, as if the audience were saying, "hey! this is pretty good!" That was later confirmed when a number of people came out of the theater exclaiming, and now I'm quoting, "You think this could be officially declared AWESOME?!"
Quite a few awkward moments of sexual tension between the two "leads" made me giggle. As did the bad Charlie's Angel shot of people running away from fire. I also noticed a Jurassic Park rip-off towards the end.

All in all, I've come to know just how much I hate the people in my town.

bonanzataz · August 14, 2004, 12:24:06 AM

i was a little miffed when it took over an hour for the predators to start fighting the aliens. also, warning to alien fans: this is really a predator movie with guest starring aliens. being a bigger alien fan, that disappointed me. but i guess it can't really be an alien movie without ripley. i had a fun time, but only because i had a fun audience who clapped at the dumb shit and whatnot. i really didn't think it was as awesome as resident evil or even mortal kombat, but it was better than staying at home and doing nothing.

El Duderino · August 14, 2004, 12:31:42 AM

wait, so who won?

bonanzataz · August 14, 2004, 12:49:05 AM

I'LL JUST SPOIL THE MOVIE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE IT BUT WANT TO KNOW THE END, so SPOILER! (swipe to read):

it turns out that the predators came to earth thousands of years ago and brought alien specimens with them b/c the predators are hunters and they like a challenge. so they built this pyramid/obstacle course type thing and had all these aliens in it and would hunt them. then they just kind of blew up the place and left earth, b/c, fuck it man, the aliens were getting too strong. thousands of years later (present day), the predators were like, hey, let's go hunting again, and prepared the site for landing and awoke the queen who was frozen inside. in doing this, they sent off a satellite signal, which was recepted by some organization. so, when the excavation team comes to explore the pyramid, they all end up getting alien implants, except for one chick who allies with the predators so that the aliens won't escape the pyramid and she can destroy the aliens with the predator hunters. they do and the movie is over. OR SO WE THINK! turns out, one of the predators got an alien implant and when he's on his little spaceship on the way back to wherever he comes from, a little alien/predator hybrid pops out of his stomach. then the movie ends. my friend said to me, why would it be a predator/alien hybrid if when the aliens are in our systems, it's not an alien/human hybrid. but i just told him, in all the alien movies, the only aliens we've ever seen have been aliens that came from humans. so there.

rustinglass · August 14, 2004, 04:33:57 AM

and the dog hybrid, the coolest alien ever. (correcting taz' last statement)

bonanzataz · August 14, 2004, 11:00:52 AM

Quote from: rustinglassand the dog hybrid, the coolest alien ever. (correcting taz' last statement)

oh, shit! i forgot about that one. good call. i feel like watching the alien movies. and going out and buying the new predator dvd. DAMMIT! AVP was just a marketing ploy for fans to get nostalgic and buy more shit...

Henry Hill · August 14, 2004, 11:19:54 AM

did anyone like it?? i am going to see it anyway.

bonanzataz · August 14, 2004, 01:56:45 PM

Quote from: filmboy70 did anyone like it?? i am going to see it anyway.

i guess if you're a fan of either series, you kind of have to see it. it's a movie based on marketing. i paid for manchurian candidate though, b/c the theater i went to was all sold out. i had to sit in the aisles. it was degrading. and i couldn't walk straight for an hour.

Myxo · August 14, 2004, 05:52:09 PM

This is the kinda stuff that drives me nuts. I was discussing AvP with a guy in another forum that I post in. I was trying to explain why I have no intention of seeing it and he says,

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"Lol. Think what you want man. It wasn't half-bad, IMO. Maybe you should write them and ask them to hire Steven Spielberg to direct the next one, and cast Tom Cruise in the lead, and use Lucas studios to do the special effects, and have Francis Copella write the screen play, and then maybe you will be satisfied that it is a good enough movie to grace your eyes. :P

Me, I love all kinds of movies. Sometimes I just want to be entertained. That is what movies like this are for, and it pulled it off well. I don't go into every movie looking for Lord of the Rings. I'm not that nieve. I think people, in general, over-analyze movies way too much, especially movie critics. It's one thing to not like a movie because the story didn't capture you, or it's not your thing, or whatever.

But some people don't like Spider-Man movies because of things like "In the comic book, his webshooters are not part of his powers. Oh, and his spidey symbol on his chest is slighty skewed to the right, when it is suppose to be skewed to the left. What is with this stupid movie? Total crap! Ruins it all! I'll never watch another movie again and I'm going off to join a convent! Cruel world, how could you do this to me!"

pete · August 14, 2004, 06:00:15 PM

I think the "it's just a movie" argument is one of the worst in the world. if it's "just a movie", then why are they spending like 80 million on it, with a staff of lawyers, market researchers, and why do the tickets coast 10 bucks and the popcorns cost 5?

Ravi · August 14, 2004, 06:03:27 PM

Unfortunately too many people regard the movies as nothing more than a way to kill 2 hours.

MacGuffin · August 14, 2004, 06:24:34 PM

Quote from: MyxomatosisThis is the kinda stuff that drives me nuts. I was discussing AvP with a guy in another forum that I post in. I was trying to explain why I have no intention of seeing it and he says,

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"Lol. Think what you want man. It wasn't half-bad, IMO. Maybe you should write them and ask them to hire Steven Spielberg to direct the next one, and cast Tom Cruise in the lead, and use Lucas studios to do the special effects, and have Francis Copella write the screen play, and then maybe you will be satisfied that it is a good enough movie to grace your eyes. :P

Me, I love all kinds of movies. Sometimes I just want to be entertained. That is what movies like this are for, and it pulled it off well. I don't go into every movie looking for Lord of the Rings. I'm not that nieve. I think people, in general, over-analyze movies way too much, especially movie critics. It's one thing to not like a movie because the story didn't capture you, or it's not your thing, or whatever.

But some people don't like Spider-Man movies because of things like "In the comic book, his webshooters are not part of his powers. Oh, and his spidey symbol on his chest is slighty skewed to the right, when it is suppose to be skewed to the left. What is with this stupid movie? Total crap! Ruins it all! I'll never watch another movie again and I'm going off to join a convent! Cruel world, how could you do this to me!"

I agree with that guy. Can you have him join xixax?

Quote from: peteI think the "it's just a movie" argument is one of the worst in the world. if it's "just a movie", then why are they spending like 80 million on it, with a staff of lawyers, market researchers, and why do the tickets coast 10 bucks and the popcorns cost 5?

I don't think it's the studios who are using that argument. It's show 'business'.

Also, while the studios do get a bulk of the admission price, the theater chains up the cost so they get a hefty cut too. And the studios have nothing to do with the concession stands.

Quote from: RaviUnfortunately too many people regard the movies as nothing more than a way to kill 2 hours.

Unfortunate for who? Not everyone is or wants to be a cinephile. Sometimes some people just want to escape.