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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nothing to see here" data-source="post: 1707505" data-attributes="member: 16432">I gave it a 5.  Not a good movie.  Not by a long shot.  But not a total waste of money either.It's standard Paul Anderson fare.  Cool creatures in closed spaces making big noises and bright flashes -- and they're not going to let any small detail like plot, acting, dialogue, pacing or intelligence get in the way.If you go in expecting that, you'll be passably entertained.  It's a cleverly shot film (I'll give Anderson credit there -- he sets up the angles well) -- and it certainly gives the audience its best 'look' at the creatures yet.  The action scenes are certainly enjoyable, even if the non action scenes are some of the most terribly laboured of any movie this summer.As far as I'm concerned, fans deserve better.  'Predator' might be the best paced action movie ever.  The tension I felt watching 'Alien' wasn't surpassed by a movie until 20 years later.  They are both GREAT movies.  And, rightly or wrongly, that's the standard that AVP fails to live up to.The producers failed to advance screen it for critics (a bell weather sign of lack of faith from the sudio if there has ever been one)...and forced Adnerson to stick to a PG 13 vision of the movie (it's decidely non-scarry)...which will upset some hardcore fans who expected more...'detail'So in short, if you have a couple of hours to kill and like cool special effects -- it's worth going to.  If you expect more of a movie, either as a film, or as a substantial build on the (largely fan-created) mythologies of the two monsters, you'll be dissapointed.</blockquote>

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