This is just a little post giving a roundup of all the reviews released so far. I’ll update this news post as more are released. I’ve split them up into good and bad.
The Good
MovieWeb (3.5/5)
7MPictures (3/5)
SKNR.net (3.5/5)
NYTimes (N/A)
Outtakes With Fiore (6/10)
One Guy’s Opinion (C)
IGN FilmForce (3.5/5)
Mania.com (C+)
Variety (N/A)
The Bad
Bloody-Disgusting’s review is quite amusing by the way. We’re still waiting for reviews from the big movie sites like CHUD, JoBlo’s and IGN. You can also find a lot of Fan Reviews in the Forum. Fan reaction is mixed. Fans either love it or hate it but generally, a lot of people are disappointed.
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Man,what's with those bad new... :-\ I am sure AvP R is wonderfull movie fans that don't like it try to screw it up. :'(
hmm ill hav to w8 til i see th film to comment properly on this review
id rather have a bad movie with lots of gore than a blood movie with none.
It's starting to look Fox has pulled it again. I'm still hoping that AvPR is an entertaining movie. Will see this, but my hopes aren't high anymore.
Judge for yourself.......most reviews are not totally correct!
2/4 isn't necessarily bad, yet again, it isn't incredibly good either. It's just okay. Satisfying for fans, though perhaps not so much for others. :-\
There is one truly memorable sequence in "Requiem" which gives us a cursory glance at the Predator home planet - and dares to attempt to relate it to the derelict spacecraft from the original "Alien". Wtf?
just a pop corn action movie, not an alien, not a predator ;)
Live Free or Die Hard was given 2 out of 4 in the USA Today + that movie was awesome.
just go see the movie then judge it! gee wiz! >:(
This review doesn't make any sense, there is a lot of predator versus aliens scenes (we all know this). It sounds like this guy is just shooting bull. I'm not saying that just because its negative, if there was a positive review only saying "Good action, ok acting, ok script, cool effects, 4/5" I'd say the same thing.
Most "critics" are jacka$$es. They love Driving Miss Daisy, but hate everything else. If I had to go into every movie and critique every last second, I think I'd hang myself from the tallest tree. Just go and have fun, for goodness sake!!!! PS - Most all of the reviews I've read from people that aren't, "critics" have said it was very good.
Critics are gay, who on earth would moan if they got paid to watch a movie, and its meant to be dark, its an alien movie.
don't listen! I just read a review on imdb from a guy at the midnight massacre and he says the whole crowd cheered after it was over! he said it rocked!
Yes this is the link. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758730/board/thread/93056141
The same thing happened with Alien, Aliens, Pred 1 & 2, Terminator, Jurassic Park, and a long etc. If the movie works for my do not import the bad reviews 8)
i don't listen to reviews that much roger ebert is usually acurate but there have been movie he liked and i don't. there are some bad movies i like infact carnasaur is one of my favorite movies. i also love alien 3 and alien resurrection and most fans seem to hate them.
I hate these reviews all great movies gets bad reviews but all worthless movies gets great the reviewers didnt like transforems either and that movie is awesome i think this movie will kick ass :)
This movie is clearly meant to be viewed by peoples who like/love athmospheric horror movies, and is taking a special direction to fans of the Alien and Predator franchise. I expected reviews like this. Some jerk comments on something he doesnt give shit about.
It's not a negative review. It's a so-so review. So far, critically, it has 1 good, 1 mixed, 1 bad.
oh dear!
I watched avpr last nite. Oh boy, you guys are either gona love it or hate it! want some spoilers?? 8)
"If you're a fan of the "Aliens" or the Predator, you might forgive this poorly conceptualized sequel's many problems, but the sad fact is that this isn't even as good as the first "Alien vs. Predator" and since that wasn't exactly a masterpiece, that isn't saying very much. By comparison, this is an uninventive, unexciting and ultimately ineffective follow-up, not even worthy of being stamped with the apologetic moniker of "popcorn flick." We can only hope that the sub-title means that this moneymaking farce is finally over." Well, that kinda puts the nails in the coffin for me.
I love watching fanboys dive for table scraps. Face it, fellas - AVP movies to us Alien and Predator fans are like Phantom Menace for SW fans. You can live in denial all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that they suck.
Having just seen the movie I have to agree with the point about it being too dark sometimes. Overall I liked it but I can't say I liked it better than the first. You all will have to just see it and judge for yourself.
Oh this is more bad news. I live in a city above toronto and we have 2 huge theaters... well neather is playing avp:r which can only mean they didnt want it and its really bad. LOL this isnt good. No i have to drive out of the city to watch it. WOW selected theaters playing movie.. thats really BAD. Huge loss of sales in my area. So populated.
Why are people giving this movie all this crap, I'm sure it's a great movie, these people who say these things are probably not fans of the franchise so they probably expect something from what is actually expected. People view movies in different ways, I thought the first 1 was ok, could have been better but it was decent, in my opinion.
Never listen to critics, they hate most movies. I have always seen good reviews for horrible movies, and vice-versa.
My bad.. our cheaper theater which gets the worse movies got it..... same thing i guess. Since they are so close to each other they dont play same movies. ususally our famous players ceniplex gets the high end movies.
:'( I just got back from seeing the movie overall it was not that great. The movie was to short you dont realy get to know the characters. Scene after Scene you meet some one they die. The only character you see a lot is the Predator. None of the characters were intrsting, due to not being able to see them a lot but the only characters I would chose is the predator and the sheriff. The positive side is the fight scene in the sewer was coal and the National guard while it lasted. The acting was not that bad which surprised me because was complaining about that subjet but does not matter because the character development sucked. While me personaly I liked AVP1 alot I give that movie an A- at leaast I liked all the chacters and acters in that movie. Overall I give this movie a c+ I was very disapointed. >:( Aloso I hate the fact you see the National guard once and then they die that is what realy pissed me off bring back the freaking kick ass soldiers. >:D
I saw the movie, this morning. Don't listen to the critics! It was worth it!
More reviews at the chud message board slamming the film. Great job fox !
I am going to see it until the 28. When was the premier? Today at midnight?
Can people spell or are you just trying to sound dumb because it does not give arguments any weight, especially if your hate that acpr moofie? Spell checker guys.
And did you read the reviews at IMDB? Well guys hate to say it but they loved it, ooh yes loved AVPR so I guess you can all stop bitching now about how bad it sucked now aye ;D
I hope the bros do not make the 3rd film. I would rather have Ridley Scott or Cameron make a ALIEN 5 which will not happen. :'( oh well maybe it's time Hollywood should just leave this franchise alone. Well I am going to watch The Kingdon which is an outstanding movie. ;D
i am not agreeing with the critics, but i think the more bad news we get the more anticipated we get about the movie. when when we finally watch the movie and it a kick ass man i will seriously laugh at the people who gave a bad review.
Reviews are what they are, serving our interests as " fanboys" or in this case, because the "official" ones are negative, questioning yet another time the quality of this much anticipated sequel. Being from Portugal I only get to see AVP R next week, so my coment it worths what it worths. But from what I'm seeing this movie is inevitably flawed, because of the simple fact that Fox didn't give this project the relevance that both this franchises diserve, by not even trying to make this a genre masterpiece, but only a good comercial product with something to "please the fans". C'mon if pleasing the fans was the main issue why cast unexperienced directors, why Stan Winston, Dan, Jim and John Thomas were not at least remotly envolved. From what I've read the film is a montage from the best moments of the franchises, so the creativity wasn't the reason. I guess people are becoming less and less demanding 'cause the regular movie goer seems to be enjoying the movie on the premisses og blood and gore. Still going to see it dough... http://movies.yahoo.com/mvc/drv?mid=1809768384&s=&st=0&tot=18&ys=Kh8QNNN ZOZtcWgvKHSBI6g--
Don't make me wristblade your ass Fire, as I mentioned before people who bag it here will get roasted and you're just adding fuel to the fire.
So..the Predalien grows to full size in a matter of minutes. It's also able to infect others without the use of facehuggers. Interesting stuff. And you guys are defending this movie, but saying the reviewers don't know their lore, even though they are plainly pissed at the above. Talk about blind faith.
:o Mr. Hicks_0998 I am sorry to say this but on this website anyone can post there opinions calm down. Nothing to get upset about. I am sure I am not the only one with this opinion. ;D
deffintly a fun cool movie but it was dark to much.
If I dont like AVPR I will not see AVP3 when it comes out. Even through, if FOX has some brains in there slimpy head they should let Cameron or Ridley make Alien 5 or let the producers make Predator 3. They should also band AVP's anderson film from the franchise. I still have hopes for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem :)
I also NEED to see Mr. Winston involve in future films.
went to the first show this morning at 11:00am, risked pissing off my entire family on Christmas morning...and I personally loved it. The brothers Strause had a very specific vision they were going for, and many people are not gonna like it. It doesn't have the action-adventure feeling of the first AVP...in fact, it's actually somewhat scary. I thought it was a great homage to the early movies...very dark, very grim. The first AVP was good, but somewhat hokey at times...AVP2 is an actual horror movie. If you go in with no expectations, you'll have a good time. One negative I will mention: too much given away in the preview.
like i said before, oh dear!!!!!
Okay we all knew this wasn't going to be a n epic movie but a action movie with aliens and predators, we all know this movie will be better than anderson's and thats something. From what i have seen i like the bros. direction :D Im sure I will like the film just not love it, lets not give up yet
...oh, by the way, great ending. Very good wink to the true Alien fans.
You know it's sad that those feckers on AICN seem to hate everything, Tranformers had Optimus with flames! Joker looks to real! Wolverines claws are to big! Predalien looks retarded! I mean get a feckin life man, although my hope have been dented by some reviews I just want to see a film thats better than AVP with more action, iam not askin for a classic.
...and another bad one: http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/reviewsnews.php?id=4107 Things are getting worse & worse :'( I'm still gonna watch in theater at least once.
This is not new BioMech.
I just checked the rottentomatoes' reviews.
That is pure bull-shit
i just came back from watching it and it was awsome
Just watched it. People were way too hard on this film. It's fine, everybody. Just fine. It's not Aliens (Cameron's) quality, but what could be? As far as "poor character development", that's just a critics way of sounding smart and saavy. There is just as much character development as any of the other Alien/Predator films (except for Ripley in Aliens, but again, that's the exception, not the rule). There is certainly as much - if not more - character development than Arnold and his team from Predator, or Hicks and his team from Aliens, and people seem fine with those films, right? People were way too harsh on this film. Get some popcorn, leave pretense at home, and just enjoy a monster flick. That's all it ever promised to be, anyway. Good times.
lol Fire, only having a jib mate, its all good :P , just outta curiousity, which franchise do you prefer, Alien or Pred?
SPOILERS*** It was a pretty good one. Great SFX and lots of Alien and Predator killing. I wish there were more than 1 predator in the movie, and why does the predator have to die after every movie? Also the Hybrid matures WAY to fast. "Wolf" was an awesome hunter and delt the pain out on anyone who got in the way. the pred arrives, cleans up the ship . Next he moves to the sewer and kills some aliens with his cannon and lazer grid, the aliens escape onto the streets, Pred follows. The predator tracks them down, following them to a power plant. The pred gets injured in this scene after an alien knocks him off a walkway and he falls onto a piece of metal which goes through his leg. He uses his med-kit to heal up. The Aliens go to the hospital and make a nest there. The pred must go there and clean house. The roof is where the last battle happens. The people get out in the copter and wolf and the hybrid battle. The battle isn't very long, but the Predator gets pissed and throws down his weapons and mask and goes hand to hand. The battle is a draw as the pred stabs the hybrid through the head and the alien hybrid stabs him through the chest with its tail. The Army drops a nuke on the town.The Predator pistol gets taken by one of the guys who used it to kill off some of the aliens. Then after a nuke is dropped,The Army takes the predator pistol from the guy and the ending shows the military showing the pistol to a woman who works for Weyland-Yutani. :D
Also everyone complaining that Aliens get killed off too fast, I thought the Aliens were done really well in this. The pred has fits at the beginning of the movie killing the alien drones, I think the trailers made it look like the pred was squashing them like bugs, but thats not the way it went in the film. They did it about right. GOOD JOB STRAUSS BROS. LETS HAVE ANOTHER PLEASE!! ;D
guys,i saw that movie yeasterday!!!! It's AWESOMEEEE!!!!!!!!! >:D
I just got back from the movie and thought it was better than what the critics have been saying. However, during the fighting scenes it was much too dark to get a good sense of what was going on. I also thought the lone Predator could have met with Predator survivors from the ship, that way we could have seen some Aliens killing Predators.
A common problem is that people seem to be finding the movie really dark.
I can't think of any thing to say anymore :-\
Darkness. First of all hi. Second what do you thaught of AVPR?
It doesn't come out here until January 18th. >:D
Just saw the movie. OK at best and I was really looking forward to it. As others have stated, much too dark picture wise. The lighting is so low you can barely see the details done by the fine special effects artists. I enjoyed seeing the Aliens & Predator again, but I'll be enjoying the first one more on DVD more than this one. Story was OK, acting was OK, pacing should have been better and the direction could have been done better by and average film student. The hard R could have easily been lowered to a PG-13 without loosing any impact on the film.
. people make movies for die hard fans to enjoy. not critics. AVP-R was made or us the fans. we shouldnt change our mind about the films we enjoy because some rich jackass says so.
