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Post by hollywood on Dec 28, 2007 17:15:32 GMT -5
Reviews are coming in, and they're generally all negative--even from average movie-goers as well as pompous critics. In fact, so far I've only seen ONE favorable review so far (on Rotten Tomatoes of all places).
I thought I might check this out if there were some positive feelings about it, but I haven't seen any yet. Which brings me to why I started this thread...
Has anyone see this flick? Is it fun? At least in a MST3K way?
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Post by hollywood on Dec 28, 2007 17:43:48 GMT -5
Man.
Bad reviews and not a single crapper saw it?
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 28, 2007 18:05:50 GMT -5
I didn't see it, but the other one got trashed pretty bad so I was really surprised they made a sequel.
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Post by texaswhopper on Dec 28, 2007 18:20:32 GMT -5
Now you know I saw it. As bad reviews as it got I had a good time. Its a movie with the predator in it. Of course I would like it.
I didnt go in the theater expecting an Oscar winning movie. I went in the theater expecting a movie where Predators and aliens kill stuff.
By the way alien punches hole through idiot power plant workers head in the movie. Power plant workers will always fall prey to aliens.
If you never saw it wait for the very end of the movie. Cool ending.
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 28, 2007 18:57:00 GMT -5
It was bad, but we MST3K'd it, so it was a good time none the less. Walk Hard was awesome though.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 28, 2007 19:10:16 GMT -5
If it has aliens & preds kicking the s*** out of humans (and each other) i'll be happy
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 28, 2007 20:05:10 GMT -5
If it has aliens & preds kicking the s*** out of humans (and each other) i'll be happy Well the Pred didn't kill many humans, like four I think, two were shooting at it, one scared it and he got skinned and one was "by mistake". The aliens were assholes though.
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 28, 2007 20:15:42 GMT -5
Sadly enough, it sounds like the movie's just boring stupid humans getting killed in the dark. Fortunately, the only review I trust said the Aliens and Predator actually look right. It's a rental for me, I wouldn't expect much out of it.
Plus, it's already miles better than Paul "What S***" Anderson's "vision".
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Post by texaswhopper on Dec 28, 2007 21:04:23 GMT -5
If you think about the whole plot of the movie this predator wasnt on a trophy hunt. This one is different. I noticed he killed when threatened. This dude is basically a cleaner predator. A smurfin ship crashed with aliens and they sent him down there to clean up the mess.
In predator society it sounds like a low end job. I bet all the predators wanna go on the big hunts.
Thats the plot. You could read about that so I havent told you anything you dont already know.
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 28, 2007 23:15:44 GMT -5
If you think about the whole plot of the movie this predator wasnt on a trophy hunt. This one is different. I noticed he killed when threatened. This dude is basically a cleaner predator. A smurfin ship crashed with aliens and they sent him down there to clean up the mess. In predator society it sounds like a low end job. I bet all the predators wanna go on the big hunts. Thats the plot. You could read about that so I havent told you anything you dont already know. If that's the case, that's a great take on it.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Dec 29, 2007 0:31:05 GMT -5
I haven't seen it personally, but a friend of mine told me it sucked pretty hard.
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Post by hollywood on Dec 29, 2007 1:49:10 GMT -5
Well, based on what I'm seeing, I'll wait for DVD. Thanks for the input guys.
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Post by rra on Dec 29, 2007 1:50:58 GMT -5
Now you know I saw it. As bad reviews as it got I had a good time. Its a movie with the predator in it. Of course I would like it. I didnt go in the theater expecting an Oscar winning movie. I went in the theater expecting a movie where Predators and aliens kill stuff. By the way alien punches hole through idiot power plant workers head in the movie. Power plant workers will always fall prey to aliens. If you never saw it wait for the very end of the movie. Cool ending. People go into AVP 2 expecting an Oscar-winning movie? I would go into it as a popcorn trash picture. Does it deliver on that level?
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Post by Spyke the Pacers Fan on Dec 29, 2007 2:20:14 GMT -5
It was the 2nd funniest movie of the year behind Superbad. But only because we MST3K'ed it in the back row.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Dec 29, 2007 4:33:36 GMT -5
Me and my friend enjoyed this very much. i mean sure not nearly as good as the original alien and predator movies (barring resurrection and alot of 3) but i when i went to see it i went in with low expectations. i honestly didnt come to see the movie for a Godfather worthy plot and acting. I came to see it for blood, gore, and (SPOLIERS) aliens eating babies lol.
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 29, 2007 4:44:44 GMT -5
It was the 2nd funniest movie of the year behind Superbad. But only because we MST3K'ed it in the back row. I'm glad we weren't the only ones who did that. ;D
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Dec 29, 2007 4:57:25 GMT -5
If you think about the whole plot of the movie this predator wasnt on a trophy hunt. This one is different. I noticed he killed when threatened. This dude is basically a cleaner predator. A smurfin ship crashed with aliens and they sent him down there to clean up the mess. In predator society it sounds like a low end job. I bet all the predators wanna go on the big hunts. Thats the plot. You could read about that so I havent told you anything you dont already know. Of course it was not a trophy hunt. Alien was already in the Trophy case at the end of Predator 2
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Post by BHB on Dec 29, 2007 8:38:59 GMT -5
Just because you've hunted a deer before doesn't mean you don't want to hunt it again.
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 29, 2007 11:52:16 GMT -5
Just because you've hunted a deer before doesn't mean you don't want to hunt it again. Yeah, it was established in the original Alien Vs. Predator comic, it depicted the Preds actually having a captured Alien queen and planting Alien eggs on planets to hunt. Now, the movies throw a lot of that out because, well, they suck, but it is there.
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Post by Blade Braxton on Dec 29, 2007 19:00:30 GMT -5
I thought the movie was awesome. Saw it Christmas night. Ever since I saw Alien at the drive-in in 1979, I've wanted to see a present day Earth city Alien infestation. I was really disappointed in the whole hokey snow-filled / ancient alien breeding temple gimmick of the last one (that and I'm not really that much of a Predator fan). I'd say this one was more like an Alien-style movie than a Predator one if you know what I mean. And I couldn't help but mark the f*** out when... SPOILERS... The Aliens have their battle with the Army/National Guard troops, and the theme music and alien screams from the Marines battle with the Aliens from 1986's Aliens kicks in. I thought that was cool and enjoyed that semi-flashback nod to the past. And I'm glad you guys weren't MST3K'n it behind me. Last time somebody did that behind me was at Tom Hanks' Castaway. Some dork ended up with my soda in their lap and I bounced out the exit door in my anger management moment of the early 2000's. Like I cared about missing f'n Castaway, anyways. Being a true Aliens mark, I probably would've went apes##t Private Hudson-style in there.
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