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Late to the party, but who has watched 'Prey' (2022)? What do did you think about it?
I managed to convince my wife to watch this one (She's not a fan of gore lol) and holy hell. I loved this movie and was absolutely floored (in a good way) with all of the Native representation on and off the screen. It works so well as a prequel and the whispers of Prey 2 could be soooo promising.
What did you all think of it?
Things I liked:
Things I did Not Like:
I'm starting to notice a trend of showing more and more harm to animals in movies. I fear it's the "next frontier" in shock value and I'm absolutely not here for it.
It was decent but I really didn’t like that the solution was “The predator is an idiot”. I probably would’ve accepted even that setup if done differently, just the way that it was shot/setup felt like this super hunter was now just dumb.
I don’t think it was as scary as the original and there’s a lot of the early movie that’s characters acting dumb for plot.
All that said I absolutely enjoyed it which is something I’m glad to be able to say given they can’t seem to figure this out on 90% of their other attempts and would be happy to see a sequel
I think overall the Predator wasn't being an idiot but was simply arrogant. If I remember correctly, this is the first canon instance of the Predators interacting with humans. In the 1987 movie the humans are already outclassed technologically, so I think in this first instance it makes sense given the more primitive technology that the alien wouldn't be taking the humans as seriously. I actually feel like this was a small connection they make between the ending of this movie using the booby trap and the ending of the other one where Dutch attempts to lure the predator into a trap but it knows enough to go around it. I took that to mean that they learn from their peers mistakes and they build hunting knowledge.
The dog in this movie is such a goober, I fricken love her. Apparently she was a rescue dog and had a TON of energy on set and little training but they knew the dog would be a hit so every single usable frame of the dog was included in the movie. Watching it again with this knowledge you can definitely see it on screen.
I loved this movie. There's been so much not great Predator content (I enjoyed watching it, but it's not great) so I was a bit worried that they were going to get this wrong. But they didn't, they created something actually a bit special. I liked that they didn't mess with the Predator lore / rules too much. At some point it might be good to have some film that explores predator culture, but it's also fine for them to leave that well alone.
I can't remember where I read it (perhaps twitter?) but I saw someone suggesting that they should do a film set in Japan in the past, with Samurai, and holy heck I'd watch that.
Agreed, this was the first quality predator movie in a looooong time. I loved the nods to the original and that they kept in line with the cannon. Also, Amber Midthunder was an amazing casting choice!
I thought it was quite good. The pacing was good, the acting was strong, and it felt like it belonged in the franchise. I thought that some of the CGI was poor, though, particularly with the CGI animals.
Agreed. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I remember the bear particularly broke the immersion for me for a little bit. This also just made me realize I really want a Predator Vs. Cocaine Bear movie for some reason.
Excellent movie overall though. Brought the new concept to the franchise while being much more elevated than purely a concept movie. I had a great time watching it.
Yes, the bear is exactly what I was thinking of. Nonetheless it was fun and fresh, as you say.