alien vs predator
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Off the bat I have to say; I thought the movie was excellent. I rated it straight A's across the board and even at the expense of good writing I'm going to try to contain my enthusiasm and keep this review as short as I can.
The acting was top notch. God, I could just REALLY feel Weyland's passion for archeaology as well as anthropology and Lex's conflict between leading a team safely and following her instincts was just wrenching. What a fantastic character, that can care so much for people even though they met roughly an hour earlier. Not to mention the scene where that one guy died, I forget his name now, but at the time I was quite upset.
In retrospect I believe it was the script that really made this film a gem. While it provided ample opportunities for 1 and a half minute action scenes it also gave the actors space to flex and really create the story. Lines like "Preparing....for what?" and "It's called a Hunter's Moon." really pushed this movie to the next level, intellectually I mean, easily on par with John Amiel's 2003 classic, The Core. (I realize other critics might say that AVP is not quite on The 'Core' level but what can I say, I'm just a sucker for good foreshadowing techniques)
The flick did a good job of giving emotion to a movie monster known for and popular because of his total lack of emotion so I really must congratulate Anderson on his ability to take everything I love about a cool chatacter and just.......change it.
And to rap up, in fairness, I will say that I feel the movie could have benefitted from a few minor changes, foremost I would have liked to see more "holographic transition scenes." You know, more scenes where the Predators are looking at a holograph of the temple and then suddenly that image fades into the real thing. (I know you all agree).
Anyways, moving along from that minor hinderance, I say this movie is a fantastic effort, the highlight of Directer Paul Anderson's already shining career. Go see it.
Cue hero and female costar running in slo motion ahead of a finale explosion.........wait.......wai... cue suprise attack from final "super"-villain.