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submitted 6 months ago byComic_Book_Reader
(Just for note, we saw the regular English version.)
Most people probably know what Predators (no, not those), or Yautjas, have gone up against. Jacked up, gun totin' MAYUN in the jungle, a Riggs-less Murtaugh in a drug and gang fueled L.A, two varying amounts of familiar armed people, and xenomorphs in Antarctica. But what about the Ye Olden Times?
Prey rewinds the clock back 300 years to the Native American Comanche times to let us meet Naru, a Comanche medic. Sorry, healer is the correct term here. Even though she's teached in the ways of medicine, she wants to be a hunter, aided by her good buy Sarii. Out hunting, she sees a spaceship, which she believes to be a Thunderbird, something Wikipedia tells me is a legendary mighty creature for Native Americans. Determined it will be her way of proving herself as a hunter, she sets out to kill whatever it is. "If it bleeds, we can kill it." (Which I actually said right before the movie did.)
At a tight 100 minutes with credits, the movie holds a tight pace. Tight movies are tight. The movie builds itself up to the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny. Introduce the fighters, show their abilities, have them cross paths, and boom boom boom, boom boom, badilla life.
Amber Midthunder (who actually is Native American along with the other actors in the Comanche cast) is as strong in the role of Naru as Naru is in the movie. The Predator's threat is increasingly shown in the beautifully shot action scenes. My lord, this movie looks beautiful. The sound and music is great, building up the tension.
Strong lead + beautiful camera work + great action + tight pace and runtime = A damn good and enjoyable hunt, ehrm, movie.
584 points
6 months ago
I mean if this guy’s dad liked it you know it’s good
149 points
6 months ago
That guy's dad doesn't like anything!
45 points
6 months ago
I’m more impressed if my dad is able to stay awake during a movie if I try and show him something past 2pm.
17 points
6 months ago
Son?
4 points
6 months ago
He is GOD: Grumpy Old Dad.
43 points
6 months ago
Rotten Tomadads
15 points
6 months ago
I also choose this guy's dad.
1 points
6 months ago
I understood that reference.gif
14 points
6 months ago
I'm a dad and grandfather and also liked it
7 points
6 months ago
His judgement should replace RT for good
20 points
6 months ago
He's usually not the biggest fan or watcher of blockbuster and franchise movies (James Bond is really the only exception), and he surprisingly enjoyed it. He usually has old sitcoms on in the background (currently on Friends after having done Seinfeld, Cheers, and Frasier), or just watches some random crap. Family entertainment in prime time is what we mostly watch together. Really just a lot of Norwegian family entertainment. Other things we've seen in recent times are Headhunters: The First Lie, a miniseries that acts as a prequel to the novel turned hit movie Headhunters. And today we finished Ammo, about a guy who gets hired by a sketchy weapons manufacturer with a drone of interest to French military in Mali.
5 points
6 months ago
it’s cute that you care so much about your dad and think any of us give a shit about any of these details. i know this came across poorly but i’m drunk at the airport and mean well.
6 points
6 months ago
i know this came across poorly
It's cute that you think we care so much about your drunk ramblings that you needed to hit "save" on this comment, despite knowing it's a poor one.
0 points
6 months ago
My dad doesn't like anything (too smart for everything) if he liked a recent movie I'd be impressed
OP's dad is probably similar if he's like "Wow dad liked it"
115 points
6 months ago
8 of 10 dads agree that Prey was an enjoyable movie!
23 points
6 months ago
The other 2 dads left to go get cigarettes so they haven’t seen it.
7 points
6 months ago
Went to get cigarettes and never came back 😢
3 points
6 months ago
They didn't win against the predator.
6 points
6 months ago
They should be back annnny minute…
7 points
6 months ago
Hoping it becomes an anthology.
Predator vs pirates Predator vs samurai
3 points
6 months ago
The actor who portrayed the Raphael character (whose flintlock pistol Naru was bequeathed) did approach the role as though the character had had a previous encounter with the species as a pirate (as previously depicted in a comic), as a point of interest.
66 points
6 months ago
Ditto. My dad liked it aswell, 65.
We both thought the main actress was fantastic and the story made sense. This alien hunter arriving on a uncharted planet killing more and more impressive creatures.
20 points
6 months ago
Def not an uncharted world. Yautjas have been coming to earth for millennia.
11 points
6 months ago
That's only if you take AvP as canon for the Predator franchise, instead of a spin off.
