What happened to the 'Beautiful Cinematography'?

[War Wager]

To quote from a reviewer he said that the movie's not very well shot and that it looks like a cheap slasher. I thought this would be a visually good movie. It sure looks that way in the trailers... 

[Irritator]

It sure looks that way in the trailers... 

No, it doesn't.

[The Chibi Kiriyama]

Every film had its own visual style. The only visual style I've seen from the legitimate clips is SFX and lots of shadows.

[Saberfox]

It sure looks that way in the trailers... 

No, it doesn't.

Yeah, it does.

[War Wager]

No it doesn't.

Look at the lighting in the forest! Beautiful!! 

[Irritator]

No it doesn't.

Look at the lighting in the forest! Fake and plastic-looking!!   

Fixed.

[Saberfox]

No it doesn't.

Look at the lighting in the forest!

Wow, so not plastic looking!

More fixage.

[SiL]

The shots in the forest look neat, but that's about it from the trailers.

[Weasel]

I take it your basing this off one or two reviews?

[Irritator]

We're getting a little too fixed on fixing here.[/bad pun]

[Saberfox]

We're getting a little too fixed on fixing here.[/bad pun]

I concur, good sah. 

[War Wager]

The lighting with Kelly and Molly on the grass was nice. Same with the water reflecting off the walls in the swimming pool.

[Aeus]

The shots in the forest look neat, but that's about it from the trailers.

I liked the scene of Wolf roaring on the roof, in front of all the sparks. That was a pretty sexy visual treat.

[The Chibi Kiriyama]

The forest looks good, but I just don't see why they chose settings like that for this sequel.

If I could put it in words...it looks glossy, like a commercial. The setting's not really cinematic.

[Irritator]

If I could put it in words...it looks glossy, like a commercial. The setting's not really cinematic.

Or very tension-inspiring. Unlike the natural, raw jungle in Predator. But even that would be a crap environment for Aliens.