ayayrawn
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Weirdly enough, the direct to Hulu prequel Prey that came out late last year is probably the only other good Predator movie.
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gaporter
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I mean, I wouldn't ever go to bat for it as a cinematic masterpiece or anything, but the way I see it, it does for gritty cop movies what the original Predator did for war movies. It goes for something completely different, which I respect, considering the chances of it topping the first one were close to zero. It's dumb fun, Danny Glover gives a legitimately great lead performance, and it's quite possibly the sweatiest film ever made.
TenderLovingKiller®
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That probably nails it. I was expecting more of the same and ended up with a completely different style of film and probably never gave it a fair chance.
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EvanBenner
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I thought AVP was pretty entertaining. The only one I haven't seen is The Predator, but AVP: Requiem was totally worse than Predator 2.
LeSamourai
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Prey rips.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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I didn't include those since they were, fortunately, a short lived mash-up thing but those two AVP movies are the worst in the Predator (and Alien) universe, imo.
EvanBenner
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I'd avoided them for so long figuring they were going to be a mess, but AVP had some fun action, a good protag, and interesting enough premise to feel like not a total waste.
As far as mashups go, I have to wonder if this independent ZVP (Zatoichi vs Predator) short from Japan inspired the pre-modern period & setting of Prey.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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EvanBenner
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Took the Vengeance films leaving Criterion Channel tonight as my reason to complete the set this week.
Each is a marvel for different reasons (a truly impressive capsule of Park Chan-wook's range as a visual storyteller), but I think I saw them in the worst order possible.
Previously, I'd only seen Oldboy (the middle film) which is a wild spectacle in its own right. Bonkers plot, insane cinematography, full of action. A super impressive and undeniably influential movie.
Yesterday, I finally watched Lady Vengeance, the last of the trilogy. Much lighter in tone, still twisted as all get out, but cathartic too. Park has such a distinct sense of humor in his films. Really enjoyed this one.
And here I am now just having finished the movie that started it all, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. It's fucking bleak, y'all. Park's humor is at its darkest here, and the downward spiral is unstoppable. A great movie, but a feel bad one at that. I'm going to go sulk now.
Each is a marvel for different reasons (a truly impressive capsule of Park Chan-wook's range as a visual storyteller), but I think I saw them in the worst order possible.
Previously, I'd only seen Oldboy (the middle film) which is a wild spectacle in its own right. Bonkers plot, insane cinematography, full of action. A super impressive and undeniably influential movie.
Yesterday, I finally watched Lady Vengeance, the last of the trilogy. Much lighter in tone, still twisted as all get out, but cathartic too. Park has such a distinct sense of humor in his films. Really enjoyed this one.
And here I am now just having finished the movie that started it all, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. It's fucking bleak, y'all. Park's humor is at its darkest here, and the downward spiral is unstoppable. A great movie, but a feel bad one at that. I'm going to go sulk now.
the alamo here was showing mask of the phantasm this week so we made a point to go watch it. still holds up as one of the best batman movies period. and, much like the new pattinson batman movie, i got a kick out of watching the scenes with the early days of batman when he's not quite got things figured out yet and fumbles around a bit.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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gaporter
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Watched Galaxy Quest for the first time last night; what a wonderful movie. The cast is incredible, the tributes to/spoofs of Star Trek are both hilarious and kind of touching in their own way, and even when you remove the parody element, it's a surprisingly legit sci-fi adventure flick in its own right, with effects and creature designs that have held up very well.
