personally I always loved PREDATORS despite all the flaws it has.
I enjoyed the storyline and the expansion of the predators lore. Aside from the super predators faces I liked their helmets and gear.
I loved the soundtrack how it was this metal guitar theme of the original.
Really enjoyed the classic Predators fight at the end. As well as falconers one on one fight with the Japanese guy. I still think the way some of the predators were killed could have been done better.
And I've always wondered what happened once Isabella and Royce looked up at the incoming parachutes and what group of predators was arriving that had dropped them.
With that being said I did have issues with the movie. Parts of it felt a little slow and too fan film like. Some of the characters I didn't really think needed to be there.
As for PREY I think it has some of the better cinematography in the series.
Between the snake, wolf, bear, Indian attack, field chase, fur trap scenes , I think those will always stand out as some of the more visually appealing and just perfectly executed predator hunting scenes we have ever got.
My only complaints was it felt a little drawn out (?) at some point, I would have to rewatch it because I can't remember when it hit me, but I just kind of lost interest until the pace picked back up. That's honestly why I've only watched it twice and that was back when it released. If there was a version of all the action scenes I'd be all in, but it does feel like a chore to me for some reason to watch it until it picks up. It just doesn't have the same tension or space filling during those lulls as the other films. Probably just a me thing since a lot of people like it.
And the only two things I really didn't enjoy was ferals face and the last fight sequence. I didn't like seeing the ninja warrior approach because I doubt actual native Americans would risk jumping from a tree like that, especially knowing if they broke their ankles they were as good as dead back then. It doesn't mean they don't know how to wield an axe and standard hunting equipment (probably some technical skills in hand to hand combat I'd imagine) but all the fighting movements and it didn't really seem like there was much damage taken (whereas Arnold and the others are absolutely wrecked by the end of their encounters) just didn't make me buy into it. If that las fight was rewritten or executed differently I think I'd have enjoyed the film more.
It was kind of like when I was watching Romulus and then Rain just absolutely mowed down 10 aliens and their bodies disappeared, it just didn't look cool to me and kind of takes away from the creature they're up against.
