Alien vs. Predator

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2014)

Title: Alien vs Predator
Condensed Storyline: An unidentified heat source is found in Antarctica, so a group of explores go and check it out while being funded by a rich guy. They explore the pyramid that is the heat source and end up awakening the queen alien which then sends out her children. But their are also Predators after them as they are in their hunting ground. So it is classic horror movie events happened such as splitting up and getting killed off one by one. This is until the female protagonist is the last one standing and gives the Predator his weapon back, so she then teams up with the predator to kill the queen alien.
Notable Acting: Err.. I couldn't remember anyones names throughout the thing, mainly because everyone felt like CONI (Characters of no importance) to me. The only people I can remember as the main female protagonist, main male protagonist and that rich guy who funded the trip. I can understand that this movie wanted to go the only 1 person will survive thing from both 'Alien' and 'Predator'. But I had a hard time caring about any of the people. They had great acting, but their characters were flat and wooden to me.
Noticeable Camera work: 180º rotation to reveal the temple along with a birds eye shot after the face hugger falls from the celling. Speeded up dolly shot as the eggs rise up in the sacrificial chamber. Worms eye after the layout of the temple changes and traps/splits up people.
Graphics: The CGI for the queen is good, but part of me was thinking it would be animatronics. But realistically as this movie was made in 2004, chances are it is CGI. CGI for the Predator's invisibility is decent as well, similar to the original, but seems to have improved slightly.
Costume: The costume of the alien and predator were great in my opinion, not too sure what was CGI and what has practical in the sense of the alien's screen time. But they both looked like how they did in their prime original movies.
Overall Feel: I can understand why so many fans were so ecstatic to hear that Alien and Predator were sharing a movie. Just as I can understand why so many fans were disappointed to see that the movie wasn't all it was cracked up to be. But considering that the Alien franchise went down hill after 'Aliens' this should have been a warning sign straight away, and honestly this movie is better in terms of logic than Alien 3&4. As you should know, Alien 3 killed of the secondary/main characters from Aliens. Making that entire movie redundant. Alien 4 brought by Ripley which completely negated Alien 3's ending. This movie explains that the Predators would hunt the Aliens for sport and use the humans as vessels. That makes much more coherent sense than Alien 3 and 4. But, it does have its problems. The temple has cobwebs, the temple is also located in Antarctica. No species of spider lives in Antarctica. The time of the story is set in October, this is autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. But this is also spring in the Southern Hemisphere. The movie presents it as constantly dark, this only happens from April to August. The rest of the year has constant 24 hour day light. Bar September and March. But this alters depending on where in Antarctica you are. But looking at light charts there is only 6 hour maximum of darkness and that is civil twilight. For those not familiar with civil twilight, it is when the sun has gone down but the sky is still bright, this is best seen at 9pm in early July. But regardless of it's faults and errors and truly forgettable characters, this movie is better than the 5 stars it's given on IMDb. It is one of those movies for people who like the franchises, but are not crazy about it.