Below expectations, but still good

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2005)

*Contains spoilers*
Reading some of the reviews, I could conclude that most of you(respect to the exceptions) are disenchanted about this movie. I can agree with some of the points, like a Predator teaming up with a Human, but that did not annoy me up as much as the fact I mention below:
This is where this becomes a spoiler: I do not understand and I do not even want to know why this movie degraded Predators so much. I can't believe that one Alien killed two Predators and the third(and the last one) gets 'facehuggered' a good ten minutes after the fight begins.
Talking about face-huggers, I also find it strange that Aliens evolve way too quickly. It must be a result of the Director's decision on how to make the movie more whirling. Aliens birth quickly, OK, but what about the 'fecundated' Predator? How come it survived for so long? Also a note on Alien life-cycle: How is that possible that the Xenomorph births from a Dead body? I obviously mean the Italian guy(don't know the name) and the Predator.
I loved how the Predators looked like at any rate. The one last thing I did not like about Predators in this movie is their vision modes. Why did not they leave the old-style Predator mask sound? That was the best. One other thing: I find the into part VERY long, it is even longer than the action part itself with the Credits.
To sum up a whole, I had really loved this movie despite all what I wrote.