The world premiere of The Predator at Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up around an hour ago. And the early reactions have started to make their way onto Twitter. And it’s a very mixed bag.
#ThePredator is a mixed bag. Some really amazing stuff but also some things that just don’t make sense. Some will love it, some will find it “meh”, and a very select few won’t enjoy it. #TIFF2018
— Jonathan Barkan (@JonathanBarkan) September 7, 2018
THE PREDATOR feels as if left in a time capsule since the early 90s in the best possible way. Nasty, whip smart and the sort of violent that forces a muffled giggle. It’s a true Shane Black film.
— Thomas Harris (@thomasdharris) September 7, 2018
THE PREDATOR: Despite some fun bits here and there, an underwhelming, oddly edited action film. Expected better from Shane Black. #TIFF18 #ThePredator
— Ezra Cubero (@EzraCubero) September 7, 2018
#ThePredator is definitely a Shane Black film.
— Billy Arundell (@BillyArundell) September 7, 2018
#ThePredator blasts to the top of the list as the best use of the “runs out of bullets and chucks the gun at the baddie” trope#Tiff18 @mmadnesstiff
— Smash Traves| tiff (@smashtraves) September 7, 2018
#ThePredator: Very funny, and very stupid. Your mileage may vary. Sterling K. Brown steals the entire movie. #TIFF18
— Chris Evangelista @ TIFF (@cevangelista413) September 7, 2018
Can’t believe we doubted a Shane Black Predator film. #ThePredator is so much fun. Gruesome, action packed crowd pleaser. #TIFF18
— Jack Dignan @ #TIFF18 (@JackDignanFilms) September 7, 2018
All the truly funny Keegan Michael Kay et al jokes can’t save the new #PREDATOR from just being a lazy excuse for a franchise reboot with the typically stupid villain that rides himself of everyone but his main foes easily. Yawn. #TIFF18
— J Don Birnam @ TIFF 2018 (@jdonbirnam) September 7, 2018
THE PREDATOR kicks all sorts of ass. DIRTY DOZEN meets MONSTER SQUAD. Killer jokes, excellent plotting, stellar gore. You are going to have a great time. #TIFF18
— Nick Johnston @ TIFF (@onlysaysficus) September 7, 2018
The Predator – A glossy mess that rushes through action beats to splatter CGI blood. I don’t get how Shane Black made this, it’s really nowhere near as good as it should be for a Shane Black movie. Maybe because it’s not set at Christmas? It’s barely even fun. Oh well. #TIFF18
— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) September 7, 2018
THE PREDATOR: A lean, mean, brutal movie that somehow feels like bothva throwback and fresh. Great cast. Fantastic pacing. This is art?
— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) September 7, 2018
The @Predator is super fun, funny and action-packed, the best film of my first day at #TIFF. Henry Jackman's score is the film's secret weapon.
— Doug Jones (@DougJones100) September 7, 2018
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It's very bad. The one positive standout is the comedy with the ensemble cast.
That, or just dissect the suit's technology to upgrade our own world and technology.
Giving the Predator a futuristic environment to play in.
That's pretty much how Predator 2 and Predators handled this and yet they did add more to the predator species and their culture, we got to know more about them.
The whole different breed of predator, wolves vs dogs thing on Predators didn't bother me, I don't mind adding new stuff, just on how they do it and if it gets off character for a predator. My main problem on Predators was on how the classic was just there to be used to get killed by the Berserker, the whole plot with Royce releasing him was worthless, did nothing, the ship got blown, the predator got dead. I would have even prefered if classic and Royce teamed up against Berserker over that.
Having a civil wars between 2 races of predators is new and acceptable for me, the issue is how they handle it. Trashing the original creature or making a 10 foot tall predator doesn't seem like a good way of handling the idea.
Maybe some fans get a little conflited over what they truly want but most know for sure what they really don't want on a predator or alien movie and that is shared by most. Like how many of us wanted David to be resposible the alien's creation or for the crash on LV-426, for him to be original space jockey?(That might actually happen depending on Ridley's mood)
How many of us wanted The Predator's ending and a sequel to follow those footsteps? I doubt many.