Can you see it in USA at least. I am a Mexican and I am seeing it in the USA. :)
@ Rafael S. Me, Hicks and Darkness all like in the UK, we have to wait about 3 weeks before it is released here :(
Oh! Thanks for the info you guys ans sorry for asking is that you are huge fans and I want to know what you think of these movie that is suppose to be "a bad one". ;)
I just saw it, was pretty damn good, not perfect by any means, but quite enjoyable none the less.
The only few things that were bad about it that i thought were that It was too Dark and that the movie moved way too fast. Hell remember those first five minutes of the movie we saw? THAT IS ACTUALLY HOW IT PLAYED OUT!!!! They said it would be longer but it sure as hell wasn't THAT much longer. No offence to the Strause Bros, I really like what they did with the movie and I still plan to buy it on DvD. But those two things were my biggest beefs with it. But great job none the less, the acting wasn't too terribly bad as some people thought
@Corporal Hicks : I was actually thinking the same thing. ;D
wow Darkness, that efilmcritic review you just linked to is VERY negative, there's not one positive thing in it, and the guy doesn't sound like a retard like the one from comingsoon.net - Not good news.. it's limited HOW many bad reviews one can read about one movie, without getting a bit skeptical :-\ I still sincerely doubt it's gonna be worse than AvP though... so that's one positive thing I guess..
diny forget about me guys! i live in the uk as well but all these negative reviews are puttin me off!! i had a feeling that this movie will not meet the standard required by real fans who want more then just gore! this is AVP 1 all over again!! BUT still im gonna see the movie by not paying for it ;)
suppose to say DONT! sorry
AVP-R IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN AVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
....all i can say is every review is right...the acting is sooo f**king horrible...its like tv series acting. O YEA ALL THE ACTERS ARE FROM TV SERIES....f**k. why dont they get really actors.
come now lets be realistic, many beieved that maybe the first 1 or two reviews were wrong but how can all these reviews b rond wen theyre all saying the same thing.......
I hope that the movie isn't darken to much because the scene from the red band trailer when the kid is pulled back into the window looked so much better than it did from the MTV clip. I'm going to see the movie in an hour so let's see what happens.
Did anyone enjoy the movie? ??? If so say I !
i agree with shrek i really hoped this film would be the bomb but i aint so sure, i dont mind shitty human acting because i want to watch it to see Aliens and Predator(s) f**k each other up. im not a fanboy of either films or races, i just love them both. the thing that pisses me off is the fact that every review complains about the darkness! (quote) DARKNESS. "A common problem is that people seem to be finding the movie really dark.") this really bugs me and puts me off this film. anyway may God Bless AVP-R coz i would like another sequel and another Alien and Predator film. :)
well the movie want that bad :-\ it actually had a lot of blood but yeah i was really dark hardly see the Aliens ??? well i prefer AVP
I just watched it and I loved it. I can only say that I think the people reviewing movies these days need to stop trying to sound intelligent by finding clever ways to say they didn't like something. Its a science fiction horror film and a damm good one compared to alot of the trash coming out of Hollywood these days.
well the i liked the movie but it was just to dark >.> a grate story everything was cool but -.- no way i could see the predalien or aliens i just hop theres a sequel because i loved the ending ;D
Funny how they only put the bad reviews on the front page. That being said, i wont read any reviews now.
does wolf predator die because if he does i am not going to see it
Well I knew the film would be poor, but at least I thought it would be better than avp? I just hope its a good film? the darkness doesn't bother me (arn't alien films suppose to be dark) But the reviews have me unhappy :( I suppose as a predator fan, At least i get to see the wolf fighting aliens
Well, I liked it. See my review in the Fans Spoiler Reviews section. I think it needed a better script/story and certainly, better human characters. Also, many of the action scenes had that quick edit/shaky camera stuff we have seen in Batman Begins and Bourne Supremacy, but overall I thought the film was ok - good. I think the Strauses did a fantastic job of presenting the creatures and violence. It's too bad the Aliens got their asses kicked, through most of the film, though. Not much of a threat to Wolf. Just go see the movie to see the two creatures. Just don't expect a great story and interesting characters.
"Why doesn't the Predator use his natural born defenses (his mandibles) to tear apart a Facehugger?" This guys review is null and void because of stupidity...
Dont really need reviews since I already saw it and know its sucks. :P
:-\ This movie doesn't seem to be very good. 9/10 reviewers have gave it 2/5. :'(
after watching the trailer when it was released everyone was excited about seeing this film including myself, but now it looks like its going to be a big let down and probably bomb at the boxoffice which will im sure put an end to the avp series.i'll still be going to see it when its released here(uk) and i just hope the critics are just being overly critical.
@ starkiller: "the darkness doesn't bother me (arn't alien films suppose to be dark)" This isn't an Alien(s) film, it's AvP-R. Alien films do have suspense and build up but this is a different film. What is the point in seeing Aliens vs Predator(s) if u can't see shit?
I agree jamieisking, but its the darkness that makes 'aliens' scary otherwise you wud see its 'a guy in a suit' The film is probably to dark, but it still better than seeing an alien in full light in a non scary setting, Im really disapointed that this movie has got bad reviews, as the bros. seem to have said all the rite things, ''dark, gritty, sacry, back to the roots'' but with a lame script and fox over seeing everything and first time directors what do u expect? :( Im just gunna go watch the film in a few weeks when its released here (UK). If there is a AVP III at least it will have a bigger budget and the whole space setting (which has got to be good thing) :-\
Screw the reviewers, I for one enjoy the film. It's fun, fast-paced, filled with better characters and predator v.s alien action. Yeah, I suppose it geared more for the fans, but what's wrong with that?
im going to see AVP R in an hour with my family im starting to get upset from all these bad reviews but hey im a fan im going to see it cause im 21 years old now and 15 years ago when the action figures and my obsetion with these two creatures began i was always waiting for this AVP movie a rated R one
As along as its better than AVP, then thats something, FOX just dont care about fans, I mean if its that bad, We as fans shouln't go watch it and put our hard earned money into FOX's pockets, I mean we are all moaning but we are still gunna watch it, and FOX's win's in the end, just remeber ''Whoever Wins, We (the fans) Lose''
ok we are leaving to go see AVP R im so exited the time is here MARRY CHRISTMAS
have a good time? commander griker
I have to agree about the dark tone of the film. Very difficult to make out details. I liked the approach taken with the film but I didn't care about any of the characters. I still think that the gestation time of the aliens has been sped up too much. In the original film it was more that a day. In the AVP films it is about 2 hours from face hugger to full grown alien. And what was up with the ending and who the hell was that woman???
no spoilers please!! ;)
just saw- it was pretty cool - For what the strausse bros had to work with(low budget/FOX) they did a good job- definatley a "Hommage" to aliens and predator just go see it Oh yeah- the theater was packed!
yeah i get wat ur saying starkiller i just dont like the idea of watching this film if i cant see the action if u no wat i mean. alien,(s) + 3 were perfect because they were dark and gritty but u could see the 'action' when it mattered. with AvP-R being an action film i feel that it is important to see the action not just some shadows f**king each other up. i hope this film is better than the reviews, i really do but im from the UK too so we've got a long wait my friend! ;) ''Whoever Wins, We (the fans) Lose'' spot on starkiller right im off time 2 play CoD4 goodnight
Take it easy jamieisking...maybe I mite see u in the cinema on the Jan 18th ;)
The movie was meh. It was indeed too dark for shots that didn't require that much darkness. The action sequences ended before they had the chance to start and any moment that was to be a holy crap or really cool didn't happen do to the poor build up and entirely too quick pacing. I was figuring the acting was going to be crap, but i was atleast hoping for a good mindless action movie with predators and aliens dukinng it out, which it didn't deliver. THE CAKE IS A LIE!
My review of AvP2 http://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?p=669858#post669858
well i know alien films are dark but you can actually see the alien i the film u can only see the alien with the predator vision or see its teeth but i still love the ending ;D for me it looks like a sequel ;D
lemme tell ya somethin bout these professional examiners, they want something moving, something that'll make em go home and cry or something, thats not how this series is suppose to work. This isn't suppose to be a love story or something, this is suppose to be a movie where ya go with some buds and watch some badass aliens and preds kick the sh*t outta each other and have a good time, and maybe scare ya and make u jump a bit, alot like the original movies. And as fer them b*itching about the darkness, well thats kinda how these movies are suppose to be, haven't these people seen the first 3 alien movies? So how bout instead of sending a professional reviewer we send a couple fans o the films and let em post a review in here. If u go on IMDB and read the review at the bottom o the page u'll read how awesome it is. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I agree the war machine :P
Who is a professional reviewer all these people here are fans and the overwheling opinion of the fans are is that is was a bad to kinda OK movie I agree with the darkness problem it was too dark way darker than any other of the movies
Its set on earth if it was light we would complain, better dark than light in my opinion? :-\ the bros. had to do that to keep it dark n gritty I suppose? :D
SPOILERS*** It was a pretty good one. Great SFX and lots of Alien and Predator killing. I wish there were more than 1 predator in the movie, and why does the predator have to die after every movie? Also the Hybrid matures WAY to fast. "Wolf" was an awesome hunter and delt the pain out on anyone who got in the way. the pred arrives, cleans up the ship . Next he moves to the sewer and kills some aliens with his cannon and lazer grid, the aliens escape onto the streets, Pred follows. The predator tracks them down, following them to a power plant. The pred gets injured in this scene after an alien knocks him off a walkway and he falls onto a piece of metal which goes through his leg. He uses his med-kit to heal up. The Aliens go to the hospital and make a nest there. The pred must go there and clean house. The roof is where the last battle happens. The people get out in the copter and wolf and the hybrid battle. The battle isn't very long, but the Predator gets pissed and throws down his weapons and mask and goes hand to hand. The battle is a draw as the pred stabs the hybrid through the head and the alien hybrid stabs him through the chest with its tail. The Army drops a nuke on the town.The Predator pistol gets taken by one of the guys who used it to kill off some of the aliens. Then after a nuke is dropped,The Army takes the predator pistol from the guy and the ending shows the military showing the pistol to a woman who works for Weyland-Yutani. ;) ;D
I just saw the movie today and it was not a bad movie at all, it definitly was a bit too dark. But as far as that article, some people will never be saticfied and that is why we give these people the title of "Critic." They will always be there to criticize everything around them in a negative way to make themselves look important. Yet they have never directed a movie a day in their lifes!! :P
That woman works for Weyland-Yutani? Where did you see that? In the movie she say this techiology (the gun) isnt for your plane and time..not our planet They make it out like she is some alien from the future and the gun looks like the gun the alien space jokey was sitting in front of in the Alien movie
:) Well since there is yet an other negative review. I just need to say a few positive things for the movie. The music was good. The fight scenes especialy the sewer scene were pretty good. While many complain about how dark it was I realy was not bothered I mean all ALIEN movies are dark so you decide on that one.While I am not a gore freak like many of you, you should be pleased. If you are a Predator fan you will love wolf.The ALIENS are realy the evil guys I mean realy mean. I personaly like the ALIENS better but in this movie I liked the PREDATOR better also hes the character you see the most. ;D Now I will just say what bothered me was the movie was to fast, the characters were not intresting, so I can not enjoy a movie when I do not have a character to care about. They realy need more human fights against the ALIENS and PREDATORS. Also a positive side is the acting was not all the bad as I thought it was. I still think the PREDALIEN reproductive system is a little stupid I do not like these sort of changes. Early I gave it a c+ but after thinking I give it B- or a B. I am not sure I still like AVP while many hate it. I enjoyed it. Probly just because I wanted to see the the 2 fight on screen since I was 5 playing with the toys. 8) so I had to give you guys in the UK some hope I hope you guys get what you want. The 3rd film need COLONiAL MARINES ;D Mery X-MASS!!!!
I just finished watching it no more than 10 minutes ago, it was really cool, don't listen to the crap that the critics are saying, like someone said in a post "this movie was made for fans, not for critics." and I agree along with the other posts that this movie was great. It was a little fast pace and could have been a tad bit lighter, but I for one thought it was better than the first one. These people talk about how bad it is but if they tried making one, it would probably be so bad that I might get indegestion. I'm actually going to wach it again cuz I have 2 free tickets. Like I said on another post, everyone views movies differently. Don't listen to the reviews, see it for yourself, the predalien is awesome.
well theres lots of Critics about the movie well my only critic is thats to dark thats it i just wanted to see the aliens i love the aliens but i just think many people where expecting something more like the original aliens films but i think the movie was fine theres more action and predator and alien getting the hell out of them but well i just hop the ending well bring a future AVP3
I just saw it and loved it. Not even going to bother listening to idiot critics who don't really even know the story/background of the alien/predator universe....
well i plan on seeing it again tomorrow. who cares what the critics say.
critics are just saying crap to just making a quick $ to just get off to (but in the cse of self review we founded to the the movie itself was-) interesting- (disapointing-) impriased (learn how to spell, and overall-) a kickass movie (an ok in my book, but the could have put more preds, more aliens for more human blood al overthe place ;D ) you're very hard to please you know that? (shut you)
Movie was awesomely awesome, much better than AVP.
I just saw it and thought it was great. i like dark movies and lets face if you take the aliens out of the dark they really aren't that scary. The predator reminded me of the first one and I agree that this film was made for us. I've loved alien vs predator from the first comics up to this day. I'm not going to change my mind because some stupid critic doesn't like the film. I will also be going back to see it again. several times..
