So I don't hate this film, but I certainly have a lot of problems with it too. My main issue is right off the bat with the first scene. I think a lot of people agree with this, namely James Cameron. It is flat out a terrible thing to do as a sequel in the opening credits. If you haven't seen this movie, stop reading now if you care about spoilers.
Ok, if you have seen the movie you know exactly what I'm talking about. Killing off the characters from the last film who she was working her ass off to save is not altogether a bad idea. But you don't do that before the movie really starts. Then, she has a bit of crying, but really she should be freaking out about this the whole movie. Frankly, I don't need it to feel like the first film all over again.
Other than this, I still have some issues like pacing, boring kills, worse effects than the last two films, and redundancy. However, the plus side stuff is great acting by many of the main characters, a few surprises in who dies and who shows up at the end, pretty solid cinematography, and the overall concept of a prison planet. I don't hate this movie, I just don't really love it either. I only bought it because it is sorta packaged with the whole franchise blu ray set.
Review by saundrewBlockedParentSpoilers2015-09-05T15:14:34Z
So I don't hate this film, but I certainly have a lot of problems with it too. My main issue is right off the bat with the first scene. I think a lot of people agree with this, namely James Cameron. It is flat out a terrible thing to do as a sequel in the opening credits. If you haven't seen this movie, stop reading now if you care about spoilers.
Ok, if you have seen the movie you know exactly what I'm talking about. Killing off the characters from the last film who she was working her ass off to save is not altogether a bad idea. But you don't do that before the movie really starts. Then, she has a bit of crying, but really she should be freaking out about this the whole movie. Frankly, I don't need it to feel like the first film all over again.
Other than this, I still have some issues like pacing, boring kills, worse effects than the last two films, and redundancy. However, the plus side stuff is great acting by many of the main characters, a few surprises in who dies and who shows up at the end, pretty solid cinematography, and the overall concept of a prison planet. I don't hate this movie, I just don't really love it either. I only bought it because it is sorta packaged with the whole franchise blu ray set.