For the Brits... I've just bought Predator 1 & 2 and Predators as a box set on BluRay from Asda £7 - bargain!

People still buy DVDs! I'm glad to have gotten rid of all mine. My kids had hundreds. Upon saying that, I still have a veritable library of books. But I think books are different. I have read books on a screen but it's better on paper. Must be something to do with the contrast.

DVDs & Blu-Rays are great.

Quoted from HyperMatt DVDs & Blu-Rays are great.

... for taking up space you don't need to.


It's like the 70s and 80s when our parents (I'm guessing yours too) had half the living room decorated with 12" vinyl albums. It's time to let go.

Quoted from DustinBowcot ... for taking up space you don't need to. It's like the 70s and 80s when our parents (I'm guessing yours too) had half the living room decorated with 12" vinyl albums. It's time to let go.

Not sure how expensive they were, but we didn't have anything to put in that 1/4-inch headphone jack when I was a little kid. My parents got really sick of hearing me play the same two records and same two tapes over and over again.

I had nothing to do, so I decided to watch it in a theater. It had the highest rating out of those which showed that week - 7.8 imdb rating.

I have just one question - why? Why 7.8 I mean. How's that even possible.

It's funny enough - I give it that. But there are so many issues. They place all the value on CGI effects I guess. This was CGI infused much of nothing.
No story, no nothing, just lots of CGI in my opinion.

I don't feel like writers are much needed these days.

Quoted from khamanna I had nothing to do, so I decided to watch it in a theater. It had the highest rating out of those which showed that week - 7.8 imdb rating.

When a film first comes out, everybody that had anything to do with it vote first. Obviously, all of the cast and crew are going to give it a 10. Wait for a year and the rating will likely go down to around 5 or less.

Quoted from DustinBowcot When a film first comes out, everybody that had anything to do with it vote first. Obviously, all of the cast and crew are going to give it a 10. Wait for a year and the rating will likely go down to around 5 or less.

I might have mixed up something when checked the rating that day. It shows 6.0 actually, couldn't go that low in a matter of days I think.

It was still higher than everything else in that particular movie theater this past Sunday - also new movies and all.

Quoted from khamanna I might have mixed up something when checked the rating that day. It shows 6.0 actually, couldn't go that low in a matter of days I think. It was still higher than everything else in that particular movie theater this past Sunday - also new movies and all.

The original movie has a 7.8. This one has a much lower grade.

The original is great and is called PREDATOR. This one sucks and is called THE Predator.

Quoted from khamanna I might have mixed up something when checked the rating that day. It shows 6.0 actually, couldn't go that low in a matter of days I think. It was still higher than everything else in that particular movie theater this past Sunday - also new movies and all.

You can't trust IMDB on movies playing at the box office, as Dustin said.

Check out Rotten Tomatoes for new movies.  You'll get a pretty good idea of whether the movie is good, decent, or terrible.

Quoted from Demento The original movie has a 7.8. This one has a much lower grade. The original is great and is called PREDATOR. This one sucks and is called THE Predator.

Aaa, now I get it! Yeah, sucks is the word.

Quoted from Dreamscale You can't trust IMDB on movies playing at the box office, as Dustin said. Check out Rotten Tomatoes for new movies.  You'll get a pretty good idea of whether the movie is good, decent, or terrible.

Rotten Tomatoes should be more honest, right.

Finally got around to seeing this and boy oh boy am I ever glad I didn't spend a dime on it.

IMO, this is absolutely terrible film making in basically every single way imaginable.  I always say that many times, I can tell in the first minute or so of the film whether it will be good or bad.  I cringed within the first few here and said out loud to myself, "This is going to be really bad."

I don't know if much more even needs to be said, but there are a few things I need to throw out.

Shane Black is a complete hack.  Yeah, he's responsible for the Lethal Weapon movies, but just look at his IMDB writing credits and look at the dreck he's unleashed on the big screen.  Just terrible.

It's interesting to note that this had a budget around $88 Million, but I'm to call Bullshit on this, because the entire 3rd act was rewritten and reshot, and based on what I've read, both 3rd acts were expensive to shoot and put together.  Basically, either the original budget was much lower, or the actual final budget was much higher.

Because of the complete overhaul of the 3rd act, there are glaring omissions, oversights, continuity issues, and things that just don't make any sense.  In fact, many characters/actors were completely cutout of the final cut, including Edward James Olmos.  Just think of the wasted money here.  Sad...very sad.

Sadly, the whole movie was garbage and who it was aimed at is a complete mystery, because it sure as shit wasn't the fans of the 1987 original, or even the sequels that have followed.  The tone here is completely fucked up and comes off a comedy or parody, which has no place in a Predator movie or AVP movie.

This is God awful, peeps.  I see no redeeming qualities or reason for a repeat viewing - ever!

Grade - F (as in FUCK YOU, Shane Black!)

This is not a completed film. The editing is so fuckin' choppy, the story so nonsensical, really made it a chore to get through. Shame, too. Cuz I love this franchise and I was sure Shane Black would knock it out of the park. Oh boy, was I wrong.

Quoted from Zack This is not a completed film. The editing is so fuckin' choppy, the story so nonsensical, really made it a chore to get through.

Yep.  Go on IMDB and just read trivia section.  Same with Wiki.  Sad story on how bad everyone involved fucked this up so badly.  Even the FX were weak, IMO.  Just such a complete waste of so much time, talent, and money.