Predator

I'm kind of embarrassed to have clicked all 5 stars for this film, but I really like it. Understand, I don't take it entirely serious, I'm absolutely in stitches at times (like when Arnold and Weathers, old friends reunite and do the handshake/wrestle thing . . . with the camera focusing on their massive bi's LOL) Predator is a great action adventure and sci-fi genre film. THAT's what grabs me, I'm a sci-fi fan. In that regard, the story line is well written. It's yet another example how Hollywood can take a perfectly good idea and (almost)ruin it. I watch the film, enjoying the monster, laughing at the macho stuff and ignoring the vulgar stuff(there are a couple of blatant and UNNECCESSARY vulgar remarks. When the kids were younger, I bleeped 'em out). At 107 minutes, Predator is about average length, but it seems longer because it's really two films in one. First, there's the Platoon style soldier interaction and prep, jungle entry and hasty retreat. Second, there's the Arnold solo survival and bout with the creature. What I refer to as "Part 1" opens with Carl Weathers reuniting with his old buddy Schwarz for a special raid to save captured US GIs. Right away, the actors come across as WAY OLD for commandoes. Things start off routine and quickly run afoul as they discover mutilated bodies in the jungle. They successfully conduct the raid on a handful of unsuspecting combatants only to find no prisoners. Arnold realizes he's been duped by Weathers, but now faces a real threat as his men, one by one, turn up mutilated as well. The dialogue is pitiful with Schwarz and Weathers struggling thru their lines. Still, the story unfolds with the help of the one female, Elpidia Carrillo who is able to enlighten our heroes as to the history of the creature they face. Ventura and Duke seem more natural, but that guy with the glasses? OMG, really? You can't blame the monster! LOL. Part 2; the better half of the film IMHO, Arnold has his solo confrontation with the creature. It's a battle of brute strength and wits with the creature dominating in both departments. Thankfully, Alan Silvestri takes over and Arnold only delivers about 3 lines. Notably, his war cry which is probably dubbed. Later he utters; "bad idea" as the creature hits him in his most invulnerable spot, his head and finally, "kill me! Why don't you kill me!", which the creature should (and the director as well). The film has plenty of blood, guts, muscles and bullets. The sci-fi angle works for me along with the life and death struggle thing. The music score by Alan Silvestri is both intense and memorable. Trivia 1. They say you can see into the barrels of the guns revealing cone-shaped alterations to fire blanks only. 2. The chopper pilot and the creature are played by the same actor Kevin Peter Hall. Similar obnoxious films I've enjoyed> "Aliens", "Die Hard" and John Carpenter's "The Thing" Oh, let's not forget "Rocky" with Sly Stallone playing the creature. Enjoy!

Good sci-fi action movie, rating 4.9

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Is it me, or has Arnold's acting skills gone down hill over the years? He did a fine acting job in predator, but his movies since then, you almost wonder if he ever had any experience acting at all. I know that we all say, hey it's arnold, he doesn't need to be an oscar winning actor to be popular and likeable. All his movies, and corny calling card lines like I'LL BE BACK, doesn't change the fact that his movies are mainly "action". Blowing things up, shooting bad guys, chopping arms off, and yes he has done some extremly odd movies, such as "junior" (Oh my i'm almost ashamed to mention that I've seen it. It was horrible.) He should have just stuck to what he is good at. And that is sci-fi/action-thrillers such as PREDATOR. You still can enjoy predator to this day. The most unforgettable scene is when the alien takes his mask off for arnold. The face looked so real. It was all like moist, and freckled, and his teeth were shiny and yellow, and his gums were pink with saliva and he had that disgusting triple opening type jaw. And teeth both inside and outside of his mouth. How did they pull off such genius make up effects, or even the face itself. That is one hell of an imagination. If you saw this film for the first time, without knowing the date of when it was made, you'd never believe the date was 1987. I don't even believe it. I also think that the action music added to the intensity. I miss these type of movies. How can anyone say the 80's sucked. Like 90 percent of all my favorite movies were made in the 80's, and they were so creative that writers copy the ideas to this day. Of course we can't forget the occasional corny 80's flicks, but you can't say no good movies were made in the 80's. This is by far the best alien movie ever. The writer obviously knew about predatorial behavior. IE. when the alien is eating his dinner, and he rips out the flesh of that guy, and screams into the darkness like a hungry wolf. The fact that his main advantage is he can camoflauge himself like many animals can do in the jungle (changing color when they feel thereatened to blend in with the jungle.) It's as if the alien was made for the jungle. Next, tracking the soldiers by their body heat. Like snakes do. Rapid movement and body heat. But then you know he is from outer space because of his heavily equipped body, weapons, aimers, controllers, lasers, knives. You almost stop believing that they can even kill it. And at the end when arnold discovers he too can be invisible with mudd, was GENIUS. Too bad he falls in the pond and it all washes off. The guy who played the alein was this big and tall black guy. I forget his name but he also had a small part in the movie i think, as himself. He must of been hella hot in that space outfit. This will always be one of my favorite movies. I saw it when i was a kid, and still love it. It's entertaining, funny, scary, intelligent, intense, and a classic. It is great.

You all know the film. It's brilliant. Thankfully the 4k edition is the best version I have seen. The last blu ray was terribly over-digitised and some skin (especially a particular scene with Carl Withers) looked almost plastic. The 4k transfer remians faithful to the original film (which was shot in 35mm). If I have a minor criticism it would be the colouring is a little lighter and maybe lacks a bit of depth but you could probably fix that with your tv settings. Remember, you're not getting a film shot in 4k so don't expect insanely high resolutions but it is faithful to the original with some impressive tweaks without being intrusive. For instance, you no longer see Carl Wither's real arm underneath the prosthetic stump which used to annoy me.

Loved this movie glad to have it

Ce film est d'incroyable ! il n’a pas pris une ride La 3D est assez réussi je pense qu’il vaut vraiment le coup

Great science fiction movie.

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