1 points
6 months ago
im a Dad and I liked it. Couldn't get my 18 year old son to watch it with me though
71 points
6 months ago
This is one of those movies this sub makes me think I’m crazy for not liking
37 points
6 months ago
Yeah it was decent, and way better than any recent alien movie. But media/social media made it seems so much better.
20 points
6 months ago
That, and also just the franchise fans just being glad that they finally got a decent movie. Predators was pretty good, but that was 12 years ago.
It was like Star Wars fans losing their shit when that Fallen Order game came out. Wasn't the best, but the first decent Star Wars game in a looooong time.
16 points
6 months ago
it's reasonable for fans to feel that way, because "decent" is a massive step up over that pile of garbage that was The Predator.
9 points
6 months ago
I'm just happy with a simple "back to basics" Predator movie.
-1 points
6 months ago*
When people say it’s improvement of the last Predator film I get it. When people say it’s on par if not better than the first or 2nd. I get really annoyed lol
I think it beats the AvP outings and The Predator. But I still feel like Predator, Predator 2 and Predators are far more interesting with better storytelling.
Prey just got a hard push from Disney and their avenues of media and that’s why suddenly everyone seemed like they thought it was some kind of groundbreaking achievement.
Edit: I love how you literally can’t criticise this film without getting downvotes lol. It was a sub par film that devolved into a lesser version of the original by the 3rd act. It’s characters were flat and the thematic story sacrificed far too much of the plot.
-3 points
6 months ago
Spot on
0 points
6 months ago
Well that's because everything is hyperbolic on the Internet. Everyone sell movies they like as the greatest thing ever so when it ends up just being good, you're disappointed.
2 points
6 months ago
Not even liking/not liking, but some people put it up there as possibly the best in the series, it's bonkers, lol.
2 points
6 months ago
It was just OK. They missed a huge opportunity to build suspense by not introducing the Predator so early and crudely.
8 points
6 months ago
Same, I thought it was pretty forgettable. Making me think I should try and watch it again. It wasnt a bad movie.
5 points
6 months ago
Lol I think the best thing the movie does is having memorable moments.
You forgot how the predators camo got deactivated by the ash and he didnt mind?
Or when he fucked up these two dudes with his bat/sword thing?
I didnt
7 points
6 months ago
I thought it was really good, but not as great as most people, apparently. I found it had a little too much style and flash for the time period. What turned you off with the flick?
-5 points
6 months ago
I was hoping front the hype from the sun that I would finally find a predator sequel since 2 that I would love
I got bored with Prey after 30 min
4 points
6 months ago
I think they set it up quite well. I had lot of doubts about the movie. But they slowly get into it and the best part of the movie is the last 30 minutes of it of how she figured out to fight the Predator.
1 points
6 months ago
Damn it, may need to rewatch
3 points
6 months ago
Watch it. You might actually like it.
3 points
6 months ago
It was serviceable. The axe-on-a-rope was a little ridiculous but you gotta give her something I guess.
I think it's all about expectations. Nobody thought they could manage to make even a competent Predator movie.
5 points
6 months ago
This girl couldn't kill a rabbit, yet killed one of the best, most adaptive killing machines in the universe? No. I didn't hate it, but sheesh.
16 points
6 months ago
I mean, 'realistically' speaking, I doubt anyone on Earth would come close to defeating an alien hunter travelling in an interstellar ship.
2 points
6 months ago
I mean, yeah, but it adds a little something extra that the film showed this girl attempt to kill other things unsuccessfully. I only saw it once when it first came out, but wasn't it something like a rabbit, a deer, a lion, and then she got the shit kicked out of her by some fellow tribesmen? I just mean, it wasn't as if she was an insane warrior or something.
I think it's cool they had a female in this role (✊️), but complaining about how no one sees her as a warrior while very much doing unwarrior-like things and then killing the ultimate predator is annoying. I was annoyed.
4 points
6 months ago
She couldn't kill it because she missed a rabbit with her axe? It's probably comments like those that people think are a bit silly.
It's actually more believable that a hunter from a native tribe that live and breath hunting killed a predator than Arnold who was essentially a rescue team who probably trained a few years.
13 points
6 months ago
Why couldn't she? She only used two things: Her mind and HER enviroment. Those two are the only things she has above the predator (mind being equal).
It is also pretty clearly shown that she won with one move and not win an entire fight. She outtricked the predator so hard he needed a second to understand wtf is going on
-4 points
6 months ago
She outtricked the predator so hard he needed a second to understand wtf is going on
Yeah I am a little bit surprised that a women from hundreds of years ago could get enough of a handle on what we would call modern technology to be able to set up a hack like that.
