Not as bad as people make it out to be

Rating: 6/10 (7 July 2010)

There are many people out there, who are die hard fans of the alien/predator series, that will tell you that Alien vs Predator was a complete flop and that it brings a bad name to the series. But I think these people will have gone into the cinema expecting to see something as great as the original classics. If they had gone in without any expectations I'm sure they would have got a lot more out of the film.
Lets get it straight, AvP is not as good as it's predecessors, though I did enjoy it more than Predator 2. But it is a hell of a lot of fun and I found it thoroughly entertaining. Yes, the directing is nearly as poor as the story, and many of the characters have less charisma than a bumble bee, but there ARE some things this film does incredibly well. The special effects are superb and the creatures have never looked better. The fight scenes are frantic and exciting. It also gives you a bit of the history of the two alien races on Earth.
I would have liked it to be more scary (not one scene made me jump) and yes, it COULD have been amazing. But it wasn't, and I can deal with that, because I had a good time watching it. And that to me is the most important thing.