good budget.
good looking characters.
good set designs.
and possibly depth to their universe.
it won't be good cause you won't like it.
it may be good to a generic fantasy fan.
plenty of generic things are good.
it's a palette cleanser if anything.
if they plot it out throughout the series, and have an idea of where everything goes, where it leads, and what the final bits of story are to tie it up neatly, then the only thing it'll upset is hardcore lotr fans. just like here; if this reignites the predator franchise with a breath of fresh air which this seems it'll be. so \o/
i Absolutely love the Predator and Alien universe and even the bad films are still a good watch, ive even watched the bad ones 2 or 3 times. Dont go in with high expectations on ANY film.
Prey just works. Cinematic scale, strong performances, beautiful attention to detail, top-notch action sequences... it’s a solid outing that deserves the largest screen possible. The biggest issue, then, is that it’s going straight to streaming... accessibility is great, but this is not the kind of film that never hits the big screen. Beyond that, however, it’s a high bar in the long-beloved franchise, one the finally gets the series’ infinite potential and makes some new stars. Seriously, check it out.
The shoddy CGI is not enough to completely tank "Prey," but it hampers what was turning out to be an otherwise rousing success, and perhaps the best "Predator" movie since the original. Still, Trachtenberg and company have put together a crackerjack monster pic, full of clever new approaches to old material. Those looking for the familiar will recognize plenty of callbacks to other "Predator" films ("If it bleeds, we can kill it," a character here says at one point), while anyone searching for new thrills will get a kick out of the film's genre mash-ups. Although sooner or later, you'd think these Predators would get tired of coming to Earth and getting their asses kicked.
Prey may also be the most stunning Predator film yet. Trachtenberg captures the natural beauty of the setting with wide sweeping shots and panoramic views of the mountains. Entirely set outdoors, Trachtenberg introduces multiple breathtaking set pieces, from sinking mud pits to rivers to foggy fields, providing greater visual interest and a propulsive feel to the narrative. This rich world setting becomes more epic in scope with an atypical, sweeping score that feels more in line with epic adventures than horror. All of it gives a larger-than-life quality to an intimate story.
Working against this is the overreliance on VFX. The heavy CG utilized in multiple animal encounters struggles to blend with its practical surroundings and may show its age over time. The great practical work of the Predator (Dane DiLiegro) can also get buried beneath overlaid VFX. Luckily, it doesn’t become too huge of a detriment to what works about Prey, which is nearly everything.
Quote:
The Predator finds an unexpected, worthy adversary in Prey, a perfect mirror for the viewer’s experience. Prey surprises in how different yet similar it feels to the franchise’s origins. It feels right at home with the mythology of the Predator universe yet stretches the boundaries in tone and scale. Soaring spectacle meets intimate storytelling, delivering one of the most solid entries in the franchise yet. It’s a shame that Prey isn’t getting a theatrical release as well; it’s a genuine crowd-pleaser.
4/5
Seems the unfortunate part is the cheap CGI, but on the other hand you get great outdoors cinematography.
Not long now.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
Prey just works. Cinematic scale, strong performances, beautiful attention to detail, top-notch action sequences... it’s a solid outing that deserves the largest screen possible. The biggest issue, then, is that it’s going straight to streaming... accessibility is great, but this is not the kind of film that never hits the big screen. Beyond that, however, it’s a high bar in the long-beloved franchise, one the finally gets the series’ infinite potential and makes some new stars. Seriously, check it out.
The shoddy CGI is not enough to completely tank "Prey," but it hampers what was turning out to be an otherwise rousing success, and perhaps the best "Predator" movie since the original. Still, Trachtenberg and company have put together a crackerjack monster pic, full of clever new approaches to old material. Those looking for the familiar will recognize plenty of callbacks to other "Predator" films ("If it bleeds, we can kill it," a character here says at one point), while anyone searching for new thrills will get a kick out of the film's genre mash-ups. Although sooner or later, you'd think these Predators would get tired of coming to Earth and getting their asses kicked.