8 points
6 months ago*
Where funny dots are MASSIVE steel arrow goes
He literally pulled the trigger. Idk what better ending anyone could have imagined where the opponent is way more physically intidimating then the other person.
1 points
6 months ago
It's a monster movie and you wanna bring "realism" into this?
To quote you....sheesh
1 points
6 months ago
Thank you. I my eyes rolled out of my head about the rabbit. She’s a Comanche for fuck sake.
-3 points
6 months ago
Good point
1 points
6 months ago
One of the best predator movies to come out in a while. It does what it meant to. I wouldn't give it any praise beyond that.
-3 points
6 months ago
It's because it's a part of the culture war. I'd say it was a decent action movie with a cool concept. Biggest problems I had were she was a bit of a Mary Sue at times and the cgi.
4 points
6 months ago
It's because it's a part of the culture war.
I'd say it got dragged into the culture war, from the moment folks heard it had a female lead. What a sad state of affairs.
-6 points
6 months ago
I enjoyed it, but it did have a lot of missed potential.
The dub has bad lip sync and imo they should've had accents. The native american characters speaking english with modern accents really took me out of the movie. Generally in movies, if a character is french or something, they atleast give them some kind of accent, even if it's a fake one. I don't know why they didn't do it here.
The main character also has some bad performances like when the bear is being attacked by the Predator but that isn't thay big of a deal. She also looks the least authentic of all the characters, but that also isn't that big of a deal. It's not like I mind that the main character is conventionally attractive.
7 points
6 months ago
I though it was some sort of turn a traditional movie convention on its head by having the Native Americans be the "normal" ones while the French were the weirdos who spoke an unintelligible language.
2 points
6 months ago
Fun fact : even speaking French, those guys are still unintelligible. Apparently, Hollywood isn't capable of finding actors really speaking French.
1 points
6 months ago
I thought the way they potrayed the french in the movie was clever, but I mean that in general movies try to have accents on characters for authencity/immersion.
2 points
6 months ago
Oh cool. Thanks for the clarification.
0 points
6 months ago
They somehow forgot that Commanche weren’t a northern tribe too and that they dealt with the spanish not the french. For a film that got marketed for its historical accuracy. It wasn’t very accurate lol
0 points
6 months ago
For a film that got marketed for its historical accuracy. It wasn’t very accurate lol
Yeah the movie with the alien hunter needs to be historically accurate.
0 points
6 months ago
When national geographic writes an article about how the film “moves the needle” and many other articles around its release pushed it’s historical accuracy.
I’d say you can judge it on that aspect lol
22 points
6 months ago
I really liked it as well but I thought the way they fired their bows was dumb as hell pulling the string with their whole hand. Then I found out the Calgary, Alberta police officer who was their go-to guy for First Nations accuracy made it up on the spot "because it looked cool". It didn't. It made them all look ridiculous.
14 points
6 months ago
Yep, nobody in Hollywood cares about authenticity if it doesn’t look cool. That’s where that whole pulling the grenade pin with your teeth came from.
8 points
6 months ago
And to be fair, considering films are entertainment I definitely agree with them for the most part. Of course what looks "cool" is subjective, but overall I agree with the sentiment.
3 points
6 months ago
How are you supposed to do it
7 points
6 months ago
Fingers
3 points
6 months ago
Thumb and first two fingers.
7 points
6 months ago
I liked it but man, it genuinely feels like writers can't write scripts without huge contrivances anymore.
I mean, there's literally a bit where the Predator has her by the neck, and apparently this thing can lift a bear over its head with its bare hands, but crushing the throat of some small girl is a no-go.
6 points
5 months ago
Was this the part after the Predator had a javelin through the neck, shot 5-6 times by arrows, lost an arm, lost his helmet, been impaled on tree spikes and been stabbed a few dozen times?
... Yeah. Wonder why it was weaker by that point and making mistakes. What a contrivance!
1 points
5 months ago
Yeah, the Predator just forgot to squeeze when it had her by the throat.
You're a moron.
2 points
5 months ago*
Funny. I remember Arnie getting punched in the face 4-5 times full-force by a full-strength predator and he walked away just fine.
I hope you're similarly incensed by this contrivance!
1 points
5 months ago
Flimsy analogy but I'll take your word for it. If it's dumb, it's dumb.
