Goin' Out
So yeah, I'm going out tonight. Not a big deal for most, but I dont drink and never go out, so this should be interesting. The thing is, I'm not certain I wanna go. I did when asked, and when I said I'd go last week I really meant it. Unfortunatly, I'm not feeling in to greater mood right now, still feelin' guilty bout upsettin' Hol (even thought she forgave me, I was still the one who upset her and feel really bad about it). Of course, when you're feeling guilty for something it's harder to enjoy yourself. Hopefully I can ignore that and have a good time, I know she doesn't care I upset her, but I still do. It's not whether you're forgiven or not, it's that you caused someone to be upset, and nothing will change that. Suppose that's part of life, we all make mistakes. Doesn't mean I'll feel any better about it.
In a change of tone I saw AVP today, and actually enjoyed it. I was prepared to see it suck, but I actually found it quite enjoyable. The Aliens kicked as much ass as they should, not becoming the Predator's whipping boys. But there were many flaws, firstly, several base rules were thrown out the window established in the previous movies, making MANY flaws. I've read claims it was meant to exist outside the other movies, but this was obviously rubbish as there were many links to the Alien films. Yet it still ignored rules like the fact the aliens bred so much faster than in the old movies it was ridiculous (everyone remembers the dinner scene from Alien, they just chest burst straight away), all Predator's had to be marked like hunters but weren't in the old films, there was no reason for the Pred's to hunt humans and so on. But by far the biggest flaw, and the nail in the coffin for the 'stand-alone' idea was that if you hadn't seen Aliens or Predator you simply wouldn't know what was going on most of the time. The predator's are pretty much summed up as 'hunters' and that's it, and aliens are just called 'serpents'. Hell, they appear to bred on Earth, to a movie goer who had no idea they wouldn't be able to tell they were aliens!
In fact, I'd go as far to say that a movie goer who had seen niether franchise would think the Predators were the 'Alien' referred to in the title, and that the Aliens were the 'Predator' because it seems like it. BUT it was still an enjoyable flick if you like the movies. You get a nice long scene of a Predator and Alien going at it as well, with the winner not being who you would expect! And that's in the middle of the movie. It's like a little treat for the fans apart from the plot (which wasn't to great and pretty obvious throughout). But all in all, I'd give it about 7/10, and would watch it again if I got the oppurtunity.
In a change of tone I saw AVP today, and actually enjoyed it. I was prepared to see it suck, but I actually found it quite enjoyable. The Aliens kicked as much ass as they should, not becoming the Predator's whipping boys. But there were many flaws, firstly, several base rules were thrown out the window established in the previous movies, making MANY flaws. I've read claims it was meant to exist outside the other movies, but this was obviously rubbish as there were many links to the Alien films. Yet it still ignored rules like the fact the aliens bred so much faster than in the old movies it was ridiculous (everyone remembers the dinner scene from Alien, they just chest burst straight away), all Predator's had to be marked like hunters but weren't in the old films, there was no reason for the Pred's to hunt humans and so on. But by far the biggest flaw, and the nail in the coffin for the 'stand-alone' idea was that if you hadn't seen Aliens or Predator you simply wouldn't know what was going on most of the time. The predator's are pretty much summed up as 'hunters' and that's it, and aliens are just called 'serpents'. Hell, they appear to bred on Earth, to a movie goer who had no idea they wouldn't be able to tell they were aliens!
In fact, I'd go as far to say that a movie goer who had seen niether franchise would think the Predators were the 'Alien' referred to in the title, and that the Aliens were the 'Predator' because it seems like it. BUT it was still an enjoyable flick if you like the movies. You get a nice long scene of a Predator and Alien going at it as well, with the winner not being who you would expect! And that's in the middle of the movie. It's like a little treat for the fans apart from the plot (which wasn't to great and pretty obvious throughout). But all in all, I'd give it about 7/10, and would watch it again if I got the oppurtunity.
posted by Li at 7:06 PM
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