AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
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Whoever wins... We lose
When scientists discover something in the Arctic that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race. The films sees two of the largest comic and movie franchises collide in an all out war.
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If you can't stand the idea of me liking this more than the original Alien film, you might want to get the hell out of dodge right about... now...
If you're still here, don't tell me I didn't warn you.
I've never really been a big Predator fan. To me, they always seemed a little too big and clumsy with huge fucking heads.
But they were pretty boss in this flick! I don't know if it's because they came up against another race of huge fuckers they could tumble around and get dirty with, but it worked for me!
The story is very thin and pisses all over the other franchises. It's carried all the way by characters that assume… -
I clearly remember (and probably always will) the first thought that came to my mind after I had watched this film.
'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
It was followed by a deep sigh and a bit of binge drinking. -
I feel bad saying this. I feel really bad. I... I... I just...
This film is a better Alien Prequel than Prometheus.
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Like Alien and Predator, just minus all the amazing bits.
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I saw this not long after it came out (in 2004! 8 years ago! Fuck sake) and was very disappointed in it. However, on reflection, and after rewatching it for the first time, it's not all that bad. Lots of action, a big alien queen and a fist fight between an alien and a predator which (if you're honest) is the main thing you want to see in a film with a title like this, isn't it? Everything else is by the by. The CGI and stuff is actually pretty good in the most part, although it is also unintentionally hilarious with the slow-motion Matrix-style spinning camera trick when face-huggers are leaping through the air etc
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As much as you hate it, I love it more. I don't understand why people didn't like it. There are aliens. There are predators. They fight. It delivers what it promises
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Shitty movie but I enjoyed watching it.
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If you can't stand the idea of me liking this more than the original Alien film, you might want to get the hell out of dodge right about... now...
If you're still here, don't tell me I didn't warn you.
I've never really been a big Predator fan. To me, they always seemed a little too big and clumsy with huge fucking heads.
But they were pretty boss in this flick! I don't know if it's because they came up against another race of huge fuckers they could tumble around and get dirty with, but it worked for me!
The story is very thin and pisses all over the other franchises. It's carried all the way by characters that assume… -
The problem is that I don't think any Alien vs. Predator movie could live up to whatever the audience could simply dream up themselves. The other problem is that the movie just sucks.
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The set up of AVP and Prometheus are very, very similar, but the latter is a much, much better movie.
Funnily enough, they both have almost identical final shots/stingers.
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Kinda funny how similar the first acts of AVP and Prometheus are...but the latter is a much, much better movie for many, many reasons.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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It's silly and over the top, but incredibly entertaining. Whoever wins we lose? Fuck that, we all wanted Predator to win.
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Paul WS Anderson treats genre film like a repository of religious truth: he drops movie references like a backwoods preacher does bible verses. This may be the ultimate expression of that, mixing up the mythologies of Angkor Wat, Egypt and the Mayans with the backstories of the ALIEN and PREDATOR movies. If only a Terminator had time-traveled in at the end, he would have hit the 80s Sci-Fi trifecta.
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“Alien vs. Predator” ist eine Science-Fiction Schlachtplatte. Wie bei kaum einem anderen „großen“ Film gilt bei W.S. Andersons Interpretation eines Computerspiels Hirn abschalten und genießen. Genießen kann man den Film aber auch wirklich nur, wenn man den Rat mit dem Gehirn abschalten befolgt. Anspruch oder eine tiefgehende Geschichte sucht man bei “Alien vs. Predator” vergebens und im Detail betrachtet ist die Story des Films auch nicht mehr als ein Alibi um zwei populäre Filmmonster aufeinander loszulassen.
In Bezug auf die Action kann “Alien vs. Predator” dann allerdings überzeugen. Die Kämpfe zwischen den Forschern, den Aliens und den Predators sind stimmig inszeniert und wissen zu unterhalten, zumal auf jegliche Ironie in der Inszenierung verzichtet wurde und man einige recht harte Szenen…