Aliens Vs Preadator - First Impressions
I know there have been several other threads on this but I decided to start a new one rather than add to another.
*Note there may be some small spoilers in this but any big spoilers need highlighting to see em*
Now in an effort to avoid all the bad mouthing on this i've avoided reading any reviews, all i've watched is the trailer online so i didn't go in expecting the worst.
Despite Paul Andersons reputation this wasn't nearly as bad as many of the reviews i've read since watching it make it out to be. Admittedly being a pg-13 no doubt at the request of the studio stunts some of the gore previously seen in the original films for example the predators don't skin anyone alive and hang them from a ceiling and you don't see a full on alien chest burster, but these are things we've seen before and hence wouldn't have the same shock value anyway. But other than those points they seem to have allowed the two species pretty much free reign over what they kill and how they kill it. I'd say its probably his best next to even horizon and as for the boo's heard in some cinema's there were only cheers and clapping in mine :p
The effects are as good if not better than ressurection and do the film proud, there's a few moments of humor thrown in just as in the original films, The way the manage to stick to the storys laid down in the films and books aswell and theres a nice suprise at the end which links in with the games well. The one slip up that confuses me is that in the end of alien 3 the human who bishop is modelled on while he is also in this film :undecided
For those who can't wait to find out who wins it's - the predators although like in the second one they show they're respect for the human that survives by letting them live