Good Idea vs. Bad Idea

Rating: 6/10 (18 March 2005)

I'm going to start out on the good ideas.
Good Idea: Putting together the two scariest aliens together in a battle and humans getting in the middle. How perfect is that? Examples: King Kong vs. Godzilla, Freddy vs. Jason, and Dracula vs. Frankenstein. It's a plot well used, and very loved by horror fans. The ending was also very cool, which I will not spoil. You'll just have to trust me on that. The characters are pretty well developed and bringing back Lance was a interesting and exciting concept. You have the same feel from the original movies. The best part is that I think the director, he wasn't trying to upstand the original Alien and Predator movies. He knew that they could never be touched and didn't feel the ultimate need for CGI effects.
Bad Idea: First off, Antarctica. This is the coldest place on Earth, 50 below zero is summer time in that country. All the explorers wore was one winter coat, and the girl takes her jacket off at the end. She would've froze to death. As along with the others, because one coat would never keep them warm enough. I know that "Alien vs. Predator" was a comic book, but the stories could never realistically be put together. "Alien" was set in the future and in space. "Predator" was set in the jungle and the creature was a man hunter. It being on the side of the humans didn't make much sense. Some very typical and predictable points in the movie were used and very stupid people.
Over all, it's not a bad movie to watch, but I wouldn't really watch it again.
6/10