Disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

I am a big fan of both franchises and have been looking forward to seeing this movie ever since I first heard the rumors like 8 years ago. I just got back from seeing it and it was a huge disappointment. I was expecting it to be silly and poorly acted but I was more correct than I should have been. I was at least hoping for a couple of good scary moments but that didn't happen. I would have to say that Paul Anderson definitely failed on this project that he somehow has been working on for two years. The original Predator was silly and poorly acted but it was still a great movie because of great action, characters, and some frightening scenes. The same can be said for at least the first two and maybe the last alien movies. I personally didn't like Alien 3 but thats beside the point. AVP should have been rated R just like the rest of the Alien and Predator movies. I read in an interview of Paul Anderson that he wanted to carry on the tradition of both franchises. He went down in flames on that point. Almost all of the deaths in AVP were either off screen or the camera was jumping around so much you could hardly tell what was going on which is hugely frustrating to watch. Well, I just wanted to voice my opinion and read what other peoples reactions were to this movie.