@alk2972

4 years ago

"Predator" is even bigger & better than Patrick's praise - it's THREE types of films into one perfect distillation of action in movie form: 1) The Kickass "Team On a Mission" Movie: An uber-competent team of great characters each with unique skills on a mission against a whole force of people. The threat is a large group - how will they pull their skills together into a plan to *methodically kill the group*? 2) The Kickass Slasher Movie: Just like how Patrick elaborated, now the movie pivots, but notably not only is it the team now getting methodically killed, but it's the team against a single threat (it's a tribute to the movie's filmmaking that it never occurs to the audience there's a chance there would be a second Predator). And where before the team was moving down groups of soldiers at once, now their members are going down one by one (they even do their version of the "cat scare" as Governor Ventura is surprised by a warthog. 3) The Kickass Mano-a-Monstro Movie: There's a wonderful transition point starting where Arnold emerges from the mud (he has to literally evolve and adapt) to realize what was first Many Against Many, then Many against One, now can only be One Against One. From that point, he uses all of his skills to set up the most elemental traps and weapons not to survive/escape, but to face his enemy, ending with the amazing shot of him holding the torch aloft and yelling out his challenge for his opponent. Far from some "final girl" button, this is a yet another brilliant mini-movie full of twists of fate as two powerful and intelligent forces face off. Great job, Patrick, and good luck fitting in prop comics and cute animal acts into your take on the talk show!

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