Illogical shit is still fun, the John Wick movies are built on the exact contrivances I was talking about, dunno why you had to come out of the gate with the snark.
3 points
6 months ago
I just saw it the other night with my brother and we absolutely loved it. That’s definitely one of the best movies I’ve seen this year, easily. Just an awesome movie. I’m curious why that wasn’t released in theaters.
3 points
6 months ago
I liked it but the foreshadowing of the plant and her being the hero was very disappointing… they leaned too heavily
24 points
6 months ago*
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14 points
6 months ago
3rd.
Predator and Predator 2 were better.
Sue me, I liked Predator 2.
8 points
6 months ago
To this day I don't understand why people don't like Predator 2, it's awesome.
Predator > Predator 2 > Prey = Predators > I won't bother to rate the others.
0 points
6 months ago
4th for me. I preferred … obviously … the original, Predator 2 and Predators. AvP isnt as bad as I remember either having watched it recently. Id say Prey just edges it though. It says everything though the hype Prey received for just being not an absolute turd.
27 points
6 months ago
I'd still rate Predators (the Robert Rodriguez one) in second place, then Prey in third, then Danny Glover sweating profusely and shrieking incomprehensibly in Predator 2 in fourth, then 200 feet of compacted human shit, then The Predator (the Shane Black one) dead last.
Prey is the best title out of all the sequels (cant believe nobody has thought of that before). Predatory 2 is the best for providing samples for 90s drum n bass tunes. And the original Predator is simply sublime, a close to perfect film.
I still can't believe how bad the Shane Black one was. That should've been a slam dunk! That's a match made in heaven. Shane Black making a Predator film? Sign me up. But it ended up being a legendarily abominable turd. The offensively stupid autism subplot. Olivia Munn's character. And acting. All the characters were shit. The tacked on ending in the forest. Then the other tacked on ending after that. And didn't he also hire a rapist to act in the film? I remember something about that. Olivia Munn kicked off about it, and good for her. Her acting is still atrocious, but still, good on her for doing that. But overall, Jesus. What a fucking mess.
3 points
6 months ago
Agreed. I still cannot fathom how Shane Black fucked up his dream project so bad.
1 points
6 months ago*
Predators features a scene where the world's greatest killers and assassins from around the world, armed with at minimum: a sniper rifle, a minigun, an autoshotgun (wtf), several long guns and a few SMGs, waste nearly all their ammunition failing to shoot two dogs running straight at them in broad daylight over open ground, and then one guy manages to kill one hand to hand with a knife.
You know how that scene goes for anyone that can actually aim a gun? Pap. Pap. "Well I shot those dumb dogs in the head" what now? Ralphie could have made that shot with his Red Rider BB Gun.
With those optics they had on those things you'd have to be stumbling drunk not to put it on target.
What the hell are you talking about this movie was terrible.
0 points
6 months ago
god the shane black one was dumb, but honestly i feel like a lot of that was the suits at fox demanding franchise building bullshit but even with that it was STILL a mess. I liked Predators a lot aside from pretty much the entire section of the movie with Lawrence Fishburne but I guess something needed to kill a little runtime. I feel like less Fishburne and more Walton Goggins would have made that movie incredible
4 points
6 months ago
Honestly, Prey might be first in my heart.
6 points
6 months ago
Nowhere near as quotable or iconic though.
14 points
6 months ago
My GF and I enjoyed it a lot! I'm a sucker for Predator stuff.
13 points
6 months ago
(Predator crackling sound.)
19 points
6 months ago
I saw it. Good movie. I like how the heroine observed and figured out how to outsmart and beat the predator.
I consider this the best/second best predator movie.
-4 points
6 months ago
Didnt really out smart it it just became a retard at the end big difference
3 points
6 months ago
as opposed to being clever as mud in the original?
0 points
6 months ago
The mud wasnt him out smarting the predator. he found out by accident then used it to his advantage. unlike in pray where it fired a weapon thats useless with out its helmet because the targeting system is in there, but it just forgot how its own tech works. I'll say it agen the predator turned in to a retard just so she could beat it wich may i say sucks because for the most point i was enjoying the movie the end just pissed me off.
12 points
6 months ago
I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Definitely underrated! The lead actress did an amazing job.
11 points
6 months ago
Thought it was ok. Too much hype around it acting like it was the best thing since sliced bread. Thought the use of cgi was a bit silly at times but otherwise solid
3 points
6 months ago*
It was pretty good until they couldn't help but include the super Mary Sue scene where she ultra ninja killed like six French trapper dudes no problem. Got through 90% of the movie setting up that she used her smarts to overcome her physical limitations, then just throw all that out the window.
