Last Movie You Saw & Your Recommendations

[Efufoo]

Originally Posted by Namcot

Now that a new movie is coming out this year, I decided to revisit the Predator franchise.

Predator (1987)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0093773/



Not only is this the first and best entry in the franchise, this is easily also Arnold Schwarzenegger's best film.

Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer got Schwarzenegger's foot into Hollywood, The Terminator gave him his first taste at fame, Commando and Raw Deal proved that he could act and not just play a speech slurring big muscle warrior again in Red Sonja, Predator showed what a good script can do for a little known Austrian body builder turned actor giving Schwarzenegger his first near $100 million grossing film, which lead to three more action films (The Running Man, Red Heat, Total Recall), two $200+ million grossing comedies (Twins, Kindergarden Cop) and then the $523+ million grossing movie that made Schwarzenegger an international household name: Terminator 2 Judgement Day.

But to me, Predator will always be Schwarzenegger's best film and furthermore, Predator is also one of only 8 movies ever made that I consider to be near perfect or perfect.

5/5

Predator 2 (1990)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0100403/



The studio bigwigs wanted Arnold to star in the sequel but didn't want to pay him what he was worth so they got Danny Glover instead.

This movie is a big not so hot mess and you can't blame Danny Glover - he is a professional who always does his best even when he is handed a stupid script helmed by a sub par director whose one of his previous movie directing gig prior to this was one of the A Nightmare On Elm Street sequels.

Look for a full frontal nude Teri Weigel: this was her final Hollywood mainstream movie (or TV) appearance before her venture into porn.

1/5

Predators (2010)

http://imdb.com/title/tt1424381/



I can see the meeting that took place that gave birth to this movie. A couple of 20th Century Fox studio bigwigs were trying to figure out what to do next and one of them says:

"Hey we haven't made a Predator film in almost 20 years and the last one without Arnold Schwarzenegger barely made a profit and it was killed by the critics. Let's make another one and this time, once again, we will go without Arnold!"

If I thought Predator 2 was a not so hot big mess, this one is ridiculously absurd. The whole concept of being on another planet doesn't help it. The ending left it open with unanswered questions and unfinished plot lines which we may never see answered and resolved by another film.

At a budget of over $40 million and a cumulative combined domestic and woldwide gross of $127 million, it didn't make any money by Hollywood Accounting standards.

I agree with predator being the best, but I liked predators. I really thought Adrien Brody was great and the concept of being off earth made sense to me considering the outcomes of the last two movies for the predators.

I dont like glover at all, so 2 was the weakest to me.


I think/hope the new movie will be decent.

[Namcot]

Originally Posted by Efufoo

I think/hope the new movie will be decent.

I am also hoping it will be.

[Gemini37]

Originally Posted by SirPsychoSexy

only me think that both Deadpool movies are stupid, irritating and infantile? i honestly have no idea why ppl love these movies so much or maybe its cuz im 30 and its great only when u are around 15?

I am 51 and enjoyed Deadpool 1 and just saw Deadpool 2 twice!
But then again I appreciate the irreverent humor Ryan Reynolds is associated with and the Deadpool comics.

Comedy is like many other things it is subjective. There are some types of comedy that other people find funny and I do not. It really is a no-brainer that if you did not like Deadpool 1 don't go see Deadpool 2.

[4dude]

I last saw PASSENGER 57 (1992) on VHS

[Gemini37]

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