Prey may also be the most stunning Predator film yet. Trachtenberg captures the natural beauty of the setting with wide sweeping shots and panoramic views of the mountains. Entirely set outdoors, Trachtenberg introduces multiple breathtaking set pieces, from sinking mud pits to rivers to foggy fields, providing greater visual interest and a propulsive feel to the narrative. This rich world setting becomes more epic in scope with an atypical, sweeping score that feels more in line with epic adventures than horror. All of it gives a larger-than-life quality to an intimate story.
Working against this is the overreliance on VFX. The heavy CG utilized in multiple animal encounters struggles to blend with its practical surroundings and may show its age over time. The great practical work of the Predator (Dane DiLiegro) can also get buried beneath overlaid VFX. Luckily, it doesn’t become too huge of a detriment to what works about Prey, which is nearly everything.
Quote:
The Predator finds an unexpected, worthy adversary in Prey, a perfect mirror for the viewer’s experience. Prey surprises in how different yet similar it feels to the franchise’s origins. It feels right at home with the mythology of the Predator universe yet stretches the boundaries in tone and scale. Soaring spectacle meets intimate storytelling, delivering one of the most solid entries in the franchise yet. It’s a shame that Prey isn’t getting a theatrical release as well; it’s a genuine crowd-pleaser.
4/5
Seems the unfortunate part is the cheap CGI, but on the other hand you get great outdoors cinematography.
Not long now.
Sounds good, but VFX seems to be these days always bad, not sure what has happened, but i havent seen movie for ages that gives me "wow dat VFX".
i don't understand the decline in effects either, i mean the cost is way, way down from 10 years ago. When Avatar was done they needed a gigantic server hall with insanely expensive computers, same effects today can be done on a hi-end PC basically.
Just take a giant studio such as Lucasfilm as an example, some geek in a cellar can do better deep fakes than that studio in 2021-2022.. guess is it says everything.
This is a Hulu flick so I guess we can't expect a significant VFX (or otherwise) budget.
As for what happened to the VFX industry on the whole there are a bunch of articles going on that point to things and it's basically that the output VFX houses are expected to produce has grown magnitudes since the explosion of superhero flicks in the past 10 years, plus now the big franchises have accompanying TV shows that are very VFX heavy (e.g. all the Star Wars shows), and then you have stuff like Stranger Things which are again very VFX heavy in ways the shows of old weren't.
There just isn't enough time or resources to put much attention to the work when there are 1000 shows and films that are in the queue and you have to move to the next project.
At the same time VFX vendors are falling over themselves to promise the impossible in terms of how many shots and how cheap they could deliver to the big clients because, well, once you establish a relationship with a client like Marvel for example, you know you'll always have work waiting for you as these guys are pumping a new film or show every few months.
Lastly, Marvel in particular are very notorious for asking for massive changes to shots all the time, even dangerously close to the release date, so a bunch of their VFX end up very rushed.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
I think biggest problem of modern VFX is the color grading, they dont blend well enough to rest of the image (do they even care?), its all about colors "popping" out.
not every VFX studio does that though. and it's intensive and expensive a lot of trial and error. look at army of dead at the amount of work put in to green screen a person. matched and followed lighting. for cg they usually just insert set spec for light sources and animate.
and colour grading is a beast. and usually preference over specs these days. pros go by specs, but pros charge a tonne. a lot of current gen "colourists" use luts and fiddle until eyes are white. lol. there are pros whose preference is science specific which is nice. those people are cool as fuck.
not many even touch the colour grading setting in resolve even if they pay 300 for 4k output. lol.
I personally suck at grading and never ever looked at the scopes
Skip on the angryderp, I watched it. I think its the best movie since the original. I liked Predetors as well but I think this has more originality. My only real problem with the movie are nitpicks, sadly they did use member-berry/cringe lines unnecessarily 3/4's into the movie - it's such a small thing but really kills my enjoyment in a sequels.
All and all, someone finally made a decent Predator sequel.
I have no idea what they were thinking with those French people, they were so so bad. Shame because the rest of the film was neat.
Watch the end of the animated credits, it teases what happens after the film.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
Did you guys see the with the commanche language or english?
It was filmed in English. Comanche = dub = bad.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
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