Okay, Could Have Been Better

Rating: 6/10 (14 August 2004)

This movie was okay, but it could have been much better.
Let me start with the bad news:
1. Predator Vision Should have used infrared (red & blue), not orange. Plus the was not much sound at all.
2. Character Development Terrible. I felt like we only get to know 2 or 3 characters in the movie (Lex, Sebastian, Weyland). Since the movie was too fast, Anderson should have spent more time developing the other characters. I just got tired of seeing humans getting picked off and not knowing their name, motivation, etc.
3. Killings As mentioned above, humans got picked off too quick. I wouldn't even know half their names if I had not read the book and the IMDb credits.
4. Cinematography Camera was too quick.
5. Score Sounded awful at key moments, like the first Predator death scene. Also, sounded really corny when Predator showed his face to Lex. I thought they were going to kiss or something.
6. Fight Scenes Only like 2 or 3 Alien/Predator fight scenes. Since this is an AvP movie, there should have been a lot more. Maybe if he'd of stuck to 5 predators and didn't make them get killed so quick, then we would have more fight scenes.
7. Contradictions In Alien 3, were learn that Aliens don't kill humans who are carrying alien embryo. We know the Predator is carrying one, but aliens try to kill it, and eventually do.
Lex said that the cold could freeze you in 3 minutes. But she seemed to be out their with the Queen a lot longer than 3 minutes.
8. Flat Out Ridiculous If Predators can see aliens inside of humans, then why the f*ck would they bring a dead predator on board their mothership when he has an alien inside it?
If the water is frozen, then how the heck can the Queen drown so deep?
Now the good news:
1. Plot Thought it was decent and interesting. Could have been better if the movie was longer to allow the tension to build up.
2. Shifting Pyramids The claustrophobia adds to the suspense. But again, the movie was just too short. They could have extended it. For instance, when Verheiden and Miller were trapped, Verheiden should of at least killed some of those aliens.
But here is the kicker. Despite the disappointment that this film was, the audience actually clapped at the end. I am not kidding, no one walked out like I hear others did in other theaters. The question is, were they clapping because they were entertained or were they clapping because it was finally over?
In conclusion, Anderson sucks, f*ck you Fox for ruining my summer and 14 years of anticipation, but it was okay.