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Not great, not bad....

posted 2 years ago by DeadMac1 (158)
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..and not better than 'Predators' and 'The Predator' too to marginal extent.

This could've been handled lot better. Lot of things could've been done differently and added some more thrills and action.

Firstly, the English speaking Tribes itself takes the movie's ancient premise aback and made it look artificial. They could've definitely made like 'Apacalypto' with native language dialogues & English sub-titles - that would've made it a lot natural & realistic.

They changed the Predator design especially the helmet and made it look raw and tribal. Good. Differentiation is always required. But there was very less of it we could see and explore. I don't even remember it's face after watching the movie last night. The focus was purely on Naru and it was too much.

Characters were bland. The French cavalries didn't have any special character to create some excitement. There were no surprises, very less tension and less threat.

The Action was good. The Predator Shield was too good. But nothing more memorable; rather lacking of any favorite moments.

A simple pop-corn entertainment, 5.5/10.

[–] DracTarashV2 (4475) 2 years ago

It’s… GREAT.

That’s all.

Elaborate? No thanks. No point in it. Subjectivity, right? But I will say, I’m pleased to see many, many people (not from these negativity-preaching boards obviously) have a far more positive view of it than the likes of you. I mean, if one were to take these boards as the be-all-end-all, then yeah, you’d think this new film (and a lot of well-liked films & shows these days, for that matter) was just a simple pop-corn flick people weren’t raving about. But in fact, this newest entry has garnered (well-deserved) high praise in general. Damn, it’s so effective and well-executed it does give the original Predator a run for its money in terms of filmmaking. WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!? Oh yeah. Also, it’s easily superior to Predators — THAT ONE is the standard pop-corn flick that, while it did show potential, ultimately proved to be another unremarkable sequel in the franchise. It’s just fine.

In closing… naturally the unimpressed critics/detractors were going to be loud (no need to remind one of the broflake brigade and their feelings), but these boards and other online critics notwithstanding, Prey has RIGHTFULLY been met with tons of acclaim. Why, you ask? Cuz to put it simply: it’s that good in the eyes of others. So with the unkewl majority> the unimpressed

Excellent f’n film.

[–] DeadMac1 (158) 2 years ago

Damn, it’s so effective and well-executed it does give the original Predator a run for its money in terms of filmmaking.

This one was a laugh riot!
Or was it all a sarcasm? If yes; a good one! Keep it up.

[–] McQualude (4231) 2 years ago

I agree the biggest problem was bland characters. We learned almost nothing about them except they were good hunters.