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Particularly weird since a lot of streaming movies are getting limited theatrical releases these days.
I also watched Prey. Not sure if it's just because people have such low standards in regards to Predator movies (tough not to after Teh Predator and the AvP movies) but the outsized praise it's getting is kinda silly. It's competent but it's easily as milquetoast and forgettable as Predators and it's not even in the same zip code as the original. I guess what I'm saying is "it's almost as good as Predator 2!" shouldn't be something to get excited about but here we are. Setting it in a historical period and pitting the Predator against Native Americans accustomed to hunting (and actually casting Native Americans is a nice touch) at least makes it unique but it's tough to imagine that beings capable of faster than light travel and stealth cloaking haven't come up with the weapons the Predator had 300 years later. Plus the bog standard "you can't do it because you're a GIRL" shit is so fucking tired and insulting at this point to anyone with an above room temperature IQ. This is the Predator, not a Disney princess movie.
So yeah, it's cool that it doesn't actively insult your intelligence like "The Predator" (seriously, what the fuck Shane Black!?) or the garbage AvP movies but it's still chockful of unforced error plot holes, it ends with a 100 lb. woman taking on a Predator and winning (though at least she does it largely by being a clever hunter and not anything physical) and adds nothing meaningful beyond further making the Predator look like a race of incompetent morons (more like the rich big game hunter chodes that travel to Africa than actual hunters like... native Americans).
That might seem overly negative cuz there are things I liked about Prey (the setting, the casting, making the movie more about hunting). It just seems like so often, we just accept mediocrity as the best we can hope for.
Atomic Blonde?
I also watched Prey. Not sure if it's just because people have such low standards in regards to Predator movies (tough not to after Teh Predator and the AvP movies) but the outsized praise it's getting is kinda silly. It's competent but it's easily as milquetoast and forgettable as Predators and it's not even in the same zip code as the original. I guess what I'm saying is "it's almost as good as Predator 2!" shouldn't be something to get excited about but here we are. Setting it in a historical period and pitting the Predator against Native Americans accustomed to hunting (and actually casting Native Americans is a nice touch) at least makes it unique but it's tough to imagine that beings capable of faster than light travel and stealth cloaking haven't come up with the weapons the Predator had 300 years later. Plus the bog standard "you can't do it because you're a GIRL" shit is so fucking tired and insulting at this point to anyone with an above room temperature IQ. This is the Predator, not a Disney princess movie.
So yeah, it's cool that it doesn't actively insult your intelligence like "The Predator" (seriously, what the fuck Shane Black!?) or the garbage AvP movies but it's still chockful of unforced error plot holes, it ends with a 100 lb. woman taking on a Predator and winning (though at least she does it largely by being a clever hunter and not anything physical) and adds nothing meaningful beyond further making the Predator look like a race of incompetent morons (more like the rich big game hunter chodes that travel to Africa than actual hunters like... native Americans).
That might seem overly negative cuz there are things I liked about Prey (the setting, the casting, making the movie more about hunting). It just seems like so often, we just accept mediocrity as the best we can hope for.
Especially if they wanted to promote any girl power stuff.
When is the last time we saw a serious action movie led by a woman? (Have we ever?) They're usually action-comedy or there is some stupid plot device for why it's an all-women cast, rather than an exceptionally tough woman just happened to get in a crazy situation.
Atomic Blonde?