Yet strangely pretty much all the critics and everyone on here thought it was pretty good!
Who knew they were all wrong😁
I know, it amazes me too!
Seriously though. The key element of great sci fi is that it's believable. You should be immersed in the world it creates.
If you thought this was believable then I don't know what to say to you.
I mean, basic stuff at the beginning. Bears don't behave like that, they just don't. Snap! The whole construct collapses.
Decent scriptwriter would have been way more subtle.
What about that wolf stalking the rabbit a few metres away? "Hey guys" says the committee, let's make it growl! "More scary that way".
"But the wolf would be flat to the ground and slient" says the expert. We could build suspense and confusion into the storyline, laying the seeds of fear in the viewers minds.
"Nah! Growling's more scary" Committee wins.
Sorry! But I do like to rant about this genre.
Did you watch till the end of the animation during the end credits? It shows three more ships returning, suggesting a potential sequel…
There was an animation at the end? Like an end credits scene?
What about that wolf stalking the rabbit a few metres away?
The entire premise is an Alien who comes to earth to hunt humans, and can turn invisible
Once I’ve suspended my level of disbelief over that, the hunting strategy of bears and wolves didn’t even register 😂
That’s said, I’m with the poster who pointed out that the hero didn’t have a mark on her despite being thrown from pillar to post by a 7 foot Alien capable of killing a bear. That for me is a step too far!!
Let’s just say Chronicles of Riddick is looking down on it from a great height.
That's just taking it too far, the Chronicles of Riddick look down at no film, ever 😂
Much as I kind of like the cheesefest of Chronicles Of Riddick (which would have been much better if it wasn't trying to be about 4 or 5 different films all at once), Prey is a much more coherent and better made thing in spite of it's apparently unbelievable fantasy elements.
For me, it doesn't really need to do world building - it's a pretty honest monster movie, not 2001.
Enjoyed that. My daughter, who is very switched on, pointed out that nobody including the predator was taking her seriously and she was going to kick their asses.
Glad the dog was OK.
After enjoying Prey on Saturday last night I watched The Predator (2018) and enjoyed that again too.
Olivia Munn helped but the action was fun, there was a dog and a couple of Predator dogs and a two Preds.
What's not to love?
And of course the comments about him not bring a predator, more a trophy hunter. Not such a good title for a film.
Got round to watching this last night. Found it rather entertaining and the new Predator was pretty badass. It did have the feel of a TV movie (which essentially it was) and some of the action sequences felt a bit 'Marvelised' (overuse of CGI, Predator flying around like he/she/it? had wings) Some of the animal GCI looked a bit hokey too.
Obviously the macho types are going to complain that the Predator, which Arnie struggled with, was defeated by a young girl, but I think they did it in a believable way.
Overall I'd give it a solid 3.5 / 5.
People did spot the gun at the end is the one given to Danny Glover at the end of Preaditor 2 right?*
* i may be making 2+2=5
Watched it with a few beers on saturday. All boxes ticked.
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People did spot the gun at the end is the one given to Danny Glover at the end of Preaditor 2 right?*
One and the same. Unless it's just an offhand Easter Egg, one question for any sequel is then how it ends up in the Predators' possession (presumably they have to kill its current owner and take it as a trophy).
Obviously the macho types are going to complain that the Predator, which Arnie struggled with, was defeated by a young girl, but I think they did it in a believable way.
I'm not sure it was believable going by what had happened prior, it felt more like she beat them in a Home Alone style 😂
As for not taking her seriously, i'm not sure i saw that in the movie that much, the French were all trying to kill her, but she went through them and killed them more effectively than the predator, again not sure the predator cares about macho, it'll kill a rabbit or a bear for sport.
Home Alone you say 🤔
yeah, shame they made a massive fuss about it, would've been cooler to leave the audience to notice it & wonder whether it was supposed to be the same! (Its origin was explained in one of the many Pred comics, I doubt that story will carry over though).People did spot the gun at the end is the one given to Danny Glover at the end of Preaditor 2 right?*
Me and my wife just watched it, meh.... I'll not be recommending it to anyone, just thought it was a bit naff and Disney and as my wife said metoo.
Going to watch Predator 2 in a bit. Never seen it before
Going to watch Predator 2 in a bit. Never seen it before
Watch it in fast forward mode.
Does EVERY LA police station have a dozen scantily clad hookers in there all the time,
Yep and a chief without an indoor voice who loves swearing
Watched it last night. It starts a wee bit slow, filmwork is good, acting was good for a predator movie, once it got going I really enjoyed it. Liked the little animation credits hinting at some sort of sequel with the aliens ships. Good escapist fun, double thumbs up.
Watch it in fast forward mode.
The only film this genuinely works for is Twister.
Re Pred2, Danny Glover WAS getting too old for that shit.
Does anyone else think that these predators are just middle-aged IT nerds on some sort of package holiday? - sort of a paintball challenge with bells on?
Does anyone else think that these predators are just middle-aged IT nerds on some sort of package holiday? – sort of a paintball challenge with bells on?
Haha!
Does anyone else think that these predators are just middle-aged IT nerds on some sort of package holiday? – sort of a paintball challenge with bells on?
Was discussing this with my wife
the fact that they have an invisibility field seems like cheating
but then you know that hunters would use one if they had it, so yeah the liklihood of them being IT nerds is high
anyway Blain approves
https://twitter.com/GovJVentura/status/1556118433732988928
Watch it in fast forward mode.
The only film this genuinely works for is Twister.
And The Postman. Most of it's in slow motion, even the fights.