Showed the Anklebiters, at their request, the historical action-scifi films Predator, Predator 2 and Predators. Outside of the SEX SCENE in Predator 2 at the Colombian Drug Lords palace, all three movies are filled with wholesome entertainment. Well that and Walton Goggin's Convict character talking about rape time in Predators... but I digress.
None of the three movies are particularly dated at all thankfully, which is impressive since Predator actually came out in 1987 and the second in 1990. It did seem like they did a better job with the cloaking effect in the first movie as opposed to the second however, and while I've seen the movie plenty of times, as a first viewing its fun to see a new viewer ponder on if they can see the cloaked Predator in iconic shots.
One of the best parts of watching the films with new viewers is they slowly recognize more of the actors, and tropes. For example Predator 2 is rife with cop movie tropes and that was made doubly hilarious because we saw the excellent film, The Last Action Hero soonafter and we get the whole thing with the Screaming Police Captain, the maverick Cop ignoring higher authority, nameless other cops getting killed by the bad guys, random vehicles exploding, car chase scenes, no one can fire accurately except the named characters etc etc etc.
Also in regards to Predator 2 is how much fun I had repeatedly pointing out this movie was made in 1990 and is portraying the far dystopian future of 1997 Los Angeles.
Another positive of watching these films is that he is actually recognizing the actors more and more now. When watching Predators he was like, I've seen these actors in other films before and yeah, they did use a lot of distinctive character actors, so at least the films casting got that right.
All three of the Predator films mentioned are excellent films. The other three Predator films (AvP and the latest one, The Predator, which I didn't even bother looking at) are at best popcorn movies but even then... blegh. If we're going to invest in watching classic historical films, stick with the good classics.
None of the three movies are particularly dated at all thankfully, which is impressive since Predator actually came out in 1987 and the second in 1990. It did seem like they did a better job with the cloaking effect in the first movie as opposed to the second however, and while I've seen the movie plenty of times, as a first viewing its fun to see a new viewer ponder on if they can see the cloaked Predator in iconic shots.
One of the best parts of watching the films with new viewers is they slowly recognize more of the actors, and tropes. For example Predator 2 is rife with cop movie tropes and that was made doubly hilarious because we saw the excellent film, The Last Action Hero soonafter and we get the whole thing with the Screaming Police Captain, the maverick Cop ignoring higher authority, nameless other cops getting killed by the bad guys, random vehicles exploding, car chase scenes, no one can fire accurately except the named characters etc etc etc.
Also in regards to Predator 2 is how much fun I had repeatedly pointing out this movie was made in 1990 and is portraying the far dystopian future of 1997 Los Angeles.
Another positive of watching these films is that he is actually recognizing the actors more and more now. When watching Predators he was like, I've seen these actors in other films before and yeah, they did use a lot of distinctive character actors, so at least the films casting got that right.
All three of the Predator films mentioned are excellent films. The other three Predator films (AvP and the latest one, The Predator, which I didn't even bother looking at) are at best popcorn movies but even then... blegh. If we're going to invest in watching classic historical films, stick with the good classics.
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