My main problem with the movie was the length. Everything felt rushed. No pacing whatsoever. Acting was so-so. Aliens still not scary. Predator was a bad ass I must say. Oh and that continuity ending? Yeah, was kinda expecting it...not really a surprise for me. Score was great. Overall I guess Fox really is about quantity over quality. Shame on them. >:D >:(
Just saw the movie and gotta say alot better then I expected. Only things that bother me is of course its way to dark for what it should be. You cant see any detail whats so ever and kills the characters. And still ADI really does suck at making creatures. Ill give them props for improving the predator over avp1 but still not as good as winston. Aliens really got hit hard on this one and they look really bad. I hate their mouths in this one as it looks like they are dinosaurs or something with such long jaws. Soon they are gonna grow molars. Ending battle was really bad, dark and short. Overall great movie and as a fan of the originals I enjoyed it. Love the old feel to it. Seems like an 80s movie. I sure hope for DVD release they get rid of that crappy filter and restore it to original lighting.
I just got back from a PACKED theatre and I have to say....those critics bashing it can't see out of one eye and are blind in the other! I thought it was pretty damn good. I had no problem with the acting at all and I don't know why people are whining about the dark scenes...most of the film takes place at night in a town that's lost power....what the hell else is supposed to happen?! On a scale from 1 to 10 I would give it a solid 7. It's not perfect, but it's a hell of alot better than that crap AVP from Anderson! I will definitely see it again in the theatre.
People are being unfair by criticizing the awful acting, the badly-directed action scenes, and the terrible script? How far do we have to lower our standards to enjoy this movie? The Alien series used to win Oscars, and look at what they've turned it into: a cheap slasher fest. If anything is unfair, it's how Fox treats the fans and makes crap like this.
Oh......I forgot to mention.....The Predalien is badass!! And god bless the brothers for making the Predator a top-flight killing machine again! Wolf was fantastic! Also...I thought the Predalien's reproduction method was very cool. It was creepy as hell! I also liked how the bursters came from the stomach afterwards. It would seem to be much easier to break through the stomach lining than a chest bone!
For those wondering about the darkness that haven't seen it: it looks as clear as 1982 video cassette played today. It looks like it was filmed on the cheapest of old cameras. The entire film could have used an adjustment which will probably be done for the DVD release.
i saw the movie tonight, and i got to say, that i loved it. yeah the lighting is really dark, but it was the same in the alien movies. i am sick and tired of these critics who think they know whats good, and whats not. everyone has different taste. i personally believe that is you are a die hard fan of the series like i am, you will really enjoy this movie. its much better then the first in my opinion. >:D
OK IM BACK we just watched AVPR and all i can say is damn that was good i loved it none stop action the only thing is the score there were some original and some not but its was so Alien Resurection and so Predator music the scene were they show the predators home world does not play the pred music heard on the 5 min clip I think the Predalien reproduction ability is f**king crazy hardcore it lays more then one embryo egg down the hosts throught its f**king crazy the pregnacy seen with the lady that is geting ready to give birth to her baby then the Predalien rapes her and she has like 5 chest bursters or in this case stomic bursters i think it only does that to females cause they were both women i guess thats how the Predators race reproduces my family is still talking about it LOL it was Action packed marry chrismas every body
F@#K the critics because the movie rock and I loved it the bros did a great job with the script they had and the acting was ok and the action was great whcih wolf and chet looked great
A action packed movie of Predator pwning aliens... what else did you negitive critics want? Love? Romance? I highly doubt the directors intended to win an oscar nomination for this movie. If your a fan of the games, comics ... then youll probably like this movie... The Movie was aimed towards the fans of the comics and games. If your new to the story then it may not make much sense to you. It was definitly better than the first movie. Now, somebody please make Predator 3 ...
AMEN it was aimed towards us fans and they did a very good job love the score and the feel and man oh man do i love the Trophy room they have a skull that looks like a demon from the Comic book Darkness nice teeth :)
Predator 3 would kick ass it should star the Rock Dwayne Johnson AVP R was so f**king intense the part were Jess get inpaled by the shurken every one in the back of the theaters got up and cheered and applauded LOL i still cant get over this great movie i want to see it again
;D I just got back from seeing the movie again and I surprisingly liked it better. So did my friends I think this is because we were expecting so much and that we saw almost the whole film because of all the trailers. But still I think the movie needs more character development and more soldiers. But besides that it was good. It can't be perfect. Hopefully for the 3rd film they will fix these things. ;D P.S. I still want the Colonial Marines. ;D Merry XMASS
The only bad thing is people chered in the theater that bothers me I just want them to shut the hell up. :P >:D Stupid people.
Just got back from it. ****SPOILERS***** It wasn't a master piece, but its was FAR better than the first if you like the idea of AvP or played the games. First off, the predator. Bad-ass. Hes not a linebacker for the Detroit lions like in the first movie. Hes a cleaner, there to do a job and doesn't give a rat's ass about any human. But as bad ass as he is, he isn't invincible. The trailers and previews would have you think that hes killing aliens by the truckloads. However thats not it. The aliens are cunning when it comes to the predator and he does get hurt. The human element was kind of week. It did feel like an episode of Saved by the bell. But it wasn't screaming it throughout the whole movie. And most people in the theater i went to cheered a few sweet deaths :). There were 2-3 moments that had me literally /groan in disbelief though. But they were quit and easy to figure TBH. They were just "did he really just say that" moments. And the people who said them got dismembered in one way or another. Oh yeah. The lighting. Its not as bad as people are saying. I saw everything perfectly fine. From the predalien vs predator fight to aliens clinging to the wall and jumping out at people like they did in the Hive from Aliens. People just need to pay attention. All in all its worth the money to see. Its not a masterpiece and it wont send you home in tears.
I really don't think anyone should get too upset about whats being said so far. I saw the movie and I wont say anything to spoil it for those you are still waiting to see it. The fact that anyone could say Andersons AVP is better then the sequel really lacks a true interest in the franchises. It is true that the movie is dark and you miss some detail but its not to a point that it makes the movie horrible or even begins to ruin it at all. The acting wasnt amazing, there was an actress that could have been left out. Also there were a lot of good responses from the people around me in the theater. It generated laughter, shock, surprise and I left with an overall good feel when all was said and done. Its as good as it can be for the length of the film. I hope that there will be some agreement with what I had to say.
Well, i saw it today ... being a loyal fan since 1979. good: the visual and sound fx were top notch. The screetches and growls (and some bg music) take you right back to original alien/aliens/predator. New pred-gadgets! and small glimpses into predator background. bad: the CONSTANT references to original movies. lines, scenes, characters. Come on, one guy was named "Dallas". Human backstories were unnecessary and felt like filler. what coulda made this 5 star? Make the opening segue scene on the pred ship last like 15-20 min longer and ditch some human backstory. Overall: kinda felt like a really well made fan-flick,
Well, well, the prestigous New York Times has posted a POSITIVE review of AVP-R, yes, a POSITIVE review: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/movies/26alie.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin
i dont care what anyone says. it was a GOOD movie overall. in comparison to avp it was a f*cking masterpiece. the way they bridged the movie to alien with the yutani owner was GENIUS. i hope the sequel is between the end of this movie and alien 1. it be amazing if it was aliens vs predators vs the marines. dream come true. just like the video game
Frist of all i have seen this movie twice in the same day and my view on it only gets stronger IT WAS BETTER THEN I THOUGHT!!!!!! I love this move. This made the first AVP look like crap. People are saying that it was too dark...? I don't get it I saw it twice and never once thought it was too dark. The acting was good. the action was INSANE. To all the UK people out there who haven't seen it DO NOT LISTEN TO THE MORONS THAT SAY IT SUCKS they are wrong...way wrong. For there first movie the Bros did great. For haveing low budget actors they did good and for all around kick assness they knocked it out of the park. This movie is not for those Ebert fat boys this movie is for THE FANS. But hey judge for yourself keep an open mind and keep in mind that this is fiction and dosen't have to be real. Oh and by the way if you are woundering yes i do plan on seeing it again and again and being there the minute it comes out on DVD
I am a big predator fan and bye wot i have seen it looks gud cant wait till it comes 2 new zealand
not even bothering to read nasty reviews... the movie was just some mindless fun. The best parts were when the people weren't talking. I had fun and that's all that mattered to me.
:-\ why are pepole saying it was fast paced? after the face hugers it took forever before there was any action for a while it was like dausons creak! lol with characters that were plain boring. everytime it showed predalien all that wasnt blacked out was his head it was as if they didnt have any detail. other than that i liked it and i will buy the dvd avp1 was nowere near as good as avp-r ignor thease problems an go see it
Been a loyal fan since the 80's. I saw the first show this morning and I think this movie was missing a great ending. I thought it was ridiculous that wolf and the hybrid were killed by a bomb. There should have been a winner so-to-speak. The whole govenrment-nuke thing was BS to me. It cut short a potential unforgetable ending. This was a fan movie, but we as fans know all of the great potential of this franchise, and it sucks having to wait another 2 to 4 years for another film like this. I just wanted more!!! I just wish that more developed in the film. I also agree that the begining predator-ship scene could have been longer and cut out the human stuff. Darkeness of the film wasn't an issue to me as all of the films have been darker. Music was great too! I'll be buying the DVD for sure however I hope there's a extended version offeredjavascript:insertext(' ;D ','short') ;D
i agree with you garettm the fight with wolf should have ended better we were cheated so bad it is a great movie but could have been so much better
all i can say is one day they,ll take a look at the original dark horse avp comic then suddenly realize,,,f**k ME this really is a good storey no more needs to be said on the matter
i just seen the movie and i dont know what all the fuss is about with the negative reviews i thought it was an excellent movie all those ppl need to pull their heads out of their asses the only thing that got me stumped was waylend corp is associated with the aliens and at the end its a predator shoulder cannon givin to the wayland corp whats the go there brothers?
Roddy, it was actually Yutani at the end which hints that in the sequel we will likely see the famous Company unite that is Weyland-Yutani.
AvPr Hmm Predalien = riping human skull and spine then it should be.... Alien dog = lifting up leg to pee on tree Alien Cow = mooing for a milking Come on lol Pregant females mulit chestbusters = Species II gorefest on females trying to shock hah lol
I just seen the movie and im very upset!!! Way to rushed, way to dark, just a waste of time, spending $95 for all 5 of us to watch in, And we were out in less than a hour and a half. The bros should had slowed it down, I DAMNED MY MONEY BACK OF GREATER UNION and got it to. BTW am one of the biggest fan of the Predator and yet very disappointed!!! They showed way to much of the movie on the trailer therefore nothing was a surprise! >:( :'(
Must say it shits all over AVP!! ;D
OMG i just realized somthing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kendra and her brother wernt in the movie WTF i looked them up http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758730/fullcredits#cast they were not on here either they have bin erased from the film
Fran
Actually, Francoise Yip was also in Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx", playing Chan's girlfriend
she was also in Rumble in the Bronx with Jackie Chan im not realy sure yet if i like the whole Predalien reproduction concept it does feel a little to much like species and i did think that the final fight against the Predalien and the Predator could have bin better i was like WTF when they both died they both went down together it was not epic but hey thats what happens it was the end now if the movie was longer there would have bin more fighting and more satasfaction either then that i was pleased with the movie AVP for life Kendra and her brother wernt in the movie i still dont get that
just saw it here in oz. thought it was wayyy better than the first. Its a scary film, just the way its meant to be. To "we can kill it" im more a pred fan also, and i wouldnt say i was upset at the end. But i agree, the trailer showed too much, and all these clips they're releasing, is basically the whole movie. For that rooftop scene that a past interview said was awesome.... ummm i didnt see/notice any big rooftop fight, if they're referring to the final fight, i dont think it was that awesome. Overall, a great scary action flick. If they spent heaps less than the first, than i give credit to the strause brothers.
Shareeka Epps and Meshach Peters who played Kendra and Curtis were not in AVPR http://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3473 they never showed this scene ??? ??? ???
I'm one week away of seeing this movie. And after the nth bad review I must say that I'm more excited than ever, because I get to see a "two-in-one" kinda flick! There's Aliens and Preds and I will get the comedy out of that!!!! ...
Well I think its a fan movie only. Alright but not great. I'll like it more the more time I see it. If you had 2s gore with 1's sets then we would be talking. At least there was less teen sub plots then I was expecting. No story or mystery. I didn't like how it was too short fighting scenes then small talking then small fighting not enough long fighting scenes but way better that avp 1. I don't know what that reviewer who took a shot at hitman was talking about I liked hitman. Aliens aren't aliens unless they are in space. They need more time to build them up so does the pred so unless you have a 3 hours avp it won't be the same as a pred or alien film. Just stick to watching pred 1 and aliens. Still I'll buy it on dvd when it comes out. Oh yes thats what I wanted to say they showed us way too much through trailers and stuff. I had already seen all the best bits that may otherwise shocked me in the movies. Should have been more tight lipped in the trailers boys! who is with me??
the movie kicked ass SPOLIERS when the father and son had a chestburster it was cool and when the pregnant lady gave birth to 4 stomic bursters that was intense they ate her baby the Predalien is a rapist the movie wasn't to dark wait till it comes out on DVD it will look perfect any ways go watch it
And I didn't like the hybrid down the throat make 5 aliens at once trick, I even heard someone in the theatre say 'that sucks' at that bit and I hated and saw it coming the yutani reference which cheapend the feel to the film and even brought the good ones down unless you're the I don't count that kind of person. And I hated how the military dropped a nuke on US soil with such little attempt to do anything else. if the entire town was overun then the nest should have been way bigger and there should have been more aliens in the town. I loved the sound effects and blue heat vision much appreciated and shouldn't just write bad things, I remember I felt sick after AVP 1 saying 'I waited so long' but I'm just like ren when stimpy shows him the film he made and ren says 'eh, it's a film'. I loooove the aliens and predator films but even I have to say stop it now, let them rest in peace.
the only thing i hated about this movie was the final Predator and Predalien fight and that the movie was only 90 so min long but it was none stop action all the way through cant wait for AVP 3 i still cant get over the stomach bursters that was some freaky ass shit i was like holy shit thats f**ked up!!! the Predator was bad ass in this movie loved is lazer traps and his Xeno Whip 4/5 star movie
yea i think the Predalien laying eggs down females throuts is pretty ontroversial i kinda like it and i kinda dont they should have waited for AVP 3 for that new reproduction concept since they said AVP 3 will be set on the Aliens home planet i can totaly accept a Praetorian or Carrier alien doing this to a host like the ones for the ALIENS VS PREDATOR EXTINCTION the Predalien could have bin a Praetorian Predalien
For your money you get to see; - A closeup shot of an Alien's feet, complete with fully cloaked high heels, taking 3 strides. - A pregnant women being deepthroated by the PredAlien, then really quickly a team of 5-6 Alien babies bursting through her stomach. - The predator with a vial of infinite use blue liquid which is used to "Hide the Evidence", unfortunately he goes around hiding mostly useless evidence. Like one of the towns 5000 aliens. - The predator missing an Alien with his canon, twice in a row......am I correct? Wait, you see him miss on many occasions, hardly the sniper I thought before today - (The store)"Where are the guns?", well takes fives steps forward, look up and you'll see them! - Memorable oneshitliners like; "I guess I know who ordered the sausage pizza", "People are dying, we need guns".
