Sazar
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watched it last night...
not really much to say here cept it was a very predictable and very dis-jointed effort...
started off with some promise and naturally fans of both franchises as well as the comics and the games will have a good bonding experience with the characters..
the problem is beyond the initial nostalgia there is a lack of much else...
none of the characters really has much development and I personally couldn't care less for any one of them...
the special effects are dodgy at best and reminiscent of a cheap B movie in many parts...
the music is relatively decent in SOME parts but even that is flat...
my all time favorite of either franchise was the original Predator movie... that was the first movie I saw with no form of development @ the beginning that progressed and culminated so well... ok the end was a bit melo-dramatic but the hunt... the chase... the battles were all well timed and you never really saw much of the predator at all..
this movie does not flow from either franchise (its a pre-cursor to the alien franchise) and there are various elements of timelines that just seem to have been tossed out of the door in favor of a pop-corn flick...
is it really this bad you ask? well... I only sat through it coz I am a huge fan of Predator... if you are a sci-fi fan with nothing better to do than subject yourself to 2 hrs of mediocrity than yah I spose this is something you can waste your money on...
if not... go watch something useful...
I'll give it a 2/5 OSNN star rating... at least they got the preds' cloaking down properly...
not really much to say here cept it was a very predictable and very dis-jointed effort...
started off with some promise and naturally fans of both franchises as well as the comics and the games will have a good bonding experience with the characters..
the problem is beyond the initial nostalgia there is a lack of much else...
none of the characters really has much development and I personally couldn't care less for any one of them...
the special effects are dodgy at best and reminiscent of a cheap B movie in many parts...
the music is relatively decent in SOME parts but even that is flat...
my all time favorite of either franchise was the original Predator movie... that was the first movie I saw with no form of development @ the beginning that progressed and culminated so well... ok the end was a bit melo-dramatic but the hunt... the chase... the battles were all well timed and you never really saw much of the predator at all..
this movie does not flow from either franchise (its a pre-cursor to the alien franchise) and there are various elements of timelines that just seem to have been tossed out of the door in favor of a pop-corn flick...
is it really this bad you ask? well... I only sat through it coz I am a huge fan of Predator... if you are a sci-fi fan with nothing better to do than subject yourself to 2 hrs of mediocrity than yah I spose this is something you can waste your money on...
if not... go watch something useful...
I'll give it a 2/5 OSNN star rating... at least they got the preds' cloaking down properly...