Fantastic, over my expectations!

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2004)

yes its true, i thought this movie was great.. a lot of people criticise this movie like its the worst movie ever, but if you think bout it, its not easy making a movie like AvP simply due to the fact that both movies have quite complicated story lines that need to be considered.
Anderson did a great job with keeping each of the creatures in their own respective characters at all times (not an easy job)
then there's the storyline.. making a decent storyline for this movie would have been quite challenging also, but Anderson has taken an interesting approach, and succeeded!
personally, i think the best part of the movie was the ending, neither creature won, hence fans of both creatures were kept happy.. the alien queen was shown disappearing into the water (but not dying), and the alien coming out of the predator at the end was a great idea for the sequel! Anderson doesn't show it on-screen that the predator actually does get the alien inside it, but smart screenplay unleashes the suspense when the last shot of the movie shows the alien bursting out of the predator.. which i thought was quite clever to WOW the viewers and create the perfect plot for the sequel!!
i'm a BIG fan of both movies, and was very happy with Andersons presentation of both creatures in the one movie, the story, the sound, action and overall feel was great. The creatures themselves were great, they looked much more powerful than in predator or the alien series.
i wasn't a big fan of alien resurrection simply coz of the acting.. very poor overacting by everyone.. and some cheesy dialogues was a major disappointment for that movie.. but AvP didn't have that although the actors were new..
another aspect of AvP that was great was the fact that both creatures were on the screen for a lot of the time.. Anderson really portrayed the power of both by showing the actual things on screen for more than 10 mins. Although the Alien series and Predator are GREATS and classics, these movies didn't show much of the creatures at all.. true this builds on the suspense and thrills but being a fan of the movies, its time that we really saw the two have greater screen time.. (especially considering we've seen both creatures before and know exactly what they look like)! AvP was made for the fight scenes and the creatures having face to face combat.. and this would have been impossible if the screenplay and direction was kept to that of the Alien series or predator as in those movies the creatures were fighting humans.. now its different.. the creatures are fighting each other and so it is a must that both creatures are shown with great power and great action scenes. The slow and suspense direction wouldn't have worked in this movie at all.. times have changed, and AvP is completely different to the originals.. therefore a lot more special effects to bring out the best of both creatures is a must and Anderson achieved that with great success..
overall.. the movie was fantastic.. well worth it.. second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth time!!