Aliens vs Predator - Requiem

[Parm]

Unfortunately, I'd have to put this one down as one of the worst films I've ever seen. It really is that bad.

How anyone can take two of the best movie species, put them together on earth and come up with a movie like this is beyond me. So, so bad.

[jackvdbuk]

saw about 10 mins of this on lunch break, acting was really bad i thought.. bit boring, and any film that hasnt got arnie and not classified as an 18 is going to be bad !

[pollaxe]

I had a feeling this would be the case..

[sp3n]

oh no, I was really looking forward to seeing this - but I did have a feeling it was going to be bad after seeing the first one

[Parm]

Originally Posted by sp3n

oh no, I was really looking forward to seeing this - but I did have a feeling it was going to be bad after seeing the first one

That's the trouble sp3n, after seeing this one, the first now seems like a masterpiece.

[godsdog]

It was so bad and devoid of originality and such a cynical manipulation of two decent franchises I watched all of it and jumped and clapped at every turn.

[RECOiL™]

The best ever alien film was "Aliens" - They should have left it at that.
Sequels just dont seem to cut the mustard these days... very rarley do they better the first film.

[cptwhite_uk]

Alien vs Predator - classic one-liners.

The scene:

Walking in the arctic, frozen landscape snowing heavily, they come across an abandoned whale hunting outpost. They see a big skeletal framework, in the shape of a whale.

The Dialogue:

"What the hell's that!"

"Whale bones" comes the answer.

The fact it was bones, and completely the shape of a whale, and they still asked the question - absolute classic.

[Sinizter]

Originally Posted by cptwhite_uk

Alien vs Predator - classic one-liners.

The scene:

Walking in the arctic, frozen landscape snowing heavily, they come across an abandoned whale hunting outpost. They see a big skeletal framework, in the shape of a whale.

The Dialogue:

"What the hell's that!"

"Whale bones" comes the answer.

The fact it was bones, and completely the shape of a whale, and they still asked the question - absolute classic.

In a time when children dont know pork comes from pigs, they are just catering for the lower common denominator.

[pollaxe]

He gestured Arthur towards a chair which looked as if it had been made out of the rib cage of a stegosaurus.
"It was made out of the rib cage of a stegosaurus," explained the old man . . .

[Dorza]

Being a huge fan of predator I would have liked to have seen this one. My mate said before it came out over here that it had dire reviews from the US and I've now read this post, which has made me do some searching. Sad to say its getting 1-3 out of ten with a lot of people/places, so I won't bother wasting my money go go and see it.

As far as I'm concerned if they can't mix the two greatest Sci-Fi creatures ever created together and make them work on screen, they should keep them separate. I would like a good a director, a good script and a good cast to result in a Predator 3 now......in the jungle again. Predator 2 was slammed but I thought it was OK, but having said that, I don't like Predator being placed in urban surroundings. Keep him in a hot, sticky jungle and get on with it, thats what I say.

[[GSV]Trig]

I remember about 10 or so years ago when there were first inclings of an AvP film, a search for a script found me printing a huuge thing out where there were marines n scientist in a jungle somewhere, that script was loads better than the first film and I imagine better than requiem's going to be..

[godsdog]

Originally Posted by Dorza

As far as I'm concerned if they can't mix the two greatest Sci-Fi creatures ever created together and make them work on screen,

And that's the crux of it. A little imagination, a tiny bit of thought, a tiny bit of originality and they could have spawned an absolute stunner and an entirely new world (and franchise to last another 10 years). It was all there for the taking but it was treated as a short term marketing and a bean counting exercise. Hollywood in other words.

Originally Posted by Dorza

Predator 2 was slammed but I thought it was OK

I thought Predator 2 was a great sequel as far as sequels go.

[Skinleech]

Originally Posted by cptwhite_uk

Alien vs Predator - classic one-liners.

The scene:

Walking in the arctic, frozen landscape snowing heavily, they come across an abandoned whale hunting outpost. They see a big skeletal framework, in the shape of a whale.

The Dialogue:

"What the hell's that!"

"Whale bones" comes the answer.

The fact it was bones, and completely the shape of a whale, and they still asked the question - absolute classic.

Makes me think of Species. The scene is Forrest Whitaker, the 'empath' and another character walk into a room full of body parts and gore. He pipes up with "Something bad happened here."

Now, do you think you need to be an empath to work that out? Nonsense.

Anyway, yeah the film was junk. I'd had a few beers, so Ilaughed pretty much the whole way through it. Therewere some terrible scenes though, and total disregard for the 'rules', like the gestation period, though if I remember AVP1 correctly (which is worse than this one IMHO) Paul 'Waste Of Space' Anderson had already ruined that one.

If you've seen the R rated trailer, you've seen the film as every death or 'plot' point is in it.

[HSK]

ahh mannn, i was hoping this would of been goood!

[Knoxville]

I was actually pleasantly surprised, thought it was better than Paul Andersons attempt at any rate. There were still some school boy errors made and the human characters could've been cut out of any B movie but as fan service it covered what I remember being the main complaints after the first flick, there were no human predator team ups, the gore was there in force, the creature design was better and we saw more of the Predators side of the story plus more Predator vs Alien action than first time around.

It wasn't perfect, hell it wasn't even what I'd call a great watch, but it certainly wasn't as bad as some of the reviews I've come across make it out to be.