Post by Bloodcider on Jul 26, 2010 18:06:22 GMT -5
The skinny: It was great. So great I typed in "Bloodciders" when I went to log in.
What we have here is an actual good sequel to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi/horror/action classic.
The film matches many of the good points in the original: Good action scenes, ridiculous cast, great music, motherfucking aliens hunting people in a jungle, etc. There are a lot of great homages to the original that aren't nauseatingly forced like in the two AvP movies. That said, it isn't just a lame retread of the first movie like Predator 2.
Since we already know what the Predator is and what the characters are up against, it goes more into what and how the predators hunt. It really is like the Aliens to Alien, it takes the monster and expands on it and it's society. Way better than any of the shitty AvP material though since it doesn't bog down with the lame as fuck tribal culture and hierarchy. This is a movie about badass alien hunters hunting badasses who are, themselves, alien to the planet they are being hunted on.
Adrien Brody makes a great lead man, Danny Trejo plays a scary mexican, Eric from that 70's show is in it and plays Eric from that 70's show except he swears alot and isn't as obnoxious, Oleg motherfucking Taktarov fills in for Jesse the Body Ventura and plays a russian dude with a fucking minigun. And of course, Cowboy Curtis himself, Larry Fishburne hams it up as this crazy asshole who's fucking awesome every second he is on screen.
My only gripe with the film is that there aren't really any fuck-awesome deaths like in Predator. For example, when Apollo Creed gets his fucking arm shot off, whirls around in slow motion showing off the bloody stump and goes to fire his Mp5 as the Predator closes the distance, only to get stabbed under the ribs. Cut to Dutch listening to his scream from far away.
This of course being after Bill Duke goes fucking crazy and starts shouting Little Richard lyrics because the Predator offed his bro Jesse Ventura and then gets his head blasted in.
Yeah, the kills in this movie are kind of lame in comparison. And it probably would have been better if there were only one Predator instead of three. I like what they did with having the Falconer, Tracker, and Leader ones as a hunting team but the original goddamn Predator worked alone just fine on a foreign planet AND had worse equipment AND was up against Arnold Schwarzenegger, AND managed to kill all dudes without losing any of his own people in the process (cause he didnt have any)
But it was still pretty fucking cool.
I'm sure one of you have seen it by now. What do you think?
What we have here is an actual good sequel to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi/horror/action classic.
The film matches many of the good points in the original: Good action scenes, ridiculous cast, great music, motherfucking aliens hunting people in a jungle, etc. There are a lot of great homages to the original that aren't nauseatingly forced like in the two AvP movies. That said, it isn't just a lame retread of the first movie like Predator 2.
Since we already know what the Predator is and what the characters are up against, it goes more into what and how the predators hunt. It really is like the Aliens to Alien, it takes the monster and expands on it and it's society. Way better than any of the shitty AvP material though since it doesn't bog down with the lame as fuck tribal culture and hierarchy. This is a movie about badass alien hunters hunting badasses who are, themselves, alien to the planet they are being hunted on.
Adrien Brody makes a great lead man, Danny Trejo plays a scary mexican, Eric from that 70's show is in it and plays Eric from that 70's show except he swears alot and isn't as obnoxious, Oleg motherfucking Taktarov fills in for Jesse the Body Ventura and plays a russian dude with a fucking minigun. And of course, Cowboy Curtis himself, Larry Fishburne hams it up as this crazy asshole who's fucking awesome every second he is on screen.
My only gripe with the film is that there aren't really any fuck-awesome deaths like in Predator. For example, when Apollo Creed gets his fucking arm shot off, whirls around in slow motion showing off the bloody stump and goes to fire his Mp5 as the Predator closes the distance, only to get stabbed under the ribs. Cut to Dutch listening to his scream from far away.
This of course being after Bill Duke goes fucking crazy and starts shouting Little Richard lyrics because the Predator offed his bro Jesse Ventura and then gets his head blasted in.
Yeah, the kills in this movie are kind of lame in comparison. And it probably would have been better if there were only one Predator instead of three. I like what they did with having the Falconer, Tracker, and Leader ones as a hunting team but the original goddamn Predator worked alone just fine on a foreign planet AND had worse equipment AND was up against Arnold Schwarzenegger, AND managed to kill all dudes without losing any of his own people in the process (cause he didnt have any)
But it was still pretty fucking cool.
I'm sure one of you have seen it by now. What do you think?