Aliens vs Avatars (2011)

Good movie but grossly overrated

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I wish that IMDb had a zero in scores. I wish it was fun to make this film. I wish I had not spent less than one dollar for this. On the other hand. This so called movie sets a golden standard for a bad movie. Story is bad. Acting is worse. Special effects and make-up are the worst. And so on. Sorry to say. It is not funny or bad enough even to get cult movie status. I hope. If it is, I'm confused. It's easy: Buy a camera, shoot something. It's a wrap! Reviewers want a few more lines to get this ready for submission. It is pointless. What if there is nothing more to say? What if this film is so very bad that I can not find more words. I am speechless.

This is a terrible movie. Almost everything about it is bad, from the pace over the plot to the acting - not to mention the "special effects" (which has to be put in quotation marks). But it is a b-movie, and anyone who expects otherwise is bound to be sorely disappointed. However, anyone who knows their b-movies and appreciate naive, low-budget cinema would probably agree that "Aliens vs. Predators" has all the qualities of a b-movies that's so bad it's good.The plot is pretty simple to begin with, but becomes increasingly absurd as it progresses. We follow a group of college students on a camping trip in the woods. The group of characters includes the typical stereotypes including the geek, the nerdy Asian girl, the jog, the tomboy, and the spoiled and snobby girl. Unbeknown to the college students, an alien life form called the Scythe prowls the very same forest. And it's out to destroy mankind. Having to start somewhere, it has set its sights on the college students, whom it offs one by one. Meanwhile, a benevolent alien called Ava (Cassie Fliegel), who looks like a third rate Navi, is on a mission to hunt down the Scythe. While her corporal form is in orbit above Earth in a spaceship, she controls a human-looking avatar (also Cassie Fliegel) on Earth. The surviving college students join forces with Ava and, using a mecha-style battle robot called Robotar, they must destroy the Scythe before it destroys Earth.The Scythe is able to transform into anything whose DNA it has been in contact with, plus it has the ability to become invisible. This obviously amounts to elements lifted from both "The Body-Snatchers" and "The Predator". The Scythe is really just a guy in a rubber suit and looks more cheesy than scary. With the Scythe chasing college students around in the forest and killing them in ways that include various amounts of gore, the movie appears to also be heavily inspired by the "Friday the 13th"-franchise. Indeed, with elements lifted from a variety of sources, including the title's reference to "Avatar" and "Aliens", the movie is an example of parasitic cinema; it's an exploitation movie, really. Such parasitism is not uncommon in b-movies, and it was particularly common in horror and sci-fi b-movies of the '60s, '70s, and '80s. The Robotar is also just a guy in a suit and reminds me of "The Power Rangers", if anything."Aliens vs. Avatars" was obviously made on a low budget and combines cheesy practical effects with horrendous CGI. The acting is generally wooden and substandard in many ways. Some of the characters have potential, but they are generally butchered by the Scythe before they are developed enough for the viewer to actually sympathize with them. Thus, when they are killed, it really has no effect on the viewer. The plot combines the linear nature of the straight-up slasher movie with elements from sci-fi and Japanese battle-suit action, which does result in a completely absurd and ridiculous storyline full of inconsistencies and flaws. The film even resorts to the cheap trick of making use of topless scenes as if to appeal to the most hopeless male viewers.In other words, "Aliens vs. Avatars" has everything a b-movie should have. This means that it is unintentionally hilarious at several levels. While its truly distasteful elements are its misogynist and slightly racist tendencies (and perhaps its parasitic nature, which I am sure has lured some people into thinking that it was actually crossover between the "Aliens"- and "Avatar"-franchises), it is generally an enjoyable movie to watch because it pretty much fails at everything. What it does capture, and this is what makes it enjoyable, is the spirit of the slasher movies of the '70s and '80s, and fans of that genre will probably enjoy the film for that reason. Overall, this is a bad - very bad - movie which fails in pretty much every aspect. Its one strength is that it is full of those elements that make b-movies worth watching. Those who do not appreciate b-movies are bound to absolutely hate "Aliens vs. Avatars" and should just stay away from it, but I think that b-movie fans will enjoy it exactly because of all its flaws. The rating in this review reflects its qualities as a b-movie (as a "proper" movie, it would probably only be worth half a point or something).

I would give it ten stars but that would give viewers the wrong impression about this movie. There is not a doubt in my mind that this movie was a complete and total flop, but it's the hardest I've laughed in a long time. I'm a huge fan of MST3K, and this movie would be a modern classic by their standards. It's so easy to make fun of. The acting, the not so special effects, and the set-ups were to die for. I rate this production as movie making at some of its worst or unintentional comedy at its best. It's really a must see for people who get a kick out of making fun of movies.

How can anybody make such a terrible sci-fi movie ?! You can't possibly imagine it to be any worse . This movie just achieved the highest level of sucking in whatever aspect imaginable ! In fact it is so terribly bad that makes you think it's made by the greatest mind of 21th century ! And you ask why is that ? Paying attention to every little Sucky detail and making it suck even more is not something ordinary men can do , it needs a genius man, getting help from a genius crew, doing a lot of thinking and hard work . So if this was the goal of the staff of the movie(sucking as much as possible in 70 minutes), then I should say they achieved it perfectly, no hesitation whatsoever ! Considering this fact we can say :DIRECTING : Simply brilliant ---ACTING : Marginally the best acting possible to mankind ---VISUAL EFFECTS : OMG! I am sure they found real Aliens and Avatars, made them furious of each other somehow,started filming their war,got caught in the middle,survived the war,edited the valuable footage and rolled it out as a movie ,cause otherwise how could everything in the movie be so real !!!!!!!!All the above aside , I think if you watch this movie as a comedy everything starts to change ! Then it's definitely a astonishing comedy with lots of laugh and fun !