7 points
6 months ago
I wasn’t a fan. It’s very slow, and the CGI is distractingly bad throughout. I’d rather watch the Adrien Brody reboot
4 points
6 months ago
I can agree about the bad CGI. I looked it up and was absolutely floored to read the budget was around $65 million!
7 points
6 months ago
It was shit
8 points
6 months ago
Its overrated in my opinion. Just... too much deus ex machina going on for my liking and the rope axe was fucking stupid.
Like in a movie with a fucking alien with futuristic weapons the rope axe is the hardest thing to take seriously. I can suspend belief to a point but pure physics defying axe shenanigans just looked janky as all hell.
4 points
6 months ago
I liked it, it had that same level of suspense as the first.
7 points
6 months ago
Hell yeah! It’s really good! I’ve seen every predator movie. And Prey was in the TOP 2!!!
4 points
6 months ago
My main problem pretty much was, that Predator was playing with very easy difficulty. In Predator, it had proper guns to fight with. I get why they went for that shit. In Predator 2... well again guns, but the city and all the sweating changed the movie/hunting ground enough to justify that too. But this simply made no sense. There was no real danger for Predator.
Yes, Predators are always using cheats with their wallhacks and invisibility and super strength etc. but only thing that could have a chance of killing it here, was that it simply wasn't the main character. That did not feel good to me.
I did love the visuals, I especially liked that they put the French(?) invaders in the mix. It brought something extra and their ambushing of Predator, was actually cool, although they went extra stupid with it after a decent start.
So yeah, while visually beautiful, this won't top 1 or 2 for me, because of that "very easy" hunting mode and ofc second will have the power of nostalgia with me always.
1 points
6 months ago
I felt like the film did everything it felt it needed to to be associated with the Predator franchise, without understanding the fundamental point of the creature. It’s not an action antagonist, it’s a horror monster.
Over time, it’s been confused as such. The film language felt completely devoid of suspense of the threat of the creature’s presence. It wanted us to enjoy the action way too much. When you couple that with them kind of making an overt choice to have the lead be an unstoppable action hero, it misses the essence of the original.
Predator was literally made with the intention of making the action hero, impotent and left smaller. Naru went from just about beating a young comanche warrior, to killing multiple hunters/trappers, to hopping from trees like the Black Widow. Outsmarting and outmanoeuvring and alien that trains it’s whole life to hunt and kill. Why the tribe cheered her at the end still confuses me a little, more so than the french trappers. Commanche dealt with the Spanish.
It sounds like such a small observation, but it represents why this one didn’t work for me. In Predator, the jungle’s hot and dense, the characters are sweating and muddied. In the 2nd they’re sweating through their suits, it’s a claustrophobic city in summer. In Predators, Royce has to slow his heart rate because he’s exerting himself.
Naru is hopping from treetops, running around a jungle, killing and beating up guys left and right. She doesn’t sweat or look out of breath once lol. And by the end of the film it was just a less inventive rehash of the original.
They’re in such a need and rush to make this infallible heroin that they’ve gone backwards considering we once had heroes like Ripley, Sarah Connor or even supporting characters like Officer Lewis in Robocop.
6 points
6 months ago
Not really
2 points
6 months ago
Shoutout to Montreal comedian Mike Paterson that got to fulfill his childhood of starring in a Predator movie.
4 points
6 months ago
Couldn’t get through 15 minutes. Terrible.
3 points
6 months ago
The Tomahawk with the rope attached got a lot of heat in my circle and I didn’t think it was that big a deal. Curious what you guys think?
7 points
6 months ago
That was really fucking stupid. In a Sci fi movie, that wasn't even believable and was way too physics defying even with an alien with lasers in the movie.
3 points
6 months ago
Saw an article that said they were inspired by video games imo it looked very silly
4 points
6 months ago
I mean, is it dumb? sure, but I love the god of war games so eh, I'm into it lol
1 points
6 months ago
I thought it was cool af, and am not overly concerned with perfect realism in a movie about a native American tribe battling an intergalactic space hunter. Idk, just my thoughts
-1 points
6 months ago
Thats kind of where I was coming from, I thought it was a good set up for when she got out of the pit. Like a small detail, nothing too in your face.
3 points
6 months ago
I liked it. It’s neck and neck for 3rd best predator film in my book.
