Friday, August 13, 2004

Alien vs Predator ***Spoilers***

Ok, it's not the shit everybody is expecting. But still is not a good movie. It's just ok.

There's a lot of bad stuff in it, and I'll talk about it first cause I didn't dislike the movie so I'll finish with the stupid but fun stuff which is almost the entire ending.

The Bad:
- The leading girl is not likeable at all. I didn't hate her, but for being the lead in the movie they should've get someone better and write the character better.
- The supporting characters are worse. I remember loving (or at least getting to know) all the characters in the Alien and Predator movies. Here? There are around 15 characters and not counting the lead, the rich old guy (Lance Henriksen- 'Bishop' in Aliens) and the architect guy (who can read the hieroglyphics and it's the one from who we learn what the hell were doing the Aliens and Predators there), all of them suck. They are not part of the story at all. Also, half of them die halfway into the film when they stay in an upper level of the pyramid (yes, a pyramid in the Antarctic) surrounded by Alien's eggs and suddenly all the little Aliens start popping out and we see just a few getting killed and all the rest dies off camera.
- Besides all of those secondary characters dying off camera, there's the problem of the PG13 rating. Lots of the others deaths are not shown either. We just see the Aliens or the Predators attacking the humans and then some blood and the screams.
- In the final part of the movie, the girl gets some of the Alien's acid on her coat so she takes it off and stays with a long sleeved shirt... in the Antarctic... and she doesn't even shows signs of being cold.


The last 30 minutes of the movie are full of stupid stuff, but it's when it's also fun:

The Stupid & Fun:
- The final section starts with the girl saving the Predator's life a few times, and then giving him his weapon, to what the Predator responds by making her a SHIELD WITH THE ALIEN'S HEAD and a SPEAR WITH THE ALIEN'S TAIL!!!
- Of course, they became friends, so we see them walk around searching for Aliens for a while.
- The Slow Motion scene with the Predator and the girl running with the fire coming towards them in the background was incredibly stupid.
- Oh, and the girl actually OUTRUNS THE PREDATOR!!! Fucking hilarious.
- The Alien Queen going full speed chasing the girl was weird. The Alien Queen's size changed a lot comparing it to other scenes plus it ran a lot like the T-Rex from JP.


The Cool:
- The first time the Predator kills Aliens is pretty good. Cutting their heads with his blades.
- The Alien Queen is pretty cool when she's in chains at first when she's introduced.
- The Predator Mothership is real Eye Candy too. Well done, though we don't see it in fight or anything like that.
- The whole ending has some good action scenes. Specially when the Predator makes a big jump from off screen and cuts the Alien Queen's face. That was the big cheer of the movie.


The Ending:
Alien's fans aren't probably going to be happy as the Predator pretty much kicks serious Alien ass all along the movie and ends up winning though he's also killed by the Alien Queen.
The movie ends with the General Predator (he had a red cape and everything) taking the dead Predator back to the MotherShip but before that, he accepts the girl (who was the only survivor) and gives her the dead Predator's spear.
Oh, and copying Freddy vs Jason, the last scene of the movie is an Alien popping out of the dead Predator's stomach letting everything prepared for AvP2 (PLEASE DON'T)

So all in all the movie is ok. It has lots of bad stuff but the last 30 minutes are fun and make the movie worth the money, IMO.