I just got finished seeing Predators, the sequel to Predator & Predator II.

SPOILERS 2 FOLLOW

THE GOOD

The action sequences in the movie start right away with Adrian Brody (Royce) waking up and realizing that he's in a freefall from roughly a mile or two in the sky and heading quickly towards the ground. In the nick of time his very strange parachute opens and he lands hard on the ground.

I won't reveal the rest of the beginning but suffice it to say, it was a very efficient, effective, and fast paced way of introducing the main characters.

The jungle scenes in this movie are even more dense and lush than the ones from the original predator, and this movie takes advantage of both the primal atmosphere of the first movie as well as the claustrophobic feel of the Alien movies.

Because of the low budget of this film, you're not constantly bombarded by CGI affects, though thankfully when they do appear, they are not cheesy like the one scenes in the movie "The Myst" based on the book by Stephen King.

The cool thing is that there is a ton of action before you even get to see a Predator

SUPER SPOILER HERE: There appears to be two species of predator now. THe one we're familiar with on earth and in the previous movies. And another one that looks quite a bit different in the face. A bit bigger and more butched up.

Lawrence Fishburn makes an appearance and ....well, I love him. Enough said.

Adrian Brody is a far better actor than the governor of California. He's more believable. And just really does a great job behaving like someone who's in "primal" mode.

THE BAD: At it's core, this is really just Predator I all over again. The difference here is that you have a stronger cast, but this doesn't necessarily translate to better acting scenes. This is a hunt-and-chase movie...or a 'haunted house' movie where the cast gets hunted one-by-one.

Topher whats-his-face pretty much plays the same character he played in Spider-man III, but this time a bit more menacing. The plot twists involving him are very predictable, and very awkwardly timed in the movie. Just not really well done. I reminds me a bit of comedian Paul Riser(??)'s character in Aliens, but just not as well executed, and quite a bit less convincing.

There are a host of deadly nuerotoxins on the planet from plants. I don't understand why such smart worldy killers like Brody and the sexy ass latino chic didn't figure out that they could use them as poison darts if they wanted to.

The movie needed more elements of desperation. You're supposed to feel like the protagonist is a caged animal. Instead, it vascilates between that and sort of a John Conner quest (like in Terminator IV).

The sexy: Who the hell is that latino chic. gawd damn. They put WAY WAY WAY too much clothes on that hot piece of snatch. She was gorgeous! And thankfully, a great actress too. This movie has none of the sterile "read-the-script-just-2-seconds-ago" feel of the Predator-vs-Alien franchise. The characters pull off their scenes beautifully.

Lawd hammercy, who was that Japanese Akuzi dude? When he took his shirt off and revealed his body tattoo, I changed my stance on tats for a hot damned second. That man is sexy as all fuck. And the fight scene was done Samuri style, which gave me a hardon. I'm serious.

Andrien Brody throughout the movie just oozed sex. And at the end he takes his shirt off and all I can say is that sometimes....I get nasty.

Anyways, I thought it was a great summer flick. My favorite of the summer so far. What are your thoughts?

^^^^ that I want to see it like right now.

You had me at Adrian Brody.

Vendetta1 said:

You had me at Adrian Brody.

Girl, you could stuck his ass in "Graffiti Bridges" reading lines like "Do U own Ur Masters?" and I would've loved it.

noimageatall said:

^^^^ that I want to see it like right now.

It's not super great or anything. This year has been incredibly dismal when it comes to good movies. So in any other year, I may have ranked it a bit more harshly, but I still liked the movie. It was a great deal of fun.

TheVoid said:

Vendetta1 said:

You had me at Adrian Brody.

Girl, you could stuck his ass in "Graffiti Bridges" reading lines like "Do U own Ur Masters?" and I would've loved it.

He doesn't have to say anything at all.

Vendetta1 said:

TheVoid said:

Girl, you could stuck his ass in "Graffiti Bridges" reading lines like "Do U own Ur Masters?" and I would've loved it.

He doesn't have to say anything at all.

I know that's right. I saw Splice and the movie sucked. Although there were some insane plot twists. Adrian was all I wanted to see.

TheVoid said:

noimageatall said:

^^^^ that I want to see it like right now.