Does anyone remember what happened to those hobo's dog?
my ranking of this movie in the pred/alien franchise: Predator/Aliens Alien Predator 2 Alien 3 AVPR Alien Res AVP man how much better i reckon it would of been if the army guys ended up shooting the survivors to stop them from spreading the word of what happend. Anyone else agree?
they could have added lots of CGI Aliens towards the end to make the town look like it was realy being over runned before they nuked it but oh well they should have had the dog have a chest burster
i agree with the dog have a chest burster as well, when i saw it in the sewer with 2 old guys i really thought they were gonna bring back the alien from alien 3.
Guys,if you are really fans of Predator or Aliens movie,that movie is for you!I saw that movie yesterday,and I like it .Maybe its not perfect,but is good,and much better than first one !
Homeless Harry's dog was never killed or chestbursted or was he?
I don't know what the critics were expecting, but I really enjoyed it. It's just a stupid action movie, not Shakespeare. It did a good job of entertaining me and left the next creative team with a solid hook, should they choose to use it. Personally, I'm hoping for a Predator 3 next, with some great corporate conspiracy stuff.
my ranking the pred/alien franchise PREDATOR PREDATOR 2 Aliens Alien 3 Alien Ressurection ALIENS VS PREDATOR REQUIEM dont get me wrong AVPR was good but thats how i would have ranked it i loved it but the Aliens and Predator movies come first cause there classics
still cant get ovee the 4 or 5 stmoach bursters the idea would have bin better is the Alien was a Praetorian or Carrier Alien as seen on AVP EXTINCTION
Commander Griker OMG i just realized somthing ! Kendra and her brother wernt in the movie ___________________ The bros. said the 'extended' dvd edition has additional charachter devolpment, so im guessing they will be in the dvd version :D Im not sure what to think about the film, as I am from the UK Im just going to go and watch the film, If its 'A Fans Only' film ;D that's cool with me! And can people stop posting spoilers on here please, or at least mark your comment with spoiler before hand lol :D thank you
AVP-R was better than AVP but, the story and the acting was off. In the Alien films the goverment always tried to get their hands on this living weapon. And in Predator2 the goverment wanted the Predator technololy.This should've been the story: An U.F.O. crashes the goverment know's about it they lie to the sheriff leading him around in circles.So the goverments recovery team can get what they need. But wait, people are getting killed by the Aliens, so now the goverment wants to get it's hands on that as well. It's a 2 for 1 deal that the general can not pass up. This has been the story the goverment/ The Company has always tried to get an Alien or the Predator technology. But it always slips through thier fingers and this leads up to............ALIEN
AVP-R was better than AVP but, the story and the acting was off. In the Alien films the goverment always tried to get their hands on this living weapon. And in Predator2 the goverment wanted the Predator technololy.This should've been the story: An U.F.O. crashes the goverment know's about it they lie to the sheriff leading him around in circles.So the goverments recovery team can get what they need. But wait, people are getting killed by the Aliens, so now the goverment wants to get it's hands on that as well. It's a 2 for 1 deal that the general can not pass up. This has been the story the goverment/ The Company has always tried to get an Alien or the Predator technology. But it always slips through thier fingers and this leads up to............ALIEN
Saw the movie on christmas. I thought it was ALOT better than the first one. The fight scenes were amazing, even though it was dark I didnt have a problem seein anything. All in all, i give it 4 out of five stars. Also, what happened to the black brother and sister.....they werent in it at all, and they were suppose to be in it???
DiMeS Totally agree with your movie ranking there. And Stamos i agree with those shitty one liners. The sausage one was realistic and thought it was good but the poeple are dying, we need guns was so damn stupid. It even made it worse when right after that he tells his brother? to shut the hell up because hes to dumb to talk. Man that made him look even more stupid saying that. I only wished we seen the aliens head more as they really didnt show much of them and really i never seen their ribbed heads. Also when Wolf was on his home planet and picking up his helmet and weapons WHY didnt they at least show the disc on the wall and have the predator about to grab it but change his mind and puts the wipe to his waist other then the disc where it belongs in same place. Man little things like that make such a killer impact. Damn directors.
I told you guys avpr would suck ass, but no one listened.
Looking at those stills shows how much better the movie would have been if they only kept the lighting the same and not darken it before release. Theres no detail and looks like a old vintage movie. I would have given the movie a 5/5 if the lighting was better. Im sure stratus bros did it because ADI sucks and wanted to hide their flaws. Still wont improve it. I really hope DVD version is fixed
Why Should We listen to critics! Entertainment Weekly says American Gangster doesn't deserve an Oscar. The Same People says that SCARFACE is a 2 star movie! SCARFACE!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN WILL THEY LEARN THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ONE PERSON WHO HAS PROBABLY LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE THAN YOU THINKS IT'S HOW YOU THINK THE MOVIE IS! EGBERT RICH! PEOPLE AT ENTAINMENT WEEKLY PROBABLY PAID IF NOT RICH! WHO GIVE A FLYING F**K WHAT ANYONE THINKS A CERTAIN MOVIE SHOULD BE!
I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE___________ WITH CRITICS CRITCISING GOOD MOVIES JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT! F**K THEM! IT ONLY MATTERS IF YOU LIKE IT! So What IF IT NOT GOOD? YOUR STILL GOING TO HAVE WATCH IT AND ENJOY IT EVENTUALLY! DON'T LET SOME POMPOUS RICH CRITIC RUIN YOUR MOVIE EXPERIANCE!(' >:( ','short') (' >:( ','short') (' >:( ','short') (' >:( ','short') I Think The Movie is Good!
The woman at the end is Mrs. Yutani...... ::)
If Aliens some how spread out near your home and your community, how exactly do you see it happening?!? You think there gonna have some big old epic brawl in the middle of the town square with perfect lighting shining down on them? This movie is an accurate example of what could really happen. The Aliens stick to the "Darkness" and use that to thier advantage. They find thier prey, capture and harvest them. When a location for the hive is determined, "hosptal" anyone?? alot of people there, tons of corridors to weave in and out from....where else? I guess the people who wanted "Perfect" light would set up the hive at the local plant nursery. AVP-R is a great movie.
YES it would have made sense if they showed the disc on the wall when the predator was gearing up but hey i think they rushed it a bit he could have looked at it then look at the shurken and take the shurken off the wall thats how i would have shown that scene i still like it MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THE DVD the DVD will have more scenes i cant wait
WHAT I WOULD HAVE ADDED TO THE MOVIE AND WHAT I WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT OF THE MOVIE 1) Predator gearing up scene: Predator would have looked at the wall and seen the Disc and then the shurken and then take the shurken off the wall 2) No Predalien Reproduction: cause it makes it feel like Species I would have added more face huggers like 10 and wolf would have known how many there was and had to kill 3) Dog Alien There would have bin a Dog Alien 4) Shaun Noelte Predalien i would have went with the Shaun Noelte Predalien desgin 5) more epic final fight The final fight scene with the Predator and the Predalien would have bin better and longer
AVP-R is beter then AVP and thats it but it could have bin done a little better
They should make a Predator 3
Well darkness the movie was great. It was just what I needed to make my christmas even better.The actin wasn't even that bad. The fight scenes were all good but i felt that some of the chestburter effect were bad. The scenes at night were brighter so i could see perfectly. my dumbass movie theater didn't have credits though?I dont know if thats just my town or the movie.
This movie will still will do better than the first I believe, I definately feel it has that re watch feel. Am from the uk so I have to wait the 18th, sigh! :)
I was fine with the final battle at the end. Too many times movies try to make the finale over the top and ruin it. I liked it and I'm sure the dvd will add a little more. I also really liked the line about the Sausage Lover's pizza. Made me LMAO. I also really enjoyed the bums getting facehugged. That's pure entertainment! But, I agree, they should've made the dog get facehugged, as well. I would've loved to see the dog-alien again! >:D >:D
it was a good movie i like it but could have bin done little better WHAT I WOULD HAVE ADDED TO THE MOVIE AND WHAT I WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT OF THE MOVIE 1) Predator gearing up scene: Predator would have looked at the wall and seen the Disc and then the shurken and then take the shurken off the wall and i would have added the predator music from the first 5 min clip 2) No Predalien Reproduction: bad idea cause it makes it feel like Species I would have added more face huggers like 10 and wolf would have known how many there was and had to kill Predator would have 2 viles of blue Liquid this reproduction method would have passed if the Alien was a Praetorian or Carrier alien 3) Dog Alien the hobos dog would have gotin chestburster there would have bin a Dog Alien 4) Shaun Noelte Predalien i would have went with the Shaun Noelte Predalien design 5) more epic final fight The final fight scene with the Predator and the Predalien would have bin better and longer
most of people said "it's better than the first one" ... man it's not just because it's a little better than the first one that's a good movie. Make worse movie than the first avp is i think impossible, so of course the strause make it better and try to do their best for make it work correctly, but apparently it doesn't look like really better and better than the first one. good work greg and colin, but you can do better, learn the failure of this one for try to do better movie next time. What can't kill you make you strong.
This movie is being attacked very much. I prayin for a third one right now. but im afraid that it wont get that far. oh and some of the characters in the character list in the website werent there. like kendra and curtis. and drew and his dad.
To be honest, I thought the film was just a bunch of total crap. It didn't have much of the feel of the Alien and Predator films and felt more like a slasher film only with Aliens and a Predator. This isn't the epic we've been hoping for. I feel so ashamed watching this crap, but I'm glad my brother had a good time with it. Overall, I'd give it a 2/10. Hopefully AVP 3 will be better than this, but I would rather a Predator 3 and Alien 3 more than a third AVP.
well this guy is searching for a predator kick in his sorry ass , i have the chance to see the film and man!! has everything for a avp movie , figthing,blood, kickass action, so this is not romatic crap like titanic, and all the avp fans could appreciate that. the film its a little darker yes, but that´s something that could be fixed. :)
Alien 5, sorry. ;D
im kinda disapointed but not as much as i was on AVP cant wait for the DVD new scenes
AVP 1 was shit compared to AVP-R i still give it 4/5 stars
darn, looking at these reactions does 3 things to me: 1st of all, Im getting agrovated I still have to wait till Januari 17th (Netherlands), Second of all, I'm glad there are mixed feelings, I myself can't say I really LIKE AVP 1, but I had fun watching it, Third of all, im sad that they actually did make the predalien do a deepthroat porn scene on a PREGNANT?? lady....that's just sick....not only is the mouth f**king SICK, but using a PREGNANT lady, thats totally f*cked up man, I have a baby girl coming up in a few months as my dear girlfriend is pregnant for 5 months now.....(not that i'm offended or something like that, its just sick) (and then 5! alien babies from the STOMACH?? f**k....) anyway, I'm still gonna see it, probably gonna like it so/so, and hope it isnt as dark as I am reading it is....and hope the special edition DVD will be major kick ass without that filter mentioned before, and more scenes....
so is there more than 1 hybrid then?- and cud someone tell me if wolfe gets any gud punches wif the glove?
Hey im the one that first mentioned that they should had the disc on the predator weapon wall. And he didnt get the shuriken from his wall but the dead predator on earth. Disc and wip are waist weapons so they should have had him about to grab the disc but change his mind and takes the wip. Wants alittle challange :) Man that would have been sweet. Anyway i loved the movie.
keep in mind this is Greg and Colin Straus first movie
Spoon me and you should direct AVP 3
Hey SoulWonder :) , without giving too much (or nothing at all) how would you improve upon it? surly it was better than the first movie? again I haven't seen the music so I can't judge ... ... but it does look sweet as!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't care what anyone says, this was goddamn awful movie, no need to repeat what others have already said cos it's spot on. Better than AvP? Just by the skin of it's teeth, and that's no excuse to say it was good because it was slightly more enjoyable than the first. I almost got up and left the theater afew times, and some DID get up and leave before it was over. When it was over, some people clapped but there was alot of boo's. This franchise is dead, for god sake just leave it alone now and let it rest in peace. I don't want to EVER hear of another Alien Predator or AvP movie for aslong as live, end it now!
