The Predator Early Reactions Thread

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The first negative:
https://twitter.com/EzraCubero/status/1037953777016262656

[Danversity]

I'm not inclined to take seriously any complaints about "silliness" in a movie that's a sequel to the one where Jesse Ventura says he's a "goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus". 

If anything, silly is a quality here.

[MudButt]

Silly is fine with me, the franchise was born from 80s cheese. With Black at the helm I expected some cheesy jokes anyways, his humor is unique though. The common praise is going towards the cast, gore, and humor. Some have mentioned oddly edited action which worries me but others say it's got good action. These twitter reactions are always hard to go off of!

Also it appears that they're is either a mid or post credits scene. Two people have referenced a coda.

[Danversity]

Silly is fine with me, the franchise was born from 80s cheese. With Black at the helm I expected some cheesy jokes anyways, his humor is unique though. The common praise is going towards the cast, gore, and humor. Some have mentioned oddly edited action which worries me but others say it's got good action. These twitter reactions are always hard to go off of!

Yeah and I mean... This is the stuff that will always fall heavily on the realm of subjectivity. You'd think that editing, being a "technical" thing, would be more objective, but it's really not. Unless it's absolutely horrid, which I don't think is the case here.

[Corporal Hicks]

THE PREDATOR: A lean, mean, brutal movie that somehow feels like bothva throwback and fresh. Great cast. Fantastic pacing. This is art?

— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) September 7, 2018

He's actually hit on an issue I had with it here. But it doesn't fuss him.

The Predator is f**king trash guys

— 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙝 (@goodjobliz) September 7, 2018

Not so much love here.

[Tetsujin]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnajlBflSMe/?taken-by=awards_predix

[Corporal Hicks]

The Predator - A glossy mess that rushes through action beats to splatter CGI blood. I don't get how Shane Black made this, it's really nowhere near as good as it should be for a Shane Black movie. Maybe because it's not set at Christmas? It's barely even fun. Oh well. #TIFF18

— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) September 7, 2018

[Danversity]

https://letterboxd.com/nova_scoshi/film/the-predator/

"The triumphant and long overdue return of the greatness that is Black and Dekker." 4.5/5

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THE PREDATOR: A lean, mean, brutal movie that somehow feels like bothva throwback and fresh. Great cast. Fantastic pacing. This is art?</p>&mdash; Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brian_Tallerico/status/1037948774088208385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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He's actually hit on an issue I had with it here. But it doesn't fuss him.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Predator is f**king trash guys</p>&mdash; 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙝 (@goodjobliz) <a href="https://twitter.com/goodjobliz/status/1037947358783385600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Not so much love here.

Just a sour woman, which you see so many the last couple of sjw-years, taking things waaaaay to seriously.
https://twitter.com/goodjobliz/status/1037956864607182848

[Corporal Hicks]

THE PREDATOR feels as if left in a time capsule since the early 90s in the best possible way. Nasty, whip smart and the sort of violent that forces a muffled giggle. It's a true Shane Black film.

— Thomas Harris (@thomasdharris) September 7, 2018

[Danversity]

Looks like this is yet another film that I'm gonna have to defend with my teeth. Well, it's Black, so I really shouldn't be surprised.

[Master]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THE PREDATOR feels as if left in a time capsule since the early 90s in the best possible way. Nasty, whip smart and the sort of violent that forces a muffled giggle. It's a true Shane Black film.</p>— Thomas Harris (@thomasdharris) <a href="https://twitter.com/thomasdharris/status/1037959024296251393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Sounds good. When can we ( the people) can expect a word from you Boss? I'm waiting for your voice then I going dark.

[Corporal Hicks]

Embargo ends in 2 hours. After then.

[SyntaX]

Embargo ends in 2 hours. After then.

Wait ... what!? I can start talking about it on september 8th ... 

[Master]

It's going to be full review or you impression?  I don't want to see full review with spoilers etc.