Post by rmiller on Jun 22, 2008 18:00:01 GMT -6
This is the second Aliens Versus Predator (AVP) movie and I think it is slightly better than the first. The story is definitely more focused than the first one, although it still doesn't do justice to either of the two species. (If the movie makers had simply taken a story from one of the graphic novels, they probably would have come up with a better story).
(The DVD has been out for a while, so I will assume everybody has either seen the movie in theaters or on DVD by now, so I will mention details--possible spoilers.)
The predator had at least one new weapon I hadn't seen before, and this was the first time I had seen the aliens hatch out of human hosts in bunches, rather than one at a time.
Again, I wished for more close-ups of the Predator and the Aliens; I recall some wonderful graphic images came out of the Lord of the Rings movies--so good, in fact, that some graphic art magazines featured several images from the movies as excellent examples of graphic art.
Again, some background would have been appreciated; just going by what was in the movie, a viewer does not know the relationship between the predators (was the original dead predator a family member of the predator who came down to clean up the mess?). How does a creature so savage (the predator) come to have such high technology? You would think that creatures so driven by predatory activity would not have the high-technology and industrial base to support the development of such weapons. Yet they have some impressive weapons and space ships.
Also, the movie did not end with a definite conclusion; I suppose the many loose ends provide a reason to produce future AVP movies. For example, the army bombed the town to wipe out the aliens, but they were spreading so fast I doubt that bombing would have gotten them all. And did the predator contact his headquarters to let them know his attempt to contain the aliens had failed? I was also surprised that the predator took his weapons off to fight the first alien bare-handed; the first rule of the predators was to ensure the aliens do not spread. Yet this time, the predator did not set his nuclear device to eliminate himself and the aliens. Was he so motivated by revenge that he didn't care to honor his first rule?
I really hope the next AVP movie provides viewers with more background information about the species, and offers an overall better movie.
(The DVD has been out for a while, so I will assume everybody has either seen the movie in theaters or on DVD by now, so I will mention details--possible spoilers.)
The predator had at least one new weapon I hadn't seen before, and this was the first time I had seen the aliens hatch out of human hosts in bunches, rather than one at a time.
Again, I wished for more close-ups of the Predator and the Aliens; I recall some wonderful graphic images came out of the Lord of the Rings movies--so good, in fact, that some graphic art magazines featured several images from the movies as excellent examples of graphic art.
Again, some background would have been appreciated; just going by what was in the movie, a viewer does not know the relationship between the predators (was the original dead predator a family member of the predator who came down to clean up the mess?). How does a creature so savage (the predator) come to have such high technology? You would think that creatures so driven by predatory activity would not have the high-technology and industrial base to support the development of such weapons. Yet they have some impressive weapons and space ships.
Also, the movie did not end with a definite conclusion; I suppose the many loose ends provide a reason to produce future AVP movies. For example, the army bombed the town to wipe out the aliens, but they were spreading so fast I doubt that bombing would have gotten them all. And did the predator contact his headquarters to let them know his attempt to contain the aliens had failed? I was also surprised that the predator took his weapons off to fight the first alien bare-handed; the first rule of the predators was to ensure the aliens do not spread. Yet this time, the predator did not set his nuclear device to eliminate himself and the aliens. Was he so motivated by revenge that he didn't care to honor his first rule?
I really hope the next AVP movie provides viewers with more background information about the species, and offers an overall better movie.
