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perfect action film
 
It's near perfect. Last time I watched it, some of it was slightly aged. Lots of the classic pyrotechnic shots with soldiers flying in the air off trampolines.
 
For me it's second tier Arnold movie.

It feels like he wasn't in it/didn't do enough in it, and kinda just beat the Predator by fluke.

Always undermined my enjoyment of it.

T1, Commando, and Total Recall are better IMO.

Predator is still solid, but it's a better movie than it is an Arnold movie if that makes sense.

In fact as a kid I preferred Predator 2 and felt Danny Glover did a better job fighting the Predator than Arnold did. Again, I feel Arnold's win was a bit of a fluke. Danny Glover had the thing on the RUN.
 
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It an all time great and has the right amount of 80s action cheese before becoming a great slasher flick. I can only pick nits. For instance, this transition shot look low resolution and blown up (ugly):



carlosrox said:
For me it's second tier Arnold movie.

It feels like he wasn't in it/didn't do enough in it, and kinda just beat the Predator by fluke.

Always undermined my enjoyment of it.

T1, Commando, and Total Recall are better IMO.

Predator is still solid, but it's a better movie than it is an Arnold movie if that makes sense.

In fact as a kid I preferred Predator 2 and felt Danny Glover did a better job fighting the Predator than Arnold did. Again, I feel Arnold's win was a bit of a fluke. Danny Glover had the thing on the RUN.
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I can see the arguments for T1 and even Total Recall, but Commando? Woof.
 
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bender said:
Commando? Woof
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How dare you. That movie is fucking gold. Hilarious and good action. It cemented Arnold's one liners and how unstoppable he was. He hardly breaks a sweat in it.

As far as I know, it was pretty much the first Arnold movie to have real one liners.

It helped make Arnold what he is.
 
carlosrox said:
How dare you. That movie is fucking gold. Hilarious and good action. It cemented Arnold's one liners and how unstoppable he was. He hardly breaks a sweat in it.

As far as I know, it was pretty much the first Arnold movie to have real one liners.

It helped make Arnold what he is.
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Too much 80s cheese and should have been left in that decade. It's painful to watch today because of how dated it feels. T1 and Predator hold up incredibly well in comparison.
 
I still want a King Conan movie where Conan ended up with Grace Jones' character and The Rock was their son. Hell, have him bang Olivia D'abo as well so John Cena can be the other son :)
 
its a classic. alien is the winner in my book bc of its space setting, but predator is up there as one of the best action/horror movies of all time
 
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As a movie, it's amazing. The whole Idea behind the Predator race (and their masterful design by Stan Winston - may he rest in peace) had so much potential. Predator 2 was good, but after that, it all went to shit. The people in charge of the franchise just simply didn't understand its potential. All they wanted to do is cheap money with cheap action movies, which turned out to be just really bad. It was a prime example of how to kill a franchise.
 
This and Aliens are my all-time favorites. Predator 2 isn't bad either. I accepted predators, I kinda liked it. But holy shit, the fuck was the last one they made. That fake-military-tough-guy voice he was trying to pull, didn't work at all. Even worse than Royce
 
Look, Bill Clinton was on those Epstein Lolita Express flights, but he was just catching a ride to...

Oh.

Ahem!

Predator is an awesome movie! Predator II is cool, but not quite as good. The Alien vs. Predator movies can suck a big one. Predators is really good. The Predator... ick.
 
I long for a Predator vs Alien vs Robocop vs Terminator crossover. I think all 4 of these franchises are in the shitter ATM and it's about time for a crossover!
 
Yep, still a great film, even today. I need to get it's 4K release as I have read they finally did a good transfer.
I need to also watch the 2018 film again because the cinema screen I saw it on was dark as fuck.

I don't like Predator 2 and Predators was a fun film.
 
carlosrox said:
For me it's second tier Arnold movie.

It feels like he wasn't in it/didn't do enough in it, and kinda just beat the Predator by fluke.

Always undermined my enjoyment of it.

T1, Commando, and Total Recall are better IMO.

Predator is still solid, but it's a better movie than it is an Arnold movie if that makes sense.

In fact as a kid I preferred Predator 2 and felt Danny Glover did a better job fighting the Predator than Arnold did. Again, I feel Arnold's win was a bit of a fluke. Danny Glover had the thing on the RUN.
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that's what makes it special though...is that Arnold isn't some mega unstoppable badass like he is in the other films you mentioned. He's quite vulnerable and only wins by really a fluke, that's what makes it more interesting than the other Arnie films you mentioned
 
Mister Apoc said:
that's what makes it special though...is that Arnold isn't some mega unstoppable badass like he is in the other films you mentioned. He's quite vulnerable and only wins by really a fluke, that's what makes it more interesting than the other Arnie films you mentioned
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I dunno, for me it's not a satisfying victory.
 
Mister Apoc said:
are there people that really think Predator 2 is better than the first one?
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I don't think it's a better movie but I remember enjoying it more as a kid. As a kid Predator was never my fave. Took me a long time to appreciate Predator.

Been a few years since I've seen 2 so I'd need to give it a rewatch to give my final verdict.
 
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bender said:
Too much 80s cheese and should have been left in that decade. It's painful to watch today because of how dated it feels
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There are people that understand why Commando is the greatest Arnie movie.

and then there's Bender.
 
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