No "Aliens" or "Predator", but still good movie

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2007)

I think many people are unfair toward this movie, I thought it was great. It seems many people here are upset that there wasn't TONS of blood and gore and the whole movie wasn't fighting, which is unfair. It also seems to me that people are upset with the movie over it's rating. I do not believe blood, gore, sex, and high MPAA ratings make good movies. Granted, this movie is no "Predator" or "Aliens" but it IS in fact a good movie and should be given a chance.
The movie is about three Predators (or Yautja) that go to earth to participate in a ritual hunting rite. They have a temple under the ice in the Antarctic which suddenly activates, thus creating a heat source that was captured by a surveillance satellite owned by the Weyland Corporation (the infamous other half of the Weyland-Yutani Corp from the Aliens series). Thus Mr. Charles Bishop Weyland assembles a team to go to Antarctica to find the temple so he can make his mark in the world. Among the team is the hero, a lady named Alexa Woods who will guide the team down to the temple after the drilling team makes it through the ice.
The Predators keep a Queen Xenomorph on ice and whenever the temple is activated she is thawed out and ready to make eggs. Many people complained about the movie because the two Predators die. One of them dies rather quick and easy while the other puts up one hell of a fight before dying. The reason people were upset with this was because the Predators are suppose to be the ultimate hunter. But come on guys, the Xenomorphs are the ultimate pray as they explained in the movie. To kill a Xenomorph proves yourself worth to carry the mark of a true warrior. So whats so wrong about it being hard to kill a Xenomorph? Another thing that upset people was the gestation period of the chest burster and face huggers. But that as always seems to be a type of inconsistency through out the "Aliens" series. Kane's chest burster in Alien seemed to take a bit of time, but Ripley's in Alien 3 seems to take for ever to incubate. I think many people were just upset because the movie didn't follow the comics or the novel EXACTLY, but that as ALWAYS been the case with comic/book-to-movie productions.
Other gripes people had with the movie is that they not only used the smooth headed Xenomorphs (rather then the ones with the ridged head) but that the Predators looked too big and "line backer" like. But think about it, the Predator is a pretty damn big race of alien, so why can't some be bulky? Just because the ones in the first two movies weren't bulky doesn't mean there can't be be Predators. It was really their armor that make them look like line backers. And think about it too, in the first two movies they were hunting humans...like nothing to them. IN this movie they are going after the ultimate prey.
Other complaints you may read are about the so-called "romantic scene" between Alexa Woods and the Predator, but really there was nothing romantic about it. They had found respect in each other and that was about it. Many people said things like "humans getting along with Predators? Wouldn't happen, you have to do something BIG to earn a Predator's respect, as seen in Predator 2." But COME ON people, Alexa Woods KILLS a Xenomorph with the Predator's pike BY HERSELF so why wouldn't he have respect for her? She is a pitiful human and could be killed in an instant by a Predator, and she herself has just killed the ultimate prey. So of course the Predator respected her, thats why she receives the mark of the warrior.
Someone also said, "a temple under 2000 feet of ice? Yeah right!" Or something to that effect. But this was explained in the movie, as one man points out that early maps show the continent not completely covered in ice, which means it COULD have been possible for the area to be inhabited at one time.
The acting wasn't the best of course, as most of the cast is so new I had no idea who they were until seeing this movie. I have to admit, they are no Sigourny Weaver's, or Arnold's, or Danny Glover's, or Bill Paxton's, but in my opinion they get the job done well.
I liked this movie a lot, the Predators were cool, had awesome weapons. This movie isn't so much about dialogue between characters as it's a movie about discovering some of the origins of our past, and our connection to the Xenomorphs and Predators. Please please please please PLEASE give this movie a chance.