WTF Tekz this movie was for the fans the only thing i hated was the Predalien reproduction the 5 stomach bursters and no the franchise is not dead
i loved avpr, i give it 10/5 :) I read all the alien/predator/avp novels and watch all the movies.....nothing can disappoint me!
The Predator acted and moved like a Predator not like AVP were there wereing all that f**king gear think of these movies as a Graphic novel or comic book dont think of it as Actual Alien and Predator films there trying to make it feel like the comics
Little things please little minds I guess. And yes the franchise is dead, and I hope and prey to god that it is because it's just turning into a farse.
Next AVP3 is going to be set in the Alien future and thats what us fans real want we want a movie that is just like the AVP 2 Pc game
Think what you will nothing has realy changed the Aliens are still Aliens and the Predators are still Predators the only thing is that damn new Predalien reproduction ability but hey maybe thats how the Predators reproduce ???
4/5 and when the DVD comes out there will be more footage THE MOVIE WAS GOOD like they did for AVP unrated i cant stomach the first AVP yuk PG 13
i don't care what anybody say's i love it and the ppl who hated are haters period...... peace
All I can say is that Fox is the most retarded studio out there. Who the hell turns down the most successful and best charactor development director out there (JAMES CAMERON) for paul anderson. James Cameron could have brought this franchise back to its glory. Cameron would not make a movie if he didnt think it would be GREAT. I really wanted to like this movie. I spent almost a year religiously checking websites and getting pumped for this movie. I really disliked the first avp movie, so for me to say that this movie is by far worse, IT REALLY DOES sadden me! And for a rated R movie, it was not gory at all. I have seen alot worse with lesser ratings. FOX, you have single handedly sunk both franchises. James Cameron must be laughing his ass off.
sigh it wasn't that bad
I mean it still set on earth what do you expect? and it set in present day Now if it was set in the AVP 2 Pc game era that would have bin epic and it would have bin AVP with all its glory
it looks like this movie has turned out to be a joke as with its previous installment, but, was any of us expecting this to be amazing? what ever version is released by which ever directed none oif them will be able to beat Alien, Aliens or Predator, 2 b honest the franchises died a while ago...its a shame, but oh well
Well said heman. And Commander Griker, what's good about it?? I am a fan of the franchise, but not this garbage, you must be on the fans who would be happy with anything put infront of them no matter how crap it is. This movie is a perfect example for showing that any retard can get behind the camera and put together a dodgy film. Even the fan made short videos on YouTube are more enjoyable to watch than this was.
MUST READ!!! to all the haters One day they will do a remake of AVP just like Nolan did with the Batman series as long as we have the Alien films and the Predator Films dont make a big deal of the AVP movies take it from me i have bin a hardcore fan of AVP since i was 6 years old back in 1993 i think AVP was at its peak when AVP 2 the Pc game came out in 2002 man that was the golden years of AVP but i dont have my hopes up because AVP 3 is said to take place in the Alien future and will have Colonial Marines since Colin Straus is a big fan of AVP 2 the PC game i have my hopes for AVP 3 so im not mad at this movie im just not really satisfied with the whole new Predalien laying eggs down its host throat i mean it was cool but i didn't realy think they need that new concept leave that to a Praetorian or Carrier Alien cause if you think about it wouldn't all the other aliens do it too they added that feature because they were short Aliens and they didn't want to have a Queen but hey if the whole town was going to get nuked why not throw in a Queen i mean realy leave the whole throwing up eggs down host throat to the Face huggers if its not broken dont fix it
the movie was ok but i will not shit all over it but i do feel some of yoru guys pain i mean we waited for this movie for a long as time and it wasn't realy that cool but it was ok good 4/5 not the greatest the score was original to Alien resurection and Predator and the feel of the Predator was there the Aliens could have bin done better i kinda liked the smooth dome crests better then the ribbed but what ever
i guess the mood and the feel to the movies is in the music and action Aliens had it Alien 3 and Alien Resurection had it and so did both the Predator films AVP-R also has it it passed i give it a B- 4/5 stars
I dont know, Personally I loved the movie however...becasue the ship in the first movie was like huge, the ship in the second one was like small and it took like 2 shots of missed Shoulder Cannon shots to take it down. No way in hell could that be the first ship 1. It was alot bigger 2. More Predators. But besides that, I think it was great, ending was unique but I feel like the Predator Could have add a bit more fighting scences
Agreed
I think it was a great movie. Sure there was some flaws, like with the ending, with the nuke blowing everything up. But over all...... IT WAS A HELL OF A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You know, this movie is turning out to be a mix bag ??? .With the first movie the general feeling was that it was a bad movie ( I thought it was ok) This movie have people going from one extreme to another, some saying their love it others say they hated it, most thought it was alright... ... me, am going to end up being biased, I'll end up loving the movie because I am an advoacte fan. ;D
o, the story was dealt by another writter and NOT the brothers, they only executed the movie. Fox, next time DON'T show so much footage, from what people have been saying alot had been spoilt because of how you handle the promotion, (not the brothers fault at all, but YOURS!!) This will still do suprisingly well though, I want it to.
It was good, but not great. When I walked out it felt like Spider-man 3, Whole, Disjointed, Lacking, and somewhat satisfying. Expected alot more, received alot less. Super secret ending was the single most disappointing aspect. Endings can change your perspective of the Series without destroying, which in turn reinvigorates everything. Not so Here. Too much hype. Too bad. Wolf was pretty cool though. 7.1/10 - Good, could have been better, yet satisfying to a degree. Definitely better than the first.
lmao and wen u thought it couldnt get any worse....another 3 bad reviews :D
Waow, not surprised it has this many bad reviews >:(
And me to spit on this tomatoes >:D >:D >:D
form what i have seen you diots bitch more about the lack of gore then the acting 2nd the humans acting was kind lame but the humor with the humans was alot better then avps i tought they did a good job on how predalien is basicley a walking face huger thats worse then a face hugger but the predalien offspring should have been predaliens sence it is its own spice's i did get alot of feel fform the old flims mostley becouse of lines "what the f**k are you" and get to the chooper" and music form pred2 and pred1 humans dieing form Pred? hes not there for humans hes there for aliens he onley killed one dude becouse he got spoted and the one chick just paniced and got in his way . and Preds dont dont want thereselfs to be known its like leting the deer know your around know what i mean? the gore was fine i didint see any cutaway scenes of deaths 2 bettys haveing the predalien inpregnate them watching the predalien walking up the nursery way kind funny mmm babys you epole are way to cirtical its these guys 1st moive i say they did a decent job they can use ths info for the next one if gore is all you want go watch dawn of the dead bunch of pepole runing shooting there wasint that much gore in the last flims Alien1 alien2 Alien3 AR Avp Pred 1 and 2 was mostley what ? gut piles and skined bodys and one dude haveing his chest blown out avpr looked more like a alien moive with a pred in the background with humans going wtf is going on i give the flim 7/10
AVP-R was better than AVP but, the story and the acting was off. In the Alien films the goverment always tried to get their hands on this living weapon. And in Predator2 the goverment wanted the Predator technololy.This should've been the story: An U.F.O. crashes the goverment know's about it they lie to the sheriff leading him around in circles.So the goverments recovery team can get what they need. But wait, people are getting killed by the Aliens, so now the goverment wants to get it's hands on that as well. It's a 2 for 1 deal that the general can not pass up. This has been the story the goverment/ The Company has always tried to get an Alien or the Predator technology. But it always slips through thier fingers and this leads up to............ALIEN
The brothers FAILED at Directing the actors. End avp and bring us back with Pred 3 and A 5
AVP-R was better than AVP but, the story and the acting was off. In the Alien films the goverment always tried to get their hands on this living weapon. And in Predator2 the goverment wanted the Predator technololy.This should've been the story: An U.F.O. crashes the goverment know's about it they lie to the sheriff leading him around in circles.So the goverments recovery team can get what they need. But wait, people are getting killed by the Aliens, so now the goverment wants to get it's hands on that as well. It's a 2 for 1 deal that the general can not pass up. This has been the story the goverment/ The Company has always tried to get an Alien or the Predator technology. But it always slips through thier fingers and this leads up to............ALIEN
I am a huge alien and predator fan, but I took my friend, my wife and even my father who likes the films but not crazy like me and some other fans. At the end of the film I was dissappointed, but didnt really say anything. The other 3 of them said they thought the movie absolutely sucked and that I wasted their time. They couldnt say money because I paid. Even when the movie ended someone from the crowd yelled out, "THAT FU*KING SUCKED". While I dont agree with that language, I have to say that the whole theatre pretty muched agreed. I tried listening to people on the way out and I didnt hear anything positive. The best comment I heard was " Well, at least it was short. Im not hear to bash or argue, Im just telling you what the experience was and what I PERSONALLY heard.
Im quite dissapointed by all the bad reviews, but Id rather have another avp movie than predator or alien movie, because pred2 was okay just not great so to leave it there, that was fine in my opinion and alien 3 was the best place to leave the alien franchise (I quite like A3 third favorite alien film), Alien Ressurection I hate so much and wrecked everything. So another alien movie wouldn't be good and Id rather see the predator again in a avp movie rather than a predator movie. Even though I havn't seen the AVP-R yet (im from UK) I still want AVP 3 as its doesn't fully 'count' as a 'alien' or 'predator' film :D if you know what I mean? :-\ P.S FOX will you stop screwing the fans over...either give us the film us fans want or dont make a film at all! U money grabbing dogs!!!! >:(
We got all we can get out of avp movies. They need to bring it back to alien and predator movies. It needs more depth and development. You cant have 3 main characters and put it in 80 min. I liked this movie as it felt like old school alien movie. Really had a feeling this movie was made in the late 80's which isnt a bad thing. I admire the brothers for taking the movie in their own vision and not how everyother movie is done today. They showed passion when everyone else does it for the money. Thats why the 80s were the best. Anyway Corrected lighting and extra scenes for DVD will make this movie perfect. Fox dish out the money and get james cameron and stan winston and END THIS ALREADY!.
sounds not good :-\
I saw it yesterday (opening day), and the theatre was almost completely empty! It was just me, a couple friends, and a small handful of people. And almost everyone was snickering or scoffing. Which was quite irritating, to say the least. >:( I did like the movie, though. It was good, but disappointing. The ending was so anti-climactic. What's worse, all my concerns about the film, specifically regarding the aliens and predators themselves, turned out to be well founded. Much to my dismay. Also, the aliens had so many missed opportunities to kill wolf by impalement, it was absurd. Instead, they decided to swat him with it or do nothing. Riiiiiiiiight... ::) The Strause Bros. were obviously biased. lol I did like the film, but I have to say I enjoyed the first one much more. ...and the pred-alien's new reproductive method is still stupid. :P
lol this is gettin worse by the miniute....im not even gunna wait 4 it 2 cum out in UK cinemas im just gunna watch it online instead of going to waste my money on it....
My review of AVP Requiem I really like the movie. I still dont take it as a classic as Alien or Aliens but I think is WAY better than A3, A4, and of course our lovely AVP. I am not saying this movie didnt have mistakes that sh$# you like Buddy's acting or the lightening but if you take that out it is perfect. I also need to say that it didnt had that really stupid dialouges. It reminds me about the dialouges in Predator, very 80's and kind of nonesence in some sences. There is a whole bunch of mixtures of reviews right now and the only thing I can say about those Dead Central or ComingSoon is that they can barley kiss my pink ass. Another good thing about the movie is that it kind of heal those holes that AVP made to the Alien franchise by explaining how the hell things really happen. By the DVD as many fans say, I would love that is brighteen and that it has extra scense. Darkness or Corp. Hicks have that kind of acess to the directors and they have the chance to convince them about that. 8.0/10
I still can not wait to see it! there are plenty of awesome movies that get horrible reviews those people are idiots most people that have seen it are saying they atleast thought it was pretty good and some LOVE it so im bet I will LOVE IT
I am worry about the Box office. Were the theather full of people yesterday ?
Rotten Tomatoes gives it 22%... I was pretty excited about this film, but Rotten Tomatoes has always been the best and most accurate review site for me.. ..so now I'm not so excited. *sigh*. Shame. But then it was never going to be great.
Shit, the Weyland-Yutani corp. now have the predator's weapon. Damn the predator race will exposed. Damn it .
There a review on youtube http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyoBwTEw4tQ
I just wanted the fights to be longer, but it was still a great movie. ;D
wow :o (well now Frostyharrison you the first being other then my useless host here-) HEY! (that doesn't care of what the f**k ppl says or do anyhting that makes you think or act like they want is like the religion war of ppl converting but in e end ppl have the chose to pick wantever there saying are or action they make) meaning....... ??? (boy you're a dumbass and as for the meaning is "you have a free will of what make you, you then use it")
i went to see AVP-R yesterday to make my christmas even better and i thought it was bad ass it was a lot more better than paul's tea party verison of AVP. the aliens looked great and the predator looked awesome. the predalien looked cool too. i just hope the brothers do another one in the future and have weyland-yutani in the 3rd one and also have the marines to face both the aliens and predator. however i'll give avp-r 4 out of 5 stars a great improvement on paul anderson's avp. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
This movie was not ment for the fans. They made it look like it was. If it was trully ment for the fans, then the whole hybrid deal wouldn't been done so bad and caused such a ruckus. Everything about the hybrid was bad taste and not scary, cool or disgusting. How do you compare in the first film a predator fighting the queen to the second where the predator is fighting a creature not even close to the queen's toughness??? What I see in this film was Fux thinking of doing a low budget sequal with a tirdy script from a cheap hack of a writer. The brothers came in and said they could pull this off cheap. Fux wanting a quick cash in gave them the nod.
so did any of u guys see the movie yet cause i didn't. im gonna go see it probably next week. but anyways if u guys saw it then who won. was it the aliens, was it the predator or did nobody win. come on tell me how it ends i like spoilers.
i heard it was a dissapointing movie and ending. but wanna see it anyways. cause i like crossover vs. movies. they're pretty cool.but any ways i still wanna know the ending like does everyone die or something because of that huge nuke i saw in the t.v. spots.come give me details i want to know.
