History YMMV / AlienVsPredator

** The final enemy of the Alien campaign in ''[=AvP2=]'' is [[spoiler:Dr. Eisenberg]], who really seems anticlimatic after two in-tandem Predators, seeing as you can just run up to him and eat his freaking head off.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given that Predators don't talk nor emote very much, we don't know what were Scar's thoughts after being subdued and impregnated by a Facehugger. If he knew there was a Chestburster inside of him (which he should have known very obviously upon waking up, especially after finding the damn thing dead next to him), he might have been expecting to finish the hunt and reach his mothership in time to get it extracted, or he might have been playing straight the ZombieInfectee and denying it to himself or just pushing to postpone the inevitable outcome.

* CriticalBacklash: There are actually many people who feel the movie is actually a fairly watchable product that only got buried by a controversial premise, a failure to live up to its hype, and initial bad reviews followed by later viewers jumping on the bandwagon, which some think might have something to do with people in Hollywood losing jobs to European studios when director Anderson chose to shoot the film in Czech Republic to save money. Notably, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Doug Walker]] (who had already referenced the film in his ''Shining'' Mini-Series review as "decent") stated in his review that, while not perfect, the movie still did do a lot of things right and was very enjoyable, and even WebVideo/AndoniGarrido, who is typically ruthless with Anderson and his works, liked the film openly and called it a fairly entertaining and interesting product. The fact that it was a followed up with an [[Film/AliensVSPredatorRequiem even more controversial sequel]] only helped to this general sentiment.

* HesJustHiding: Some people believe that the Alien Queen might perfectly have survived to her fate, as it was simply being dragged to the bottom of the sea by a chain despite ''Film/AlienResurrection'' had established that Xenomorphs can adapt to underwater without any trouble.

* JustHereForGodzilla: A lot of people who dislike the film tend to admit that the fights between Aliens and Predators were pretty damn cool, and they often watch the film specifically in order to see the creatures trashing each other around.
* MisBlamed: Sigourney Weaver and many fans believe the crossover killed the film franchise of ''Alien''. Actually, the series was already a FranchiseZombie to begin with, with half of its installments having been mediocre at the best and outright panned at the worst. Even although Fox's intentions to make ''[=AvP=]'' did cause James Cameron and Creator/RidleyScott to delay the prequel project that would be ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', the latter came eventually to be a few years after the crossover and it wasn't particularly popular either (and its sequel, ''Film/AlienCovenant'', even less). If anything, ''[=AvP=]'' might have actually rekindled the interest for its title franchises among younger people and/or in countries where there wasn't a great following.

** It's hard to take Lex's ActionGirl status later in the film seriously, when she is stood next to Scar, a Predator who is at least several feet taller than her, and is part of a ProudWarriorRace, known by fans for their total badassery.

** In early stages of the script, after Scar is impaled by the Alien Queen, he tries to stab himself with his dagger to take the Chestburster inside of his body with him, not without speaking for the first and last time to tell Lex her earlier line of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", and in some stages he suceeded with Lex' help. It's unanimous that this would have been brilliant to see, with some [[https://screenrant.com/alien-vs-predator-best-scene-predalien-knife-deleted/ believing]] it might have marked a significant difference in how the film ended up being received.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Even before Creator/RidleyScott's similarly controversial prequels officially discontinued them, an offset of ''Alien'' fans prefers not to consider the ''AVP'' movies canon for the concept of Xenomorphs being already on Earth all along, because it cheapens Ellen Ripley's struggles and sacrifices to stop the alien from reaching the Earth. Even with the Xenos getting wiped out at the end of both films there's still the FridgeHorror possibility of the Antarctic Queen surviving and freeing herself from the bottom of the ocean and that there could be more hidden Predator pyramids out there each containing a dormant Queen.

* AdaptationDisplacement: There are a good amount of people who are unaware that the movie was based on a [[ComicBook/AliensVsPredator comic book series]]. There are also those who are aware the comics exist, but assume that they were based around the Xenomorph skull easter egg in ''Film/Predator2''.

** Some of the Xenomorph screeches sound an awful lot like pigs squealing, and it can [[NightmareRetardant take away the scare factor]] whenever they make that noise. Likewise the generic tiger roaring/growling SFX used for the Predators that makes them sound like the [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM lion]] can also feel distractingly cheap compared to the unique HellIsThatNoise roars from the earlier ''Predator'' films.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Even before Creator/RidleyScott's similarly controversial prequels officially discontinued them, an offset of ''Alien'' fans prefers not to consider the ''AVP'' movies canon for the concept of Xenomorphs being already on Earth all along, because it makes Ellen Ripley's struggles and sacrifices to stop the alien from reaching the Earth a bit hollow. Even with the Xenos getting wiped out at the end of both films there's still the FridgeHorror possibility of the Antarctic Queen surviving and freeing herself from the bottom of the ocean and that there could be more hidden Predator pyramids out there each containing a dormant Queen.

** The Predators were portrayed by muscular stuntman Ian Whyte, and many have complained that they look and move like stuffy American football players cosplaying as Predators. The [[Film/{{Predator}} Jungle Hunter]] and the [[Film/Predator2 City Hunter]] were portrayed by Kevin Peter Hall and he was a [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]], yes... but he was also ''slender'', and thus the muscles of the Predator suits didn't make him look bloated like the AVP hunters.
** Some of the Xenomorph screeches sound an awful lot like pigs squealing, and it can [[NightmareRetardant take away the scare factor]] whenever they make that noise.

** The Predators were portrayed by muscular stuntman Ian Whyte, and many have complained that they look and move like stuffy American football players cosplaying as Predators. The [[Film/{{Predator}} Jungle Hunter]] and the [[Film/Predator2 City Hunter]] were portrayed by Kevin Peter Hall and he was a [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]], yes... but he was also ''slender'', and thus the muscles the Predator suits didn't make him look bloated like the AVP hunters.