I applaud Black for trying to do something new and expand the lore. I think you could do something simple and still include things like different breeds of Predators, but he went for it and unfortunately it looks like it didn't pan out how people wanted it too.
Hard same. There's a lot I can get over but the lore and the portrayal of the predators are what's most important to me.
That can be a frustrating feeling, but fandom isn't a monolith. It's made up of countless different people with myriad different opinions. It's inevitable there's not going to be a total consensus on anything.
Fandom doesn't even know what it wants. They just want the opposite of what they get.
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My issues are mostly related to the portrayal of the creature. Predator 2 did nothing wrong in regards to that to me. AVP added some things I didn't like. AVPR just followed AVP but focused more on action than in predator history so whatever. The Predator just did way too much for the creature for me. Arnie was probably more focused on the movie overall than the portrayal of the creature plus wasn't he working on Terminator 2? Normally I hear he turned down Predator for Terminator, so there is that. He made so many bad movies, can't believe he would turn down Predator 2 solely for being set on a city considering how he didn't have a problem with the other movies he was a part of. Maybe there were other reasons.
Yeah, the creatures's lore is where I have the least tolerance.
I think taking out the controversial stuff would contribute to everyone. Even others I know who only saw a few predator movies think the new stuff looks stupid.
It's all subjective. " Just look at Predator 2, even the avp movies didn't went that off" For Arnold taking the movie out of jungle to the city is already a big No no for a predator movie. Even though I agree that Shane Black did risk a lot with this movie, everybody has their own limit and tolerance for new ideas, for some body change small thing is a lot, and for another people changing whole lore isn't much of a difference. I think it's really hard to find what is the golden line for changes, where new viewers and fans will be entertained equally.
No no... I didn't mean it like that. If I was in that test screening I would say both ideas were bad. I think that most fans know things that are way off for a predator movie or not, I didn't like those hybrids, the friendly predators, the new ending. Can't be that hard to make a predator movie without things that doesn't match with the creatures we saw in the previous movies. It's about alien beings that like hunting humans. It shouldn't go much far from that.
I really don't get the need to make things so different, change so much the predators we know and also add a new super predator for the second goddamn time. Just look at Predator 2, even the avp movies didn't went that off...
I knew those reshoots were going to screw everything up. I really hope they'll release the alternate version with the hybrids. I mean the test screening didn't like the hybrids but they were cool with.....that thing that shows up at the end of the film? I want the film Black originally had in mind.
That would interest me as well.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly after seeing it. Though it was a long night and I could use a second viewing.
They seriously need to. Who the hell thought it was such a great idea to do so many private screenings and take every single complaint into consideration. Not everyone is going to like everything they see but if they do it decently and it flows with the story they are telling, then why the hell not? 😑😒
I'm afraid to be very disappointed. Sorry, but i'm gonna miss this film
Thank you Fox!
How did you feel about the dogs in the end? We're they a welcome addition to the plot, or were they as hokey/ridiculous as they appeared in the months leading up to showings?
I really hope we do get a Director's Cut or Assembly Edit or something like that.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....
He's the BBC Radio 1 films critic.
I may be in the vast minority but I really dig those dog designs and I don't care how "unscientific" they look it's just a movie.
Could you please sum up roughly what's missing from the trailers/tv spots in the final movie ? I guess it's mainly the apc/army scenes, the "come and get us" scene also.
It's mostly for us to not be disappointed in waiting for a scene that won't be in the movie
Agree! Predator 2 is my favorite, but it got demolished once it's premiered. I can even say that Predator 2 already killed franchise, because it took 20 years for another installment in the franchise (not counting AvP)
It's still getting better review then the "Predator 2" at that time)
Never seen such a split opinion over a movie, people are praising it and slating it simultaneously i just can't get my head around it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnh_OmZneRB/?tagged=thepredator
Oh Lord, you are a fan of a hideous alien with the face of a vagina who kills humans for sport..... it's a sci fi action movie, not Shakespeare.... get over yourself...man of taste
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I think not.
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I haven't seen the movie, but like Xerxész said, it wouldn't be surprising if they kept how it occurred in the script. No one has mentioned otherwise.
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Keep seeing people talking about "the ending", and was wondering what's up with the ending?
Could someone in the know put it in a spoiler for me, please? (Thanks in advance!)