Well, I can't wait to see it! I'm from Spain and I have to wait until 11 January. I'm a fan of both creatures and I just want to see a better film than AVP. Saludos a todos. ;)
u know i still wanna see a freddy vs. jason 2 though.
Hmmm.. I liked it. Thats all that matters. Just hope they will make some more.
please can anybody tell me the ending?
it end with the bomb destroying the town, the predator and the predalien....i havent even seen the movie and i know thats how it ends....havent u seen the trailers.....it also then finishes with the predators gun being given to miss yuntai which is supposed 2 link to alien
I've just seen AVP-R, and I can say it is a definite improvement over AVP. The tension and pace of AVP-R was also better than AVP along with superior acting and dialogue. Most importantly, the pred v.s alien action was far better here than in AVP. However, the poor lighting and lack of background plot over the predator and aliens was a negative point here. It would be better if they have included more of the yutani angle to provide some context, rather than just a slasher flick. Still, I would recommend this film as it is clearly a step above AVP and have much more satisfying pred v.s alien action.
Saw AVP-R first showing today. Luckily the theater only had 13-15 people all over the age of 25-30. Therefore, everyone was fairly mature during the viewing. I'm not surprised by the amount of people since it is the day after X-Mas and was also early in the day. With that much said, I found the movie fun, yet disappointing at the same time. My previous fears were mostly proven true. Every major battle was either shown partially or in its full via trailers, commericials, TV specials, and previews. The main points not spoiled included most of the various Alien procreation scenes and the poorly written human story. Otherwise I felt like I was sitting through something that I had already watched.
As far as the human story line, I was mostly disappointed by the fact that the characters felt very static and emotionless. For instance, Kelly seems to forget that her husband was even killed just hours ago. Half the time, she seems to ignore her daughter is even with her. Maybe I just managed to ignore Molly most of the time? It really felt like the only reason Kelly's character existed was to provide a means of escape for Dallas & Ricky, and to also give a nod to Aliens (Ripley & Newt). Besides, WTF happened to the scene where she is firing the mounted machine gun that they showed in all of the trailers. That scene looked pretty bad assed and made me actually want to see the movie. Yet, the credits rolled and it was no where to be found ??? Guess that means it will be in the Super Duper Delux Special Edition of AVP-R when it hits DVD/HD-DVD/Bluray.
That being the majority of my complaints, I felt the Brother Strause did an excellant job on the feeling of the movie as compared to AVP. The aliens and predator felt much like they did in the orginal movies. Especially wolf, he was one badassed looking Predator this time around. The battle scenes were pretty awesome (Even though I already saw them a month ago <sigh>). Although, as I previously voiced, I really wished the pool scene got the ax during the cutting process. I felt it was cheesy and not very realistic looking. It just had a very Jason X, or Halloween feeling to it in my own opinion. However, I am willing to forgive this scene knowing that budget was very minimal. There was one particular continuity issue within the movies storyline that especially bothered me. I'm curious if this bothered anyone else. At the beginning of the movie, Wolf takes his time to destroy any evidence of the Alien invasion and the humans that where killed because of it. However, he takes the time to skin and hang a police officer from a tree. I understand this is a nod to the previous Predator movies. However, doesn't this completely defeat the whole purpose of destroying the evidence in the first place?
Overall, this movie was defiantly much better then the previous AVP. Although thats not saying much. I blame the bad script on Shane Salerno. He's now screwed up twice, its time to dump him and find a better writter if there should be a third installment. The Brothers Strause had the action scenes and Alien creatures down. However, they dropped the ball in the dialog and acting department. This is most due to the fact that the script sucked balls in the first place (I read the original script AICN posted along while back), and the fact this was thier first film.
Most mediocre film ever. Didn't hate it like I thought I would, but it didn't do anything for me.
You poor poor souls who are apologists for this movie. A movie for the fans? I'm with Herman, if FOX really cared abotu what the fans wanted they would've green lit Cameron going forward with his Alien 5 script. Instead they handed the reins to PWSA and the Brothers Grimm (two more flunkie FX supers who couldn't direct a high school talent show). What a joke. Some brilliant studio exec seriously thought they'd make more money off an AVP movie than a Cameron directed epic. This movie should be direct to sci-fi like Species III or Mansquito and the only reason it's not is because of the name recognition of the monsters. Requiem indeed for you have all witnessed the end of the Alien and Predator franchises thanks to this viking funeral of a movie. I will be shocked if this movie makes more than Alvin and the Chipmunks. Movie for the fans... laughable. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go back to waiting for Avatar and Battle Angel which feature REAL casts, REAL crews, and REAL ideas.
hey tekz, instead of constantly bitchin and bashin the movie, im curious as to how exactly you would have done it different or what you thought should happen for one of these movies, i mean yea it wasnt the best it could be , i hoped for more ,but it doesnt mean it was terrible either, i personally think your just pissed inside for something you cant control and that pisses you off even more, enough to get on here and constantly bash someone elses work so you can just feel better about yourself. you could have just said you were dissapointed, thats all. not attack something without any real reasoning or weight behind your claims. i mean you posted like 5 times or something about how much it sukced and you hated it and were so dissapointed , if youve thought about it this much then u must have some idea of how you personaly thought it should be done which undoubtedly contradicted what you saw on screen, otherwise it wouldnt have sucked in your opinion, so...im curious, what is it, cuz i bet others somewhere would think your idea would suck too, so give the movie and the directors a break. dont just get on here to bash,you sore loser
I didnt see the movie yet, and some say it was good, some say it was bad, but i think that it won't be so much better than the original AvP. I saw the clips. Characters, suspense, and creature FX were all okay, but the one thing that ruined it all was the lighting. Couldn't see a f***ing fight. Couldn't see gore, couldn't see the death. Couldn't even see the freakin' plasma bolts from the plasmacaster! for gods sake, reall! My expectations i must say are pretty low right now, but i still have yet to see it, so im pretty sure they'll change, but when the DVD comes out, im gonna have to turn the brightness all the way up! but at least it's rated R unlike the first AvP, which means it's as horrifying and bloody as all the original films. i give it a mediocre 4/10 at best... so far...
I went to watch this in a theater that was 75% prebooked. People laughed at the dialogue after the rain began to fall. Nearly everything the actors uttered was laughable, and for this reason alone you cannot take the movie seriously. It's true that if you had great acting then you would take the movie more seriously. People walked out 3/4 of the way through. I was disappointed, mostly due to the fact that it felt that it was cutup, very messily. I thought the directors said they were going to correct the colors but unfortunately it was a shade dark, I don't really mind that. The sound was fantastic though and i absolutely love the peacock-elephant shriek they gave back to the Alien.
I thought it was a pretty damn good film, it had a lot more action than the first, There was more blood and gore, the special effects were good, some of the fight scenes were a little dark, but i could tell who was kicking who's ass, i thought it went a just little bit fast, but the action was great, I was pulled into it, The predalien and the wolf predator both were pretty sick in the film, Wolf kicked some ass, and Predalien was awesome, and it had brought out some features like in the old films(watch u'll c wut i mean) overall i thought it was really good, and the hell with all the critics saying it sucked and this and that and like how this is bad and this as well, Well if u didn't like it, don't watch it again, leave it for us AVP fans who like it to enjoy it instead of tearing it apart on the fansite... I'd love to see more of these films come out ;D
Also I'm sure they'll come out with an Unrated version which will b sick if they do and I'm sure they'll add more to it like anyother unrated film, and fix the dark parts which 2 me when i saw it weren't that bad, they were a little dark but not bad at all, It was an awesome movie, and if u haven't seen it yet, I'd recommend any avp fan to go see it....It was awesome Its action from the get go
Watched avpr yesterday and I say it's a step up from avp. Thank god the pred didn't get all kind and sociable like the pred in avp. This predator was more agile and faster than the avp pred, but not as skillful as arnold's adversary. The pred in avpr was easily spotted by a policeman who managed to get quite close to the pred before being noticed ( pred should've remained cloaked). Oh well this pred still does manage to kill quite alot of aliens and the odd human or two. The special effects were awesome and the homeworld of the predators was quite interesting. I give it 3.5/5 (more suspense and better actors required to give it that extra kick).
If you have nothing good to say then DON'T say anything at all if are just going to wine then do it on your own time and let the REAL fans enjoy the movie.
Like I said time and time again, everyone has their own opinions about movies and everyone is entitled to their opinion, it just gets me mad when people say things like its a fact that it sucked when there are people like me and others who thought it was cool, it cant be a fact if other people disagree with that fact. its like saying that the world is round, thats a fact, if there are people who disagree with that, then they are either stupid or never went to school... or had a bad teacher
I agree with RougeHunter, dont bother the fans and say it sucked when we thought it was awesome. forgot to add this to my last post
I watched AVP Unrated Edition again today, and I have to say I like the first film better. But not by a whole lot. ;) If fox weren't such meddling bitches, I'm pretty certain Anderson's original vision of an AVP film would've been far superior if Fox just cut him loose (versus them cutting the Strause Bros. loose). There was some really awesome stuff in there, but the final cut was quite abbreviated, to say the least (even in the UE version). >:( I personally thought the acting and the dialogue was superior to AVP:R, and the film was much more respectful to both the Aliens, Predators, their franchises, and most importantly, the fans. It wasn't without it's flaws, but I was more disappointed with the sequel. The first film felt much more like an AVP film. Watching AVP:R felt like I was watching two different films at the same time. One second, we have teenage drama (and the oh-so-obvious Ripley-Newt element), then we have a super predator "pwning" a bunch of mindless aliens and people being torn to shreds in between. I sure hope the Special Edition DVD's extra footage is going to bring it up to par, because I was pissed with how little they re-inserted with AVP's UE release. If this is the kind of quality we can expect from Fox, then I'm REALLY wishing they opted for Cameron's/Scott's Alien 5 collaboration. :-[
Saw it last night and i'd have to say i enjoyed it far more than Alien 3, Alien 4, Predator 2 or AVP. I've read all the novels and comics and love both franchises. I thought the brothers did a remarkable job considering the script, budget, spoilers and it being their first movie. I see it as a tribute to Camerons Aliens and the original Predator, and it included some stuff we've never seen like the aliens feeding, a predalien becoming a queen and moving with her children to establish a hive. I would have loved to see some dog aliens in there and some more slicing and dicing, but overall a fun movie. I get the feeling fox is scared of the whole Yutani aspect of the Alien films, it seems they tried to end it all with Aliens 3, in Alien 4 the company was gone. I fear that you haters on here are just playing into the hands of these bastards at fox and we may never get our epic AVP movie.
AVP films should never be compared to the originals. I love the Alien and Predator series equally, and I love the for being stand alone films. AVP even though there is continuity they really should be looked at as a seperate stand alone series as well. I enjoyed AVPR and even AVP1, but I enjoyed them because they are seperate from the originals. Like Lance Henrikson once said "AVP is the new franchise."
@ Greenband, yeah I noticed that little continuity problem as well. Wolf is suppose to be a "cleaner" predator, yet he leaves some nasty evidence out for everyone to find. lol I really don't like how the Strause Bros. completely redesigned the ship from the first film, either. Yeah, the redesign looks much more like the ships from P1 & P2, but now we have a continuity problem. And the interior still doesn't look like the one from P2. And where are the rest of the preds? I must admit I laughed when the one pred opened fire at the pred-alien when she was right in front of the hull. That was really dumb on his part. lol
Oh and AVPR really REALLY ROCKED \m/
I have to disagree about the battles though. There was at least five or six times the aliens could've killed Wolf easily. Unfortunately, the Strause Bros. are "HUGE" Predator fans and they can't have that. So this film turned out to be almost non-stop Predator worship. *sigh* The first film showed the aliens to be a serious threat and truly worthy prey. No "balancing" is needed nor should it even be considered. Now, what happened to the aliens being "the ultimate prey"? It just cheapens both species. Aside from a few small discrepencies, the aliens in the first film were pretty damn faithful to the original films. The ones in AVP:R were seriously nerfed as far as strength and intelligence goes. At least the preds in the first film had a logical, believable, in-universe explanation for their armor, weapons and developing skills: they were young predators entering their final test into adult hood. By going against the ultimate threat, the aliens.
But he is Broken Tusk, in the comic AVP Book One it is established that even a large group of aliens are no match for a well equipped experienced predator. In AVP1 they didn't even have acid proof amour so they stood no chance. I would like to see that super staff weapon in a movie, you know the one with the massive blade on the end, it's in the AVP arcade game.
i have a question that probably won't get answered... maybe it already has been i dunno i don't feel like wading through all your negative stipulation and trash talking. BUT remember when the first 5 mins. were released online? well wtf didn't colin say they redid the whole "Scar Vs." Scene? i was looking forward to that so much... wtf was he talking about? and didn't he say there was a lot more in there to show the hybrid molting? 3 seconds doesn't cut it. oh and the final battle? wtf! you can't lead up to it for the whole movie and then kill them off in 2 mins!!! =[ overall i liked it though :D
Why are there so many bad review. its a classic film its a mix between ALIENS and PREDATOR 1 if you ask me its all gone original these bad reviews are from people who dont know what they're doing.
i've only read bloody-disgustings review and it mad me real angery lol, its obvious the dude knows nothing about the alien or predator francise, why let him write the review about it???, i mean its not fair!, by no means is it a amazing movie but its watchable! and enjoyable.
