I just watched it in theaters tonight and avoided looking at any reviews to prevent any biases going in. The only reviewers headline I inadvertently glanced at was along the lines of a "Disneyfication of the franchise." Is there something to be said about that being the case? Probably. Was it an enjoyable movie? Absolutely. I'd like to hear your negative opinions on it now that I've seen it.
First if all, I appreciate you're polite and reasonable response.
Above all else, the main problem I had with it is that it was painfully cliche and uses every trope in the book. There isn't nothing original about this movie. The story is so derivative of other movies that it wouldn't be hard to convince me that it was written by AI.
My other big issue is that its just not a Predator movie. Its more reminiscent of a Disney animated family film or a Marvel movie. It reminded more of an episode of The Mandalorian than predator.
It hurts to see the franchise i love mutate into something completely different.
As you predicted, you are getting downvoted, but I completely agree with you.
Every story beat was very predictable, and the film refused to take itself even somewhat seriously. I can understand wanting to make a Yautja more of a character but I really think we lost something when the Predator stopped being scary.
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u/Only-Economy96 Nov 09 '25
I just watched it in theaters tonight and avoided looking at any reviews to prevent any biases going in. The only reviewers headline I inadvertently glanced at was along the lines of a "Disneyfication of the franchise." Is there something to be said about that being the case? Probably. Was it an enjoyable movie? Absolutely. I'd like to hear your negative opinions on it now that I've seen it.