MrBoringxD
MemberOvomorphMay 30, 2014I think we're able to agree that Alien vs Predator: Requiem was a terrible movie. Almost no plot at all, horrible acting mostly, simply throw explosions onto the scene to earn cash, NO! That's not how a proper movie is made. But Alien vs Predator 1 on the other hand, was a success. An engineering of the finest. And here's why.
I notice Alien vs Predator getting alot of hate due to the aliens/predators being tied together with ancient civilizations on earth. I see why not? Earth was a planet filled with intelligent and obeing lifeforms, something perhaps hard to come by in the galaxy.
Aliens being weak and target practice = That's is a completly uneccesarry comment. Predators, regarding the name, are predators. Hunting is a sport and their goal in life. They've been hunting several civilizations (as seen in Predator 2) for millions of year. Why wouldn't The Aliens be among those? And they're absolutely not week i can tell you. Yes during the flashback showing The Predators getting overwhelmed by thousands of Aliens aren't weak. They managed to kill the predators, but they aren't smart enough to deactivate a nuclear device. No species but the Predator are. And remember the Fight Scene? It's strong "and" intelligent. Even managed to kill the Predator. Especially when the Alien began bleeding acid, it used it for it's own advantage by throwing it against the Predator. That's not dumb.
Mostly focused on humans: Yes, i see this ain't a strong site of the movie. But it requires a plot, i myself couldn't find a better.
Human/Predator relation = This part i like very much. They're in need of escaping, and the only way to survive is teamwork. The Predators has been cooporating for ages (Hence the aztecs), why wouldn't they do it again? Yes they may be vicious, destructive animals, but that doesn't make them less open for opportunities. Ofcourse it could've killed "Lex" when the fight was over, but that'd be stupid. She gained it's trust.
But these are simply my viewpoints why it's a perfect film, even my favorite in the franchise (Maybe because i grew up with it). I'm welcome to chritisism. And apologies about the english if i'm having some grammar mistakes. I'm danish you see.
In isolation of the Alien franchise as a whole I can accept Alien vPredator as a half decent monster flick, but in isolation only. It was certainly a cash grab, but did provide some good points of entertainment as an isolated project. I felt it was an alternative re-hash of predators 2 to be honest. There were some good ideas in the film but , my biggest problem was that the whole movie subdues the impact of the xenos, which places them as a 2nd class predatorial organism. I don’t like that, period.
It takes away the mythology built up through the Alien canon and belittles the whole xeno concept.
Just to add on the whole premise of Predators v Aliens. The xeno is treated as an inferior from the word go. There is no mystery to its predatorial instinct. There is an assumption that the Predators actually stand a chance and are superior. That is the whole basis of the movie with regards to the Alien /Predator relationship.. I want to see the xeno come out on top, not reduced to some 2nd class prey.
Fair enough on the human /predator relationship. That was a good thing for the movie, but the entire film would have worked just as well with a different type of alien other than a xeno. Now that really hits gets to the point. Did Alien v Predator really sell itself on the back of Predator or Alien ?
Not to mention the horrible design of the creature in AVP, just like a regular animal from the jungle. This is not the horror nightmare created by Giger. I mean, Where is the prison of the human soul?
Avp is fun if you can get over your prejudices. But just plainly not on the same level add the originals so can't be Canon for me...Even prometheus I struggle with but it is by Ridley so unfortunately it had to be Canon.
"It's almost as if they are making it up as they go along" :D
