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I’m watching Predator for the first time.
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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Movie was ahead of it's time…love it.
Billy rules, love how he's the only one that really knows what's going on until it's too late.
"Bullshit. You ain't afraid of no man."
"There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man. We're all gonna die."
Billy rules, love how he's the only one that really knows what's going on until it's too late.
"Bullshit. You ain't afraid of no man."
"There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man. We're all gonna die."
The best part is you will have the awesome theme stuck in your head for the next few days.
Seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronnie Corbett sitting on a sofa together is weird.
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I liked how the Predator acknowledged Dutch as a worthy opponent.
Predator is great because it spends the first half of the film setting up the main cast as these unstoppable badass killing machines. Then it spends like ten minutes or so tearing them all apart before the third act starts.
The rare 80s Arnold film where he actively gets his ass kicked.
Also one of the top 2 monster designs ever. Based Stan Winston.
The rare 80s Arnold film where he actively gets his ass kicked.
Also one of the top 2 monster designs ever. Based Stan Winston.
My favorite thing about it- especially seeing it as a kid when it came out - was an absolute beast like Arnold feeling like the underdog at the end. He's smaller than the Predator. Weaker. Doesn't have the tech. He really has to use his brains to survive that last hunt. Fantastic final act.
Bonafide classic. Military action movie that turns into a horror movie slasher with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the "final girl". Fucking perfect.
Greatest Test of Stength ever. (not a handshake they literally test their Stength against each other)
One of Arnold's best roles, better than the Terminator to me.
Second movie is better, in my opinion.
Dutch fought the Predator fair and square, and won. But the Predator cheats in the end with the big kaboom. I thought that was unfair.
Absolutely.
Badass killing machines that you like instantly. They have a lot of character and charm, so when they start getting killed off, you're invested. Shitty action and horror movies never get this right.
I would like to see where the Predator got that kind of technology. So either they are had the technology or they were in the US during the 40s.
And it isnt that they start getting killed off. They get killed off WITH SPEED. And in horrific ways. They arent going out in blazes of glory. They are just fucking slaughtered in increasingly graphic ways and the survivors get more and more terrified. It is so damn effective.
I don't know if it's just childhood nostalgia but there was something special about Arnold movies in the 80s/early 90s that you don't really see with stars today.
The Rock was close in terms of charisma but his movies never felt like huge events to me the way Arnold movies did
The Rock was close in terms of charisma but his movies never felt like huge events to me the way Arnold movies did
This is what I absolutely love about the movie that so many other movies get wrong. The first act of the movie sets them up as these badass people only for the things to slowly fall apart when the second act ramps up. By the third act of the movie when the plan fails they decide to just make a run for it to the 'choppa' to get the fuck away from it. Without even really seeing the predator in the first 2 acts, we as the audience know that this thing is deadly because of how scared everybody else is.
I also think the music is amazing as well.
Hollywood just can't do these types of movies anymore.
Truly one of the great sci-fi action films ever made. This and Die Hard cement McTiernan as a legendary action director - wish he'd make a comeback.
The predator is handled almost as well as the shark in Jaws in this. The reveals are so subtle and progressive, he is a genuinely terrifying foe.
An infinitely rewatch able film. OP I'd really recommend predator 2. It's not as good by a long shot, but it's a genuinely good film in its own right with some wonderful characters.
The predator is handled almost as well as the shark in Jaws in this. The reveals are so subtle and progressive, he is a genuinely terrifying foe.
An infinitely rewatch able film. OP I'd really recommend predator 2. It's not as good by a long shot, but it's a genuinely good film in its own right with some wonderful characters.
I own the cursed Plasticine man version. Some scenes don't look so bad but the interior ones where they look like they're completely smooth is unreal.
Luckily I now also the 4k version that looks much better.
Arnold movies are actually good, well written and paced. I can't say the same for the Rock movies. Arnold to his credit played a lot of different roles in a lot of different genres.
John McTiernan was at the absolute top of his game in the late 80's. He directed Predator in '87, Die Hard in '88, and The Hunt for Red October in '90. That is one hell of a run. He fell off in later years, but that four year stretch is impeccable.
I'm gonna have me some fun. I'm gonna have me some fun.
The movie is an absolute timeless classic. It is peak 80's action. Lean, violent, inappropriate, and bursting at the seams with testosterone. I watched it with my teenage daughters last year and they fucking loved it. All the creature's sounds and tech sound amazing on a good home theater system.
I saw it in the theater when I was 12. Between Predator (87), Robocop (87), Die Hard (88) and so many others… goddamn the 80's are absolutely untouchable in the movie department. I went to the movies 3-4 times a month back then, going off pretty much how cool the movie poster was and who was in it. So many gems. They sure don't make them like that anymore.
The movie is an absolute timeless classic. It is peak 80's action. Lean, violent, inappropriate, and bursting at the seams with testosterone. I watched it with my teenage daughters last year and they fucking loved it. All the creature's sounds and tech sound amazing on a good home theater system.
I saw it in the theater when I was 12. Between Predator (87), Robocop (87), Die Hard (88) and so many others… goddamn the 80's are absolutely untouchable in the movie department. I went to the movies 3-4 times a month back then, going off pretty much how cool the movie poster was and who was in it. So many gems. They sure don't make them like that anymore.
Like I have said many times before but a John McAfee movie directed by John McTiernan would be a crazy.
Quilty pleasure movie of mine. It has not aged as well as other Arnold movies but it is still a lot of fun.
Only 80s Arnie villain to not flinch at the threat. He didnt care. BALLER.
I did not expect to come out of this movie loving Bill Duke most out of the cast.
Really the entire last third of the movie was brilliantly suspenseful.
Really the entire last third of the movie was brilliantly suspenseful.
It holds up way better than other Arnold movies. Just so bad ass.
Die hard is still my fav 80s action movie though.
Die hard is still my fav 80s action movie though.