Well, saw AVP: R yesterday, i must say that it is way better then the first AVP! I just wish that the fight at the end between the Predator & Predalien was longer. The movie itself was great, however it could have been better. All in all if your an Alien and Predator fan this is a MUST to see in the theatre! don't miss out! ;D 3.5/5
now i can see why the company wanted the alien for its bioweapons (spoiler to the ending). Great movie and story-line, I saw a bit of Aliens and Predator 2 in this movie. I really wish to see the alien homeworld tho. sooo Alien 5 we're waiting......8/10
I was surprised by how wooden the acting was and how generic and generally un-interesting the characters were. Especially in light of some of the condescending remarks the Strause Bros. made regarding the first film. What happened to having characters that "people will actually care about"? lol Ironic. The one character surviving the impalement was going overboard (I won't mention who for obvious spoiler reasons lol). Even by some slim chance she/he would be able to survive it, she/he would've bled to death in minutes. Maybe less. Despite all this, I still enjoyed the film and I'm going to try and see it again tonight with a friend and my father. :)
Well i'm pretty much as big of an alien fan as there can be. You could pretty much stick an alien on screen and just stand there I would like it. I liked all the Alien movies that everyone else hated. Alien 3, 4, and even Andersons AVP. Having said that AVPr Sucked! Or I should say i couldn't really tell if it sucked because I couldn't god dam see anything. I'm not sure who to blame for this those idiot brothers or fox. How hard is it to make a god dam good movie? everyone already loves Alien and predator...well maybe not anymore.
I love that "C" is considered a good review, lol
RougeHunter | 27 Dec 2007 05:24 If you have nothing good to say then DON'T say anything at all if are just going to wine then do it on your own time and let the REAL fans enjoy the movie. _______________________ LOL, talk about telling people to be one sided. So if you didn't like the movie you're not welcome here? You wouldn't last 5 minutes on a real movie forum. AvP-R was shite, what you going to do about it? Deal with it. And warchant-D, I'll tell you what I'd do right after you take the Strause Brothers balls out of your mouth and stop sugarcoating a crap movie. Done that? Right, good. First of all give everyone who went to the theater and didn't like the movie a refund. Second, get this heap of trash on DVD as soon as possible with a budget price of $1.99 and slap 'B-Movie Comedy' on the cover. Ban the Strause's from ever touching these franchises ever again. Sorted. And I'm not a sore loser at all, what's to be sore about? You're one of the hardcore fans that don't care how crap a movie is aslong as it's got aliens and predators in it that's fine with you, forget this terrible acting, none story, awful editing etc, aslong as we got these creatures on screen beating eachother up and killing people along the way that we don't care about because there is nothing to like about them, the movie is awesome, right? Wrong. Deal with the fact everyone is different and has a different opinion. You can get back on your soap box now.
Let the real fans enjoy the movie? If you were a "REAL FAN" you'd not be liking this film at all. Just because you like it, doesn't mean your a "REAL FAN" of the Alien/Predator series, just someone with a bad taste in movies >:(
omg... before i had seen this movie i only thought i featured a bad script and bad actors... but while watching the movie i quickly realized that it also featured probably the WORST editing i've ever seen in cinema... those two brothers should stop directing right now. the whole "feeling" of the movie was way more amateurish than the first avp. some things were done better than in the first, some werde done worse. about equally bad as anderson's piece of shit, but in a different way ;)
IGN gave it 3.5/5 sayin its very fun and entertaining
These are my suggestions for AVP:R (I know I’m going to get a lot of flack for some of them, but they make sense): 1) Negate the Pred-alien’s reproductive method. 2) Include a Pred-alien queen (with a logical, faithful design, of course). 3) Include at least several Pred-alien warriors. 4) Keep the current Pred-alien design for the warrior caste, save for a few tweaks: a. Negate the dreads (or at least redesign them to look much less goofy). b. Negate the predator’s skin tone. c. Negate the mini “queen’s crown”. 5) Don’t nerf the human gestated Alien warriors (i.e. don’t turn them into mindless weaklings; they should be much stronger and more cunning). 6) Keep the first AVP’s Predator ship design the same (including the interior). 7) Keep as many Predators on the ship as there were at the end of the first AVP. 8) Far more (epic) Predator deaths. 9) Implement an elite clan of Predator cleaners (about 6-7) to come clean up the mess instead of just one.
10) Use the redesigned AVP ship for the elite clan of Predators. 11) Have the Alien hive established at the power plant. 12) No absurdly missed opportunities for an Alien to kill a Predator. 13) Keep Wolf’s current weapons and gear in the film, but bring back at least some of the armor and make it acid resistant (they’re ‘gonna need it). Bring back the forearm scimitars, wrist rocket launchers, smart discs, net guns, the two-pronged dart launchers, different caliber plasma casters, etc. 14) Human gestated Alien warriors need to be a bit bigger (i.e. their correct height of about 8’). 15) If ***** is to be impaled the way he/she was, he/she shouldn’t survive. 16) Add much more emotion from the main actors (i.e. body language, tone of voice, facial expressions, etc.) 17) Have more characters the audience can easily relate to. 18) Don’t have the “cleaner” Predators attract unnecessary attention to themselves by leaving evidence out in the open for everyone to find.
Bio Mech Hunter to write and direct the next one, we're in business! Now would those ideas have been so hard to get into the movie on a $40mil budget? I don't think so.
one of the worst plot holes in the movie was when wolf cleaned everything up, destroyed the predator ship, got rid of the facehuggers in the woods and then finally... put the skinned police officer up in that tree... i mean, wtf, doesn't make ANY sense. that's as if someone carefully plans the perfect crime for over a year and then leaves his fingerprints at the crime scene.
i'm suprised the new york times gave it a good review, i did'nt expect that one, fangoria and bloody-disgusting did'nt really suprise me with their reviews, they spend so much time goin on about a movie only to trash it in the end. well i'm gonna see it tonight, so i'll jus have to see myself.
I thoroughly enjoyed the film. But its hard to disappointment me with any Alien or Predator film. The action was great, and the monsters looked awesome.... sure the acting wasnt that good, but i never care bout the people in the AVP films. So I couldnt care less bout them. All that mattered to me was that this film was epic, had a super predator, and the predalien was like a mini queen. It was great. ;D
Just got back from seeing it for the 2nd time and I must say.....I REALLY like this movie! It was good the first time, but I caught a few things I didn't see the first time and am very happy with it. I can't wait for it to come out on dvd to see some deleted scenes! Great job Strause Brothers!
I have a question for some of the experts. Does anybody understand the comments at the end of AVPR between Miss Yutani and the Colonel? To me they seemed kind of odd.
I think it's saying that she already knew about the predator technology from Predator 2 but failed to acquire it, but in AVP Weyland didn't know about predators. The monitor the general was watching was similar to Predator 2.
I've seen it twice now, and plan on seeing it tomorrow and saturday as well. I thought it was great. A lot of these reviewers simply do not understand the mythos, which is why they didn't like the ending, as was bloody disgustings oppinion. When Mrs. Yutani says "the world isn't ready for this technology", and corporal Stevens says "Yes, but this isn't for this world, is it?", any true fan knows the line is referring to the motto of the future merged corporation, WEYLAND YUTANI: BUILDING BETTER WORLDS.. it's a no brainer. As for the reviews finding it arbitrary that a predator would care if humans knew who they were, umm.. well, they DO. It's a matter of honor and security which forces wolf to head to earth. Having an entire eco system wiped out by their missteps is considered a shameful display to the youtja, AND, any technology left behind could be used against them. I'm just saying.. don't let these reviews get to you. TRUE FANS will appreciate this film.... TRUE FANS.
I meant colonel stevens.. lol. sorry.. i'm even bummed over the fact that he was supposed to be Garber from Predator 2.. how awesome would that have been!?!
i agree with cubanb82 on everything i just think it would have been cool if in the briefcase it had the Predator mask from P2 and the spear from P2 since those two things were left behind. perhaps even his cut off hand. so it kind of would have looked like a collection of everything that was forgotten. kinda like terminator. but oh well overall the movie was awesome. some weak CG scenes though... does anyone know what happend to the "scar vs." scene that was supposed to be at the beginning?
I was wondering about that scar vs scene as well, along with the two cast members we see in photos, but not in the movie. I also wish they had kept the cemetary scene in the film, AND I didn't see Reiko use the machine gun on the tank like she did in the trailer. A lot was cut, m'thinks. Hopefully the DVD will have a lot of extra stuff on it. I'm going to watch it again on friday and saturday for a total of 4 times.. so far. When people ask me why I go and see these movies, I simply tell them, "This is MY star wars. This is my Star Trek. THIS IS MY FAVORITE SERIES (mostly referring to the ALIEN series)". I get so frustrated with critics who know nothing about these films.
i agree we live for this
Not good. Not even stay for the whole movie bad. I stayed and regret that fact. Alien and Aliens were, are and will be classic sci-fi fare forever. Predator will always be one of the best sci-fi action flix of all time. AvP was watchable, empty but watchable. AvPr is 1.5hrs of hackery. Plotless, emotionless, yawn inspiring hackery. The scenes where tension is actually constructed come and go in seconds and you think "wtf, that sucked". That is how the whole movie passes, scene after scene of possibility with no payoff. How bad can a modern day script be if the only way the writer/director/studio can end the movie is to destroy everything. Deus ex machina is the last bastion for those who lack talent. And what the hell are so many people doing propping up this turd while admitting "I haven't seen it but I'm sure it rocks"? Tell this to your 8th grade teachers when school resumes after the holidays, "I know I'm going to get an A so I shouldn't have to do the homework." It will work trust me.
Well that movie is bad as avp one but i thinks that movie is better than first one ;D ;D
some reviews its a f**kER who make it , in Brazil the movie come out on 11 of january,lets see , "revierwers" how much money AvP-r will have.....and Bad review dont make the movie Bad........ >:( >:(
and my inglish sucks xD
I was waiting for january 11, but I think I will save my money (as FOX has done) Just one thing about "dont believe the critics"...The worst critics came from fantasy/horror media... When people choose names as "The Strause Brothers" to sign their movie, you should know what to expect. They have done videoclips and commercials...And thats what they have done so far...a good red band trailer. At least it looks they have make the movie dark enough to avoid people see ADI creatures. Definitely I won't go see that movie. Hopefully FOX will not try it again. AVP-R... Aliens vs Predator- Rest in Peace
No, it better not. We can't..... There is still one huge area of our world which hasn't been seen yet in a theatre...and this is where Fox can recreate/create the franchise... Praetorian...
Is there anywhere we can submit scripts here, as I'm writing one for fun. It will be very rich though and will mainly feature the Praetorian Aliens
BTW, I'm a huge fan... I got shot down earlier because I was misunderstood as saying the movie "sucked" which I didn't. I don't use that terminology. People who use the word "Sucks" are suckers themselves. I just thought the Human characters were that bad that I would've rathered the WHOLE movie FOLLOW Wolf, that would've made him a legendary character for the ending this movie. It would've been different, we would've had insight into the "Hunt" that a predator undertakes and would've held Wolf in higher regard in the world of AVP. You could hear moaning in the Theater everytime we left a scene with Wolf and then had to be reminded that there were useless humans involved. I wanted them ALL to die to Alien/Predator fury... That's it...
I am the die hardest of fans and this movie was pure trash...
My opinion They copied too much from Predator1 and Aliens and with those actors that ,well it was horrible Ending,f### ,i m dissapointed about all movie: -too dark -too much people -to little Wolf Wolf was greate,really nice badassPred his"roar" was fantastic-soo fresh I was thinking they do soo much better movie,well its 10000000% better than first AvP but still...:/ They could make movie about Wolf-alone! without human haracters. I am Big Predator and Aliens fan,but this movie wasnt what i expected to be, like i said, to much people,too dark,I wanna see Wolf and Aliens figting,not some f##### teenagers. If there will be AvP3 i hope it will be ...well without human haracters. I like Ewery fight snene in movie,fight between aliens and wolf. And Wolf,Really greate Predator, Awesome desing,as good as in P1,and P2. Wolf was really,REALLY Greate Pred,I wanna see more of him,but they didn show him too much:/ i wanna see movie only about wolf,and i think many pople share that idea. Predalien-again greate haracter"miniqueen"-really nice done. Enjoy the movie people it isnt that bad,but it isnt exelent either.
Now, understand this: I'm a Predator fan all the way. I fell in love from the first Predator movie. I borrowed all the pred movies and the first AvP for so long from my bf that he let me have them for my birthday, lol. If someone could let me know what was happening at the end of the movie? I didn't understand (AvP-R).
