Why Do The Movies I Look Forward to Always Suck??

Rating: 4/10 (15 August 2004)

I really wanted this movie to be good. But it wasn't. I am trying to put my finger on what is bothering me. I think the movie looks like young kids developed the plot. Flashy looking, but if given any deeper thought than "that's pretty" It falls apart.
I want to relate this to something completely different in hopes that the 30 and over crowd may relate. I went to a teeny bopper concert a couple of years ago, and the people in the audience had a mosh pit. I was horrified. that concept had been bastardized so heavily, that people didn't even know what kind of music it went with.
Okay, now that I have completely digressed, I will get back to AVP. I felt similar disgust to the lack of suspense, or character development in the movie. They have all the gore and the chest bursting of the original Alien, but you just don't care, because the characters are so thin, you don't miss them. The way it looks to me is the writers said okay, in the Alien movie we have people getting attacked by face grabbers... Check. People having aliens burst from their chests... Check. We have Aliens hunting.. Check. But never tried to tie any of it into the story to make it compelling. So it's like the concert with a mosh pit for lame ass top 40 music. It looks the same, but the meaning is completely lost.
I won't even try to get into the inconsistencies in the movie, or the bad choices the characters make, because I will be here all day. So I will just say I really loved the first two Alien movies and the first Predator movie. I feel it has been an ever worsening item since. With this blight being the garbage masterpiece. If you go see it, leave your brain at home, and you may like it.
Hope this helps you decide on whether or not to see it before it comes to free broadcast TV. If you care for the first Alien movie, don't go see this junk.