Movies How was Prey aka Predator prequel

[Last Falconry]

That one was an absolute lump of shit.... zero redeeming qualities. Awful, unbelievable characters, lame attempts at humor.... just a sorry piece of shit

The thing is, the cast was very good! It should not be too difficult to make a Predator movie with Sterling Brown, Thomas Jane, Trevante Rhodes, Boyd Holbrook, and Keegan Michael Key, written by Shane Black. Should have been a layup! Instead, well... it's kind of a lump of shit, like you said. Try-hard dialogue, horrid VFX, and limp action scenes. Hugely disappointing

 

[milliniar]

Ok So I rewatched Predators.

I think the hearts were in the right place. They kind of tried to make a Battle Royale thing out of this.

The opening scene for sure is an original idea. It took balls to do,and it was a great idea to just have people falling from the fuckin sky and not knowing whats going on.


No complaints about Adrien Brody. He held the movie together. As I said before,I didnt really have a problem with the human characters except for the doctor,and the prisoner. Yakuza guy being there was dumb too but he really was only there so they could do that fight scene. The sheer thought of Predators actually busting the prisoner out of jail just to hunt him was so stupid. The guy could barely fight and didnt have any weapons anyway,at least the others could be seen engaging in warfare and be taken right then and there...at least that was plausible... The doc and the yakuza guy?? Cmon man... They went too far with that..


The other problem with the movie is the CGI isnt that great,and used in a over the top way too often. Like when the Predator's plasma cannon all of a sudden makes Fishburne completley explode in a cgi splish splash,its kind of hard to take seriously.

The Predators themselves look OK,at least with the helmets on,but the way they are filmed when they arent fighting...you just see too much of them. In the earlier films,it was filmed in a more mysterious manner. Also The cloaking shit was also too flashy and over the top too,cartoonish looking.

I will say the fight scenes,esp towards the end,look pretty good. They are really able to do good fight scenes with a guy in a suit and not cgi,and the hand to hand fight scenes are notably much better than they were in 1987.

However,when they arent fighting,its just sort of meh.


Kevin Peter Hall really knew how to make the Predator's deliberate movements stick out. Those first two Predators in the first two movies had a personality in the way they moved,and the way they were filmed. This movie just seems like they are any other "guy in suit" movie monsters. Like remember when the Predator couldnt find Arnold cos he was covered in mud. You could "feel' The predator frustrated that he couldnt find him,and opening and closing his fist. In Predator 2 when Harrigans shoots at The Predators shoulder cannon,you could see the predator pull it off and throw it on the floor in frustration.

These movies dont got none of that shit.

The predators with the helmets off look like shit,they never got that right after Predator 2. Even the tied up predator,which was meant to look similar to the first one,just looked retarded lol

I really liked Lawerence Fishburne's performance,but it wound up grinding the movie to a halt. Its more in the pacing,then it being a bad idea.

Anyway I think the original idea for the movie was good,but it wasnt executed to its best,and the movie starts to get less good about halfway through it. Brody's final fight with the Predator though was actually pretty good. The CGI ( i know its 2010 but still) was just a bit too show offy,and it wasnt needed.

The less said about the prisoner and the doctor the better.

I'm gonna give the movie a 6 out of 10.

The good: Adrien Brody,good hand to hand fight scenes.

The bad: Too much CGI,Predators kind of didnt look that great/saw too much of them,and some characters that really didnt need to be in this.

The original concept of predators was closer to killer of killers.

 

[HHJ]

The original concept of predators was closer to killer of killers.

therin lies the problem.

They need to get so good at making these Predator movies good and profitable so they can make non animated movies with the budget required to do the shit right.

Imagine a Predator movie with the budget and care of The Dark Knight.


Would be wicked sick

 

[Aegon Spengler]

therin lies the problem.

They need to get so good at making these Predator movies good and profitable so they can make non animated movies with the budget required to do the shit right.

Imagine a Predator movie with the budget and care of The Dark Knight.


Would be wicked sick

I mean we already have Predator 1 - a perfect film

 

[HHJ]

I mean we already have Predator 1 - a perfect film

Yes. I have even said that they probably cant beat this movie and that's OK

But we can make killer movies with this character. But ya gotta have BALLS. Throw the comedy out, turn up the violence without it being over the top.

KILL!

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Yes. I have even said that they probably cant beat this movie and that's OK

But we can make killer movies with this character. But ya gotta have BALLS. Throw the comedy out, turn up the violence without it being over the top.

KILL!

Would be fun to have them hunting other stuff, not humans. Predators need to win sometimes!

 

[SuperAlly]

Better than The Predator but so is the dog shit I walked by on the sidewalk yesterday. I'd give Prey a 5.8 or something.

This.

OK. Massively overrated

Its like a 6 that people try to say is a 9 for some reason

 

[TYR-I]

The thing is, the cast was very good! It should not be too difficult to make a Predator movie with Sterling Brown, Thomas Jane, Trevante Rhodes, Boyd Holbrook, and Keegan Michael Key, written by Shane Black. Should have been a layup! Instead, well... it's kind of a lump of shit, like you said. Try-hard dialogue, horrid VFX, and limp action scenes. Hugely disappointing

A couple of the characters were just totally miscast