Yeah, there was A LOT of footage cut from the final theatrical release. Looks like Fox is at it again. ::) Bastards. >:( I was waiting for those scenes to come up, but after the film was over I was thinking "Where's the rest of it?". lol Fox did this same damn thing with the first film. >:( The film was definately a cut and paste fest. And it wasn't subtle about it either. :D Anyone else think it was absolutely rediculous Wolf didn't get burned or severly injured by acid with all the wrist blade slicing and close quarters blasting he was doing? ::) That's why the armor is so important. He isn't going against humans with firearms who can't see him. lol For crying out load, he's going against enemies who are about as big and strong as he is (or at least, they're suppose to be ::) ), has some nasty natural weapons, faster and far more agile, quite cunning and, of course, has concentrated acid for blood. :-\
JESUS...I'm so sick and tired of critics and so-called fans bashing these movies. The Strause brothers obviously read the criticisms given after the first AVP, and gave us a movie that was a COMPLETELY different vision. I can't believe some of the reviews I've read actually bash the score, but then say that the movie doesn't stay true to the original movies...um, that was the same music!! I got goosebumps hearing those familiar Alien and Predator score's again. The brothers obviously had great respect for us TRUE AVP fans...and they gave us a brutal, tense thriller in the spirit of the first Alien movie. If you're one of those people complaing that it was too dark, and that you couldn't see the Aliens and Predator fighting that well...then you went in with the wrong expectations. This movie was never meant to be a "action-adventure" picture like the first AVP. It was a dark, grim tale and I think the Strause brothers did a good job. Now, I will agree that the acting sucked, but if they had focused more on characters, the "haters" would still find a reason to complain and say that there wasn't enough action. This was by no means a perfect movie, but I loved it and hope it makes enough money so the brothers can make part 3.
good point spinner.
Yea, we should all be hoping for the movie to make $$. If not it will be hard to get another movie or even a Alien 5 or Predator 3.
sux,sux,sux... thats it
Deco, if u are a die-hard fan you should have appreciated this movie, it goes way more back to the root of alien and predator, not to forget, that actually you can't compare AVPR to Alien or Predator cuz it is a franchise on its own!
to the root of alien? lol it pisses on everything that made the first alien movies so great. except from a few nice kills the movie hasn't got anything, no characters, bad dialogues, no story (can be summed up in three sentences), the editing is crap and together with the dark images sometimes you can hardly tell who's who... some death scenes and the music cannot save this movie
Saw it yestarday. Don't listen to crititcs, the movie will blow you away. Predator and Alien action was top noch, the monsters were done ablosutely perfectly. Humans were just a background, as they should be.
So why is this movie so bad? From what I'm been reading ppl are killing this movie over stuff like, it could have been lighter, Wolf couldn't be a bad ass, there couldn't be any humans in it, the fights could have been longer, there could have been better acting from the actors who fans didn't want there in the first place. So if the "brothers" could have done it your way we would have wolf and a regular alien star in a 3 hour long fight scene in daylight and on the moon. And that fight would have 395 plsma shots, 63 whip hits, 425 wristblade hits, 17 front kicks, 398 headbites, 420 tail strikes, and 717 acid burns will force wolf to use his medkit. And it will end in a draw... Now all we can do is hope that the brothers will listen to us (fans) and make this happen in Avp3. :)
hey Milan you forgot to mention that the Alien accidentally knocks out the referee gets uses his devastating finishing move on the predator pins him with what could have been a 10 count but meanwhile the referee who i s groggy begins his three count and just as he was about to hit the 3 predator kicks out..........not!! As the Strauss Bros said they didn't want to make the fights WWE style
"Rayne | 29 Dec 2007 00:20 321 Now, understand this: I'm a Predator fan all the way. I fell in love from the first Predator movie. I borrowed all the pred movies and the first AvP for so long from my bf that he let me have them for my birthday, lol. If someone could let me know what was happening at the end of the movie? I didn't understand (AvP-R)." The ending was a reference to Ripley's employers, Weyland-Yutani. When she says, "The world isn't ready for this technology", and the colonel says, "But this technology isn't for this world, it it, Mrs. Yutani?".... that is a reference to Weyland-Yutani's motto, "Building Better Worlds"... in effect, it's saying that LV426, the nostromo; basically all WY's advancements were aided by predator technology. That was a scene a lot of critics just didn't get. A true fan knows. continued in next comment..
In response to all the critics griping over the lighting, I am but one person, but I'm sure I share the same sentiment. This movie was supposed to be like that. It's not just about the technical/practical effects aspect, it's the atmosphere that an ALIEN film is innately fused with. As for the sped up life cycle, I would like to point out that these films don't have the timeline (story-wise) to wait a few days for a xenomorph to gestate, it's a give and take, however, this is a very large part of the ALIEN mythos, so I do understand the complaint. I do not agree with those who find this to be a problem, however, because while I am an ALIEN purist, I am also able to understand that it doesn't take away from the story.. meaning, to have these creatures grow faster. As an eager audience member, I try to realize that it's a privilege to even get to see these creatures stand toe to toe. cont'd in next comment
For years we've watched them battle it out on paper, and now we have the chance to enjoy a live action incarnation of their devastation as seen through the vision of two very talented visual artists. Paul W.S. Anderson had these same beasts encompass the same screen space, and could never hope to have created a film like this. Granted, the majority of the populous would have something changed, or completely committed, and while I'm in favor of fan participation in an effort to make these films great ( as i genuinely thought this one was), I myself do practice a certain degree of humility when approaching these artistic mediums. As a screenwriter, myself, I can understand many of the complaints given to this film, however, there is also the very important fact that film is an art form that at times becomes less about the story and more about everything that was done to create it in the eyes of the viewer. We, I believe, have become desensitized by so many advancements in visual effects, that we have lost sight of the fact that these advancements were meant to enhance our joy, not dismantle it. In science fiction stories, we come to expect certain elements, and that is at the heart of my plea to keep an open mind, and by that I mean, to embrace the story regardless of how far fetched it may seem. That is why it's called fiction. It's not real, therefore it's not subject to the laws we are used to adhering in the real world. cont in next comment..
Sometimes forgotten are the days when we watched a movie to immerse ourselves in the world created. In this case, i felt the film had a very genuine feel of a small town in peril.. I could have studied every aspect of it, knowing that it was in fact, the actual lot used to create STARS HOLLOW for the TV show GILMORE GIRLS (it was, it really was), but I made an effort and succeeded at keeping my technical/analytical side from recalling such facts so i could be fully immersed in this fantasy. All in all, for the sake of appreciating all film, I implore those of you who want more and more and more, to remember that there are two facts we could benefit from acknowledging. 1. Film is a collective union of talented hard working people who make an effort to combine their talents in order to produce what you see, and it's extremely ego centric and less than kind to disregard their work so easily with a single sentence... i.e. "This film sucks!"... "This film was trash!" In essence all I'm saying, while it may seem out of context is, try to cultivate more appreciation for the craft, and enjoyment of film will be nurtured. Cont in next comment..
2. If you do not have access to a film set, do not have a film camera, do not write screenplays, or do not know the ins and outs of being a DP (director of photography).. my own humble opinion would be to research all the things you did not like, and apply them to your own film project, and if you can not afford to produce your own film, at least appreciate the people who are willing to make films FOR YOU. I hope you guys found this helpful, and I am in no way advocating, inciting, or attempting to incite an argument. I grow weary of these rebuttals in written form, to complete strangers, when we could be having an open dialog in the spirit of actual communication. All in all, it was a worthy film to me, fortunately, I am aware and proud to say that that IS NOT all that matters. thanks for listening. :-)
Hehe , spot on cuban. Now lets see how the haters will counter THAT!
You know, i am from Holland and i just gaint my predalien and alien LOL ;D
"nudzi | 30 Dec 2007 12:15 337 Hehe , spot on cuban. Now lets see how the haters will counter THAT!" I do appreciate your comment, but my intent is to share ideas in the spirit of good will. I'm not concerned with someone responding negatively, because it likely will occur, regardless. That is not the issue, however. I WANT people to respond, but my intent is to learn from other's ideas and views. Impermanence is what it's about to me, meaning, I don't want to have a static view of any philosophy.
i loved avp-2!! i was so glad and what a awesome movie it was!! was not sadden a bit!! ;D
Hey Cuban. I am one of those people that said AVPr sucked. But maybe for differant reasons then everyone else. I couldn't see a god dam thing. It was way to dark. I saw an interview with "the brothers" and they talked about how they used the "cameron" ridges for the alien head....I couldn't even tell if they aliens had ridges on their heads. all i could see was black and silver teeth. I could bairly tell the predator and predalien apart most of the time. Then some one says somethign stupid like "but the alien movies are suppose to be dark"....yes but this is to dark. For all this expertise and hard work you talk about, you'd think they would watch the movie once before they released it and say "hey we better lighten this movie up some.....I CAN"T SEE A GOD DAM THING. There are lots of good pictures of the predalien on the web and you can see the light skin tone on its belly....I couldn't see that in the movie. All you have to do i stick an alien on screen for 2 hours and i'm going to like it. I loved P.andersons avp. But if I can't see it then i've wasted my money, and the movie is going to get a "IT SUCKED" form me.
From the tone of most of these reviews, it sounds to me that the reviewers feel that the Strause brothers committed the worst possible sin: to make a sequel to a market-driven franchise cross-over that's actually worth watching. The critics can't have that, so they crap all over it. That's one of the reasons why I'm hoping AVP3 will come out, so it will piss them off even more, maybe make their heads explode or something. Furthermore, even though critics loved Juno, I think AVP2 handled the topic of unwanted pregnancy more realistically than Juno did ... ;)
AvP - R is great,but name is wrong.......PREDATOR 3 is better :)
Well said, Fury 616, very well said. Have you ever noticed how everyone has to have the last word? What is up with that? This Kage fellow is a perfect example how how to NOT take everything into consideration, which I accept because he is entitled to his own opinion, but why did he have to express it to me, ya know? Why put, "Hey Cuban" at the start of the post? I grow tired of all this egocentricity. I post because I want to share Ideas, not go out of my way to make someone i disagree with know my side.. that is not communication, that is self centered, self serving, ignorant, unintellectual, and pointless. If he had said it with some respect (meaning, trying to exchange ideas and not dictate his thoughts to feed his ego) I'd be more apt to agree with him, and in some respects i see where hes coming from, but show some class. We may not all be in the same room, but we can certainly act accordingly, regardless.
Happy new year everyone! I'm going to celebrate by watching AVP-R in theaters for the fifth time!
Has anyone heard from the brothers Strause about their poorly reviewed film?
majority of ppl think this movie was rubish, a few think it was great....im one who thinks this movie was crap saddly, however evryone believes they are rite, evry1 has their opinions....so theres really not much need 2 argue about.
Sergio: Like most directors of films with wrong priorities, they seem to support the fad of ignoring critics so they can have no rules to be embarassed by. Even the positive reviews show this movie was crap if youre reading carefully. Im so glad this movie was panned. At least some still stand for standards. *applauds
Egocentrically put.
Hey Anomaly you're right there with me. There's got be standards!!! It's a shame that Fox semingly lost theirs along the branching of this franchises...
the movie is too fu"#n bad, the trailer was a big spoiler of the end I cant belibe this shit, damm I am a big fan of the alien and predator movies but this was bad, better than avp1 but this sucks.... >:( :'( :-\
SPOILERS: The first sight of the alien in the sewer was freaky! It was great to see the body being dragged away in the pool room. The movie was really dark though, and way too much was seen in the trailers. I liked it 7/10 ;D
i liked the film alot it was better than paul andersons pathetic avp. it was shit but AVP R rocks especially the one predator kicking the shit out of all the other aliens . i liked the alien warrior design, the predalien design and the predator mask and athletic body it went back to all original. favourite fight is the hospital in the hive. :) :) :) this film is the best out of any alien or predator film. :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
I've been to quite a few sites and read a great deal of reviews so far, yesterday I went to see the movie. I can say one thing for sure, the film is a lot better than the reviews say it is, though the film does have some continuity issues probably too much time in the cutting room (pos. courtesy of Fox, Alien3 anyone?). On the whole I found it entertaining and very loyal to the franchise as a whole (the style of direction, NOT the script), and loved the way it very discreetly nodded to its predecessors. If you want my advice (as a major fan of both series, but not a fanboy), check it out, if you like the original films you'll at the very least appreciate the effort put in to the movie, I must say it's not earth shakingly amazing, definitely not Riddley Scott or John McTiernan, but these are the brothers Strausse, and yes no matter what its shortcomings it's trully much better than AVP.
One more thing, a lot of people have complained about the lifecycle issues in the film; I'd be the first to agree had I not noticed that the movie had been heavily edited, another point to concider is a comment Ripley made in Aliens when briefing the colonial marines "...All I know is that that thing killed my crew in less than 24 hours...". Assuming she means from chestburst to lambert's lonely demise, take into account that the father and son are hunting (most likely just after dawn) the original films are never clear about the gestation period, for Kane it's about 12 hrs in alien, for ripley it seems like a matter of days in Alien3. But the groeth after gestation seems about right to me... On the other hand, the predalien intro scene must have been chopped to pieces....
I'm actually entertained by the bad reviews. People are going into the movie with expectations for something it was never intended to be. Having expectations for the wrong kind of film. I saw it in the person I saw AVPR with. Like Morse, I've paid a lot of attention to things such as the lifecycle, and it isn't as off as keeps being pointed out. The scenes on the Predator ship I think were in the cutting room too long and I think there was initially more to it. There is so much more to be said, and the bad reviews are so off, but some people have made up their minds so I don't really see the point of arguing it. I feel sorry for the people who can't watch and enjoy this movie for what it is.
I just want to add that Entertainment Weekly (Jan. 18th issue) gave AVP-R a solid "B" rating. That's one for the "Good" column. "...a brisk, gooey bit of schlock that's a million times better than 2004's action-lite AVP." javascript:insertext(' ;D ','short') ;D