nice to see a GOOD aliens movie since ALIENS

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2005)

in all honesty...i thought this movie was bad freekin ass...not since ALIENS have we seen a good...beat em up...outright action ALIENS film...alien 3 was alright...alien resurrection sucked really bad (if you've ever read the final draft script you would know that the movie ended A lot differently than shown in the actual film)...i haven't seen predator 2 in a while...but predator 1 was no let down by any means...I'm very happy with what 20th Century Fox has presented to us...It would have been nice to see them go with the original script of the movie...in which was based directly from the early 1990s comic series "ALIENS vs Predator"...though the ending in the film we have is somewhat reminiscent of the comic series...but with what was given to us was a nice change...the inclusion of Weyland Bishop was a very neat idea...though in the time line of the films...the original bishop human lived in the 2100s i believe...this movie is filled with AWESOME special effects...and what was even better is that the Aliens and Predators themselves weren't ALL computer generated...the alien queen looked awesome...why...because it was an actual stage with a puppet they built...NO computer generated predators what so ever...this film was a perfect blend of CG and Puppetry (which i think made the aliens scary in the first place...CG aliens really ruin it for me)...I've seen quite a few fans of either series complain about the film and say its horrible...honestly i don't know where they can form this opinion from...even though 2 of the 3 predators die within the first 30 min of the film (it would have been cool to see more of them fight like they did in the comics) i think the balance between the main character and the main predator was dead on...and there was even HUMOUR between them...which worked very well in this film...some people complained that because the movie wasn't rated R and filled with obscure adjectives that we've all become so use to hearing in present day films...that made it suck...I'm sorry but for those of you who think that...please learn how to appreciate the deeper aspects of a film...i just hope that 20th century fox makes another film based around the ORIGINAL idea with Yuriko and Broken Tusk Predator...if they would have done that in the first place...a sequel would have been guaranteed as Yuriko winds up living with the predators in the comic book series (called ALIENS vs Predator:Deadliest of Species)...but in all honesty...if you're a big fan of either series...go out and BUY this DVD as its probably the best aliens movie since ALIENS