Disappointment at its prime

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2008)

I watched the Predator movies after seeing parts of Predator aired on Spike TV. I watched them both 3 or 4 times because I enjoyed them so much. I zipped through the Alien series but I still liked them and got to know the Aliens' history as well as the Predators'. I then set my sights on Alien vs. Predator in hopes of seeing an excellent, action packed, historically accurate Alien AND Predator movie mixed together as one. But I was clearly wrong.
Not to be rude or demeaning but this movie was pretty bad.
The Positive: Don't get me wrong, the action was decent, the CG were great also. And Lance Henrickson even appears as Captain Charles Bishop Weylend (obviously a reference to the Alien movies, where Bishop the droid worked for the Weylend company), he was good in this movie. Also, I liked how the Predator was actually more of a main character than some random killer. The Predator was probably one of the best characters and everything. Also, the story was pretty good.
The Negative: As I said the story was good, there were some huge problems with it. One of them was their history. Why was it that the Aliens' and Predators' histories were randomly intertwined. However, this was never previously mentioned in any of the other movies, and I do think this is something that should be mentioned. Also, the aliens were on Earth...why? The fun of the original movie "Alien" was that they were randomly found in space and never heard of. If they were on Earth, are we that dumb that we've never seen them before? Also, if I recall, the Predators only came in hot weather, hence only in the South American jungle or in L.A. during a heat wave, so why are they suddenly in the NORTH POLE? Aside from that, the pacing in this movie was bad. All the characters were killed in one small time period, then there would be long periods of nothing happening.
This movie was disappointing. I wouldn't call it terrible, but still...
I give this a 5/10. Sorry, better luck next time.