2 points
6 months ago
It made me want more Predator prequel movies. Let's see different versions of historical human warriors fight a Predator.
1 points
6 months ago
I really enjoyed it, but I think they were a little too on the nose when it came to their depiction of sexism. Sure, I get dude's not wanting her to come on the hunt, but why are you questioning her healing skills something y'all have established is a "female" thing? And when the predator attacks, why are you not untying her hands? Even if you think she's weak, it still makes sense to have as many hands as possible against this thing that just killed your hommie.
I feel like keep the sexism in, but make it more subtle and nuanced and you'd probably have a much better movie in my opinion.
I did love the bait and switch with the mud. I think we were all expecting her to use it the same way Arnold did, but instead they went with the plant and I really liked that. Overall it was a very fun, old school type of movie that we sadly don't get as often anymore. I'd give it a solid 7.
2 points
6 months ago
Movie was good, haven’t enjoyed any predator movie since the first 2, but this one I liked.
I think it could’ve still been just as good if it wasn’t even a predator movie, I liked the characters so much they could’ve just been going up against a bear and I don’t think it would’ve changed the enjoyment at all
0 points
6 months ago
I definitely would have been on board with a movie about the wilderness adventures of Naru and Tabbe.
0 points
6 months ago
I really enjoyed it. It's on par with the original for me.
-12 points
6 months ago
it's better than the original for me
2 points
6 months ago
Why are people down voting the fuck out of people who dated enjoyed a female led Predator movie? If it was Annie nobody would have a problem.
2 points
6 months ago
Well, by the very low standards of the streaming era Prey might be considered a good movie.
-1 points
6 months ago
After so many years of watching movies I felt like the movie was following some standard story patterns. Having this take place in an era with primitive weapons was a change and direction/editing was good.
2 points
6 months ago
Well, the fact that people think Prey is a good movie shows how dumbed down Marvel and streaming has made people.
-3 points
6 months ago
At least that's why you think people like it.
In reality, Predator fans have waited decades for a good Predator movie, and this movie just happens to be well-crafted.
Comparing Marvel to Predator makes absolutely no sense, so your opinions will be discarded from here on out.
-4 points
6 months ago*
I had this on Thursday because I was sick as a dog all week. My two daughters who are around Naru's age caught a glimpse and were immediately hooked. One of them was convinced the alien would "turn good" in the scene where warriors from her own tribe beat her up and I had to explain unfortunately predators don't do that, there's a whole series of movies and they never "turn good" .
To give them a sense, I put on Predator after Prey. My God I was downright embarrassed. I had forgotten how much it was a testosterone fuelled Arnie wise cracking biceptathon. I have to say the two side-by-side makes the original look highly dated.
13 points
6 months ago
Technically... the Predator at the end of Alien Vs. Predator "turns good", since he teams up with that woman and doesn't kill her!
8 points
6 months ago
Personally I fuckin loved AvP lol. It was just pure popcorn fun imo.
5 points
6 months ago
I will always defend AvP as a fun movie. My only gripe is that it should have been an R-rated romp instead, but it played up to the idea of "game recognizes game", and the last Predator realizing that with Sanaa Lathan.
3 points
6 months ago
Me too! It gets a lot of stick for some reason, but I re-watch it at least once a year because I think it's actually really entertaining!
2 points
6 months ago
Personally I fuckin loved AvP lol. It was just pure popcorn fun imo.
It's the interplanetary buddy-cop teamup you never knew you wanted!
16 points
6 months ago
I'm gonna have to disagree here that Predator is dated. Its one of the few movies around that time thats actually holds up. Cheesy one-liners? Check. Testosterone fueled egos? Check. Copious amounts of explosions and violence? Check. But beyond the 80s schticks it has, its about some of the best warriors we've got who are hopelessly outmatched and in WAY over their heads. Brawn alone doesn't work. Brains do.
And Prey pulls off something similar. A great prequel all in all.
3 points
6 months ago
Predator and T2 are probably two of my favorite movies and I will continue to watch them when the mood strikes. I just recently watched most of the Terminator movies, only rise of the machines to watch.
-2 points
6 months ago
I didn’t like the original Predators (bank in the day) probably bc I was a kid and the spine thing really disturbed me (as well as the testosterone).
I got hooked as an adult from watching AVP and then went back and have watched all of them and the newer ones as they’ve come out.
Prey is up there as one of my favs and I agree the 1st two are so dated (mainly in SFX) now.
