So if you can get past the silly characters and you're able to ignore the more obvious shortcomings (like the idiotic decision to make the film PG-13) you're in for a fun ride. Whoever designed those really scored and seems to have a great love for the art of Giger and the previous films. But despite all those flaws I have to admit I enjoyed the movie from start to finish - because of the amazing set- and creature-design and the more than decent action sequences and special effects. It's hard to take characters or a story seriously when nearly every sentence spoken resembles lines from a parody of cheap science-fiction and horror movies from the fifties and sixties. When I watched it yesterday I got angry at times because some of the dialogue - well, most of it, actually - is truly awful.
I completely understand why this movie got such terrible reviews after all, it marked the first "let's make a quick buck" entry in the two beloved Alien and Predator franchises and was done by a director who many felt didn't treat the material with the respect it deserved. Just watched it again yesterday - it's striking how good the action is compared to the ridiculous dialogue.
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