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Anyone else wanna take a crack at AvP? If not, we can move on to the dissection of another fun movie.:D
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I am sort of ambivalent about this movie. I have said I hated it, but I think of all the "Alien" films on a spectrum, with Alien on one end, and Resurrection on the other. I guess this one is in between along with Alien3.
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Originally Posted by ____ V ____
I thought AvP was mildly entertaining, and had its fair share of atmosphere too.
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Yeah, I think it did too, and also a lot of slick visual references to previous films, which you'll notice only if you pay attention. Sometimes I think this is Anderson's way of placating die-hard fans of franchises so he is more free to mutilate them as he sees fit (like Resident Evil). But he did leave the dark, cramped atmosphere and a little of the tension of previous films, which I appreciate.
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Originally Posted by Kane_Hodder
I thought it was good. The trouble with the series was, Alien and Aliens set such high precedents that the rest can't live up to the expectations.
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Very good point. The first 3 films were so good, and the 4th film (Resurrection, with its stupid baby Alien and lame "humor") is so
bad, I think we all had high expectations on it to bring the franchise back into respectable horror. It delivered on this slightly I think; it was not nearly as bad as Resurrection, but then, it was no Aliens either, so there is room for improvement. I haven't seen Requiem yet, but it seems to be based on an early script of AvP, which I read online before AvP came out and was pretty good. I have seen the Unrated DVD out which includes extra footage and supposedly adds to and improves the original film.
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Originally Posted by ____ V ____
Was it the lack of claustrophobia? Or was it the plot?
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It was mostly the plot. AvP was pretty claustrophobic in only a few parts, but it was also a predator movie to some extent, so I guess I can forgive that. The plot was the bigger problem. Typical Anderson, I suppose, without going too much into detail. Resident Evil could have been a really freaky and scary movie, but the result was little more than an excuse to ogle Milla in that torn dress. Yummy.
Anyways, I think Resurrection deserves the ridicule if we are going to bash any Alien movies. What did you guys think of it?