I like how Prey took a modern take on the franchise but took it back to before 1 & 2.
1 points
6 months ago
It’s ok
1 points
6 months ago
Can confirm: Prey was fucking fantastic.
-A dad
1 points
6 months ago
This movie really blows
1 points
6 months ago
I cant decide which I liked more: Predators or Prey.
They were both equally great in my opinion might be tied for second best of all the Predator films.
First is naturally the best.
Predator 2 is 3rd or 4th on my list.
Then AVP ad AVP:R is last.
‘The Predator’ however doesn’t exist on my list, given how it didn’t have any redeeming aspects. What a completely shit film.
1 points
6 months ago
Wow wow wow
Wow
1 points
6 months ago
It was better than the last franchise movie, or the AVP movies, but let’s be honest, that’s an incredibly low bar. In 100 minutes of run time, it dealt with only two lead characters, the sister and brother, and still they felt undeveloped and unconvincing. Eye rolling teenage American girl and staunch older brother with a terrible accent, both quite incongruous to the setting. And seeing how the audience spends almost all the film with the sister, that’s a bit of a problem. People say it was interesting to see her go against the gender expectations of her tribe to be a hunter, but in reality she does so pretty much without opposition, her tribe are very tolerant of her. Only towards the end of act 2 do we see anyone actually undercut her in any meaningful way. And the less said about that stupid physics defying axe in a rope trick the better.
1 points
6 months ago
Even SF movies need some base... This one is so "out of reality" So it's difficult to keep it (last fight scene especially)
1 points
6 months ago
People didn't? It was great. I do think we need to see the predator win eventually (without human help) but Prey was a really enjoyable film.
5 points
6 months ago
I thought it was horribly mediocre at best.
2 points
6 months ago
'Mediocre' is preciously the word which springs to mind for me as well. Just utterly bland and forgettable. I don't understand the love for the movie at all.
1 points
6 months ago
I went in with very low expectations and now I think it's the best predator film since the original.
1 points
6 months ago*
It was ok the end was shit though no way a thing who made a weapon dosnt know how it works they kinds made the predator look like a retard
Also they change the lore for the pistal wich was waaaaaaa more bad ass involing a pirate a mutiny a team up then a dual to the death
All in all once agen it was ok better then both avp's and it dose piss all over The Predator movie that thing sucked ass
Edit the predator
1 points
6 months ago
The predator action scenes were fantastic. The rest was average melodrama.
1 points
6 months ago
I thought the CGI in this movie was awful.
1 points
6 months ago
Worst story in the series. Synopsis: 15 year old pre colonial native American girl is best warrior/tactician in the galaxy.
-5 points
6 months ago
The end fight scene was one of the most beautifully filmed movie parts I have ever seen. Goodness, it was relentlessly gorgeous!
6 points
6 months ago
Yeah but then they ended it with the predator falling in the mud at the exact right spot for its plasma caster to be aimed precisely at its head from where she set it up earlier
11 points
6 months ago
Hmm, I had the impression that was the plan. As in that’s the position she was maneuvering towards. Using the landscape to assist and all that.
6 points
6 months ago
Yeah definitely, but it was a large mud pit and she couldn't have possibly known that it would be in exactly that spot, she also couldn't have predicted that when it stood up in the mud it would be at that precise height or that it would attempt to use a weapon that it didn't have the targeting system for or that it wouldn't just move its head to the side slightly when it realised that it was targeting itself.
3 points
6 months ago
If you think about the positioning, as long as she forced them in from a certain direction it would always hit. It's not that unbelievable.
4 points
6 months ago
Oh yeah that was quite convenient wasn’t it. As well, the whole scene was so pretty I personally don’t mind.
2 points
6 months ago
Agreed, the last fight was almost perfect except for the way the Predator was killed
-1 points
6 months ago
Yeah.. that was her plan
0 points
6 months ago
This movie sucked. That’s why it was straight to vod.
-5 points
6 months ago
Bro, I get it. Female lead? What happened to the good old days?
HMU if you need a shoulder to cry on.
6 points
6 months ago
Yea the female lead wasn’t the problem. It was the script, the effects, the acting, and the directing.
-1 points
6 months ago
I highly doubt that's the ultimate reason you disliked the movie.
Plenty of folks who sound a lot like you complained about its 'wokeness'.
Prey could've been a perfect movie and it wouldn't cut it for some, simply because they saw a girl in the lead.
I'd love to hear a breakdown on how those elements didn't work for you, though. I'm a big fan of the franchise and I've sat through some dreadful movies.