It's not super great or anything. This year has been incredibly dismal when it comes to good movies. So in any other year, I may have ranked it a bit more harshly, but I still liked the movie. It was a great deal of fun.

But I loved all the Predator movies, even if they sucked. I am NOT a chick flick girl.

TheVoid said:

I watched it and liked it. Maybe they could of had some killer plants in the movie, like a giant Venus Fly Trap that eats people and spits out the bones. I could see Adrien Brody kicking one of those Predators into them.

there this funny joke i heard once in high school-- a boy told another boy

"yo momma so ugly she played predators stunt double

Brody definitely has been working out!

poetcorner61 said:

Brody definitely has been working out!

Predators picks up where Predator 1 & 2 left off very well.

noimageatall said:

^^^^ that I want to see it like right now.

Go see it. And don't be ashamed of buying the $6 bucket of popcorn.

TonyVanDam said:

noimageatall said:

^^^^ that I want to see it like right now.

Go see it. And don't be ashamed of buying the $6 bucket of popcorn.

I will. And no butta.

TheVoid said:

noimageatall said:

^^^^ that I want to see it like right now.

It's not super great or anything. This year has been incredibly dismal when it comes to good movies. So in any other year, I may have ranked it a bit more harshly, but I still liked the movie. It was a great deal of fun.

Maybe not for some people, but I believe it's better than Predator 2. And beside, seeing one of those Predators getting his head chopped off.........priceless!

Number23 said:

TheVoid said:

in the nick of time his VERY STRANGE parachute opens and he lands hard on the ground.

That's better.

!!!!

Plus your signature!

Yup..i really enjoyed it But hubby was Bored, he said it was JUST LIKE predator 1.

I'm just glad Michelle Rodriguez gets to stretch her acting skills by playing a butch army-ish gal in this movie.

I hear she's playing a butch army chick in "Battle: Los Angeles" next spring, but not the same kind of butch army girl she played in Avatar or any of the othe movies she's done.

PS.

Adrien Brody has been my lover for years.

johnart said:

I'm just glad Michelle Rodriguez gets to stretch her acting skills by playing a butch army-ish gal in this movie.

I hear she's playing a butch army chick in "Battle: Los Angeles" next spring, but not the same kind of butch army girl she played in Avatar or any of the othe movies she's done.

PS.

Adrien Brody has been my lover for years.

ZombieKitten said:

johnart said:

I'm just glad Michelle Rodriguez gets to stretch her acting skills by playing a butch army-ish gal in this movie.

I hear she's playing a butch army chick in "Battle: Los Angeles" next spring, but not the same kind of butch army girl she played in Avatar or any of the othe movies she's done.

PS.

Adrien Brody has been my lover for years.

At least she's working.

johnart said:

ZombieKitten said:

At least she's working.

I want to see her prissy and giggly, out of her comfort zone

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ZombieKitten said:

johnart said:

At least she's working.

I want to see her prissy and giggly, out of her comfort zone

Me too! Totally!

I don't know if physically she'd ever come off as "prissy" (though, why the hell not ) but I'd at least love to see her be the tomboy who gets the boy or something like that. Just not some armed to the teeth warrior woman for a change.

johnart said:

ZombieKitten said:

I want to see her prissy and giggly, out of her comfort zone

Me too! Totally!

I don't know if physically she'd ever come off as "prissy" (though, why the hell not ) but I'd at least love to see her be the tomboy who gets the boy or something like that. Just not some armed to the teeth warrior woman for a change.

she is never gonna get the guy with those sexless "one of the boys" roles. I'd like to see her get a girl

The actress is Alice Braga yall--not Michelle Rodriguez. Their asses hang a bit differently. Alice has a superb, incredible backside.

johnart said:

ZombieKitten said:

At least she's working.

Don't forget she got to play a butch cop chick in Lost. At least she wasn't butch army chick.

She was butch army chick in Resident Evil though.

connorhawke said:

johnart said:

At least she's working.

Don't forget she got to play a butch cop chick in Lost. At least she wasn't butch army chick.

She was butch army chick in Resident Evil though.

Your signature always launches me into hysterics

lawd, if you EVER decide to remove that quote, please orgnote it to me first so that I can save it.

It's so damned brilliant.

poetcorner61 said:

Brody definitely has been working out!