* {{Narm}}: It's hard to take Lex's ActionGirl status later in the film seriously, when she is stood next to Scar, a Predator who is at least several feet taller than her, and is part of a ProudWarriorRace, known by fans for their total badassery.

** Early on in the Marine campaign of [=AvP2=], one of your squad is kidnapped and the rest of the squad is left indecisive about how to rescue them. The player character volunteers with a simple "I'll go," but his delivery is more appropriate for volunteering to go make a beer run as opposed to walking into an Xenomorph nest alone.

* TearJerker: The death of Charles Weyland is surprisingly sympathetic.

* MisBlamed: As said in AudienceAlienatingPremise above, Sigourney Weaver and many fans believe the crossover killed the film franchise of ''Alien''. Actually, the series was already a FranchiseZombie to begin with, with half of its installments having been mediocre at the best and outright panned at the worst. Even although Fox's intentions to make ''[=AvP=]'' did cause James Cameron and Creator/RidleyScott to delay the prequel project that would be ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', the latter came eventually to be a few years after the crossover and it wasn't particularly popular either (and its sequel, ''Film/AlienCovenant'', even less). If anything, ''[=AvP=]'' might have actually rekindled the interest for its title franchises among younger people and/or in countries where there wasn't a great following.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The plot of the title creatures fighting each other didn't sit well with many people, especially when it turned out the film didn't follow the plot of the cult comics that had first introduced the crossover (see UncertainAudience below).

** Is Lex a genuinely interesting black female lead, or a cliched adventure film girl?

* OlderThanTheyThink: While one of the biggest complaints for the movie is often the film's PG-13 resulting in the movie being tame for franchises often rated R, however in terms of the ''Alien'' series, the first two movies are also fairly tame in regards for the violence despite their R rating. As both ''Alien'' and ''Aliens'' typically didn't fully show human characters being killed on-screen by the Xenomorphs (the chestburster being the exception) with characters either typically dragged away, scenes cutting away to a GoryDiscretionShot or having the actual wounds (mainly headbites) being shown in {{Freeze-Frame Moment|blink and you miss it moments]]. Most of the more brutal deaths in the first two movies typically had androids or the Xenomorphs themselves on the receiving end.

* OlderThanTheyThink: While one of the biggest complaints for the movie is often the film's PG-13 resulting in the movie being tame for franchises often rated R, however in terms of the ''Alien'' series, the first two movies are also fairly tame in regards for the violence despite their R rating. As both ''Alien'' and ''Aliens'' typically didn't fully show human characters being killed on-screen by the Xenomorphs (the chestburster being the exception) with characters either typically dragged away, scenes cutting away to a GoryDiscretionShot or having the actual wounds (mainly headbites) being a Freeze-FrameMoment. Most of the more brutal deaths in the first two movies typically had androids or the Xenomorphs themselves on the receiving end.

* OlderThanTheyThink: While one of the biggest complaints for the movie is often the film's PG-13 resulting in the movie being tame for franchises often rated R, however in terms of the ''Alien'' series, the first two movies are also fairly tame in regards for the violence despite their R rating. As both ''Alien'' and ''Aliens'' typically didn't fully show human characters being killed on-screen by the Xenomorphs (the chestburster being the exception) with characters either typically dragged away, scenes cutting away to a GoryDiscretionShot or having the actual wounds (mainly headbites) being a FreezeFrameMoment. Most of the more brutal deaths in the first two movies typically had androids or the Xenomorphs themselves on the receiving end.

* OlderThanTheyThink: While one of the biggest complaints for the movie is often the film's PG-13 resulting in the movie being tame for franchises often rated R, in terms of the ''Alien'' series, the first two movies are also fairly tame in regards for the violence for their ratings as well. As both ''Alien'' and ''Aliens'' typically didn't fully show human characters being killed on-screen by the Xenomorphs (the chestburster being the exception) with characters either typically dragged away, scenes cutting away to a GoryDiscretionShot or having the actual wounds in a Freeze-FrameBonus/blink and you miss it moment. Most of the more brutal deaths in the first two movies typically had androids or the Xenomorphs themselves on the receiving end.

* OlderThanTheyThink: While one of the biggest complaints for the movie is often the film's PG-13 resulting in the movie being tame for franchises often rated R, in terms of the ''Alien'' series, the first two movies are also fairly tame in regards for the violence for their ratings as well. As both ''Alien'' and ''Aliens'' typically didn't fully show human characters being killed on-screen by the Xenomorphs (the chestburster being the exception) with characters either typically dragged away, scenes cutting away to a GoryDiscreationShot or having the actual wounds in a [[Freeze-FrameBonus blink and you miss it moment]]. Most of the more brutal deaths in the first two movies typically had androids or the Xenomorphs themselves on the receiving end.

** While most all of the humans are disliked, Adele Rousseau and Charles Weyland have fans thanks to Adele being the closest thing to a badass out of the secondary characters and Weyland for his connection to the ''Alien'' films and Creator/LanceHenriksen's performance.

** The human characters of the film are often criticized for being bland, cliched and/or uninteresting. This complaint, however, goes back to the beginnings of the ''Alien'' franchise, as its human characters other than Ripley are typically a point of discussion that reaches quite caustic levels in installments like the ever-loved ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' (whose colonial marines often come across as grating due to being TooDumbToLive) and the comparatively less liked ''Film/{{Alien3}}'' (where barely any character manages to be sympathetic or effectual in the first place).

%%* CompleteMonster: Karl Bishop Weyland in [[YMMV/AliensVsPredator2010 the 2010 game]]. See that page for details.