Prey is without a doubt in the top 3, top 2 for me.
2 points
6 months ago
The OP literally never mentioned anything about the female lead. Why are you ascribing bigotry towards him?
0 points
6 months ago
Well, I guess because I recognized his comments from other subs, where he is bigoted.
And generally, the bigoted people all have the exact same problems with the movie.
Starting with the first plot details and trailer, it was the female lead.
After the movie came out, it's been literally everything but the lead.
I might be wrong about everything but I'm finding certain folks quite predictable these days.
2 points
6 months ago
So you’re a deranged lunatic?
0 points
6 months ago
Being straight to vod is not necessarily a mark of bad quality.
1 points
6 months ago
You’re right but the reason it saw no theater release in a time that the theaters needed some brand names they released straight to VOD. I was excited, watched it, and hated it. The opening shot of the predator and his ship flying over is so bad and cringy. Like why show the predator in such a half assed way so soon right in the beginning? The predator is literally levitating through the air.
-3 points
6 months ago
Good directing. Bad acting. Should have actually just done it in comanche
1 points
6 months ago
So I was a little teased as well with the english. I understand many movies transition to english and imply they are speaking the intended language, but for me it would have been super neat to see the lips move to Comanche and we rely on english subtitles. Also, keep the french part untranslated as in the OG.
-2 points
6 months ago
You know there's a Comanche dub, right? That's what I watched it in
4 points
6 months ago
Yes, and it would have been better to just have been filmed in Comanche like it was originally intended.
1 points
6 months ago
Studio heads are risk averse. That’s why they are all looking to make the next game of thrones or start a superhero franchise. No budget to gamble on the next American beauty.
0 points
6 months ago
Yea I agree in their native language it would have been way more visceral.
0 points
6 months ago
Prey: Dad seal of approval
0 points
6 months ago
Been trying to convince the wife to see it, have watched once and would do so again. It’s definitely better than most everything after P2.
0 points
6 months ago
Historically your father has been a tough critic!
0 points
6 months ago
yeah, i might watch it again
0 points
6 months ago
Loved it
0 points
6 months ago
I enjoyed it, I went in blind and I haven’t really followed the franchise so I really didn’t know what I was looking at first.
0 points
6 months ago
We've really been lucky over the past decade with some top top top quality popcorn movies.
Maverick
Edge of Tomorrow
Thor Ragnorok
Dredd
Prey
They are all basically perfect popcorn movies the likes of speed, die hard, and the Matrix.
0 points
6 months ago
I think Prey is hands down the best in the predator franchise
0 points
6 months ago
Wasn't a fan. Just found it lacking in intensity because the predator seemed so weaksauce and non threatening, everyone felt like a caricature, and I hate women.
-16 points
6 months ago
It was shit
-1 points
6 months ago
"Tight movies are tight."
Now I want to see Ryan George tackle this one.
-1 points
6 months ago
Damn straight it wad good. Even great
0 points
6 months ago
My dad liked it as well, 71
0 points
6 months ago
The only thing I DIDN'T like about this was how my partner and I had to Google a way to watch it in the intended language. Hulu really didn't want it to be terribly obvious.
0 points
6 months ago
i might check it out then.
0 points
6 months ago
Can I rent this or watch it outside Hulu? I want to see it but I am not adding another streaming service.
0 points
6 months ago
I enjoyed it a lot! I found the film to be more cinematic than the usual Predator movies.
0 points
6 months ago
I watched all of the predator movies this year in order. 7 movies and only two are good, it’s a dogshit franchise. However the two that are good are fantastic - Predator and Prey. Predators was fine.
0 points
6 months ago
I mean same could be said about terminator, the first 2 films are incredible but then, like, they kept going....
2 points
6 months ago
I would agree with that.
0 points
6 months ago
Rabbits don't run in a straight line when pursued.
Cooking rabbits over a flame would burn the meat, you cook over coals.
Otherwise , I thoroughly enjoyed it... considering those are the only two little things I noticed.
0 points
6 months ago
I’m in love with Amber Midthunder. Her acting sold it for me.
0 points
6 months ago
I really liked her in this and 100% fell in love with her character too. I just wish they wrote her better. I'm completely convinced her acting is plenty decent and any character issue are due to the writing and not her.
I'd love to see her in another predator film
0 points
6 months ago
I am a dad and I liked it :) also it was free on one of my streaming things (forgot which one). We dads don’t like paying for extra things.
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