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weaktwosI was reading that Alien V. Predator topped the box office this weekend. My mind played an interesting trick on me as I read it:
The movie debuted slightly ahead of the $36.4 million debut of last summer's horror hybrid "Freddy vs. Jason," which paired the slashers of the "Friday the 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchises.
I read "horror hybrid" as "horrid".
And I don't think I am wrong to make that connection, either.
I feel sorry for the folks that blew money on Alien v. Predator this weekend. It might be fun for a DVD rental down the line. Every so often, I have to surrender to my big, toothy, double-jawed goo-dripping Alien fetish on. But 9 bucks for this movie? Nahh.
I checked www.rottentomatoes.com, and AVP received 8 favorable reviews out of 53 total reviews across the country. Furthermore, the review numbers are low. I think critics are dragging their feet to see it. Of course, on average, critics are snooty folk. 9100 Yahoo movie fans gave the movie a B-.
Still, for an action film that should be regarded by people who are actually interested in the subject matter, that's pretty bad. Okay, so it's above "Average". But I was an anal retentive student who viewed anything below an "A" as sucking wind.
The movie debuted slightly ahead of the $36.4 million debut of last summer's horror hybrid "Freddy vs. Jason," which paired the slashers of the "Friday the 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchises.
I read "horror hybrid" as "horrid".
And I don't think I am wrong to make that connection, either.
I feel sorry for the folks that blew money on Alien v. Predator this weekend. It might be fun for a DVD rental down the line. Every so often, I have to surrender to my big, toothy, double-jawed goo-dripping Alien fetish on. But 9 bucks for this movie? Nahh.
I checked www.rottentomatoes.com, and AVP received 8 favorable reviews out of 53 total reviews across the country. Furthermore, the review numbers are low. I think critics are dragging their feet to see it. Of course, on average, critics are snooty folk. 9100 Yahoo movie fans gave the movie a B-.
Still, for an action film that should be regarded by people who are actually interested in the subject matter, that's pretty bad. Okay, so it's above "Average". But I was an anal retentive student who viewed anything below an "A" as sucking wind.
