AVP is a great concept! (the comic shows it)

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2004)

OK, I said to myself I had NO expectations when I sat down last night to see this with a friend. I knew it couldn't be a great movie because of the director, but still I had some sort of hope it seems. The movie starts out nice enough, a couple of really weak actors...but I could live with that. When the movie comes to the point it kills off it characters so fast it just doesn't have a chance to get really scary or exciting. I did however love a few scenes with the Predators and Aliens in battle. I've read some of the comic and if they had followed the story in the comic, this film could have become a sci-fi classic. But no, it only borrows some ideas and makes what every Hollywood film is doing more today than ever it seems a film with a few good ideas which they hope will float the boat. The film was actually not THAT bad until the "escape" scene, where I think the director must have thought "hey, now we've shown everything from the old movies, now we HAVE TO show them something new, no matter how stupid or silly it may seem!" (the oldest Hollywood mistake in the world) The whole escape scene made me want to close my eyes and wish away what I was seeing. I truly didn't know it was possible today to make something so utterly stupid. I'm still in shock..even though I didn't expect much. Please give this project to someone who can take it seriously. I beg you, the concept has always been a good one with LOTS of potential. Find the comic and make a movie out of it..and pretend this movie never happened.