{"id":2689,"date":"2018-09-10T13:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T13:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinewipe.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T10:37:51","slug":"the-predator-receives-two-hour-standing-ovation-at-the-toronto-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinewipe.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/10\/the-predator-receives-two-hour-standing-ovation-at-the-toronto-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The Predator receives two-hour standing ovation at Cannes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Audience members broke into thunderous applause after watching the film about two minge-faced aliens battering the shit out of each other<\/h3>\n<p>Film journalists and bloggers alike clapped for 120 minutes solid after the festival premiered the latest instalment of the Predator franchise, which has been described as a masterpiece akin to the works of Ernst Ingmar Bergman.<\/p>\n<p>After the screening, critic Peter Staker said: \u201cI would have stood for a further two hours if they\u2019d let me. The Predator is a work of art, a profound exploration of the human desire to seek enlightenment and run from things that might skin you alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favourite bit was when the massive hybrid Predator tossed the other Predator on top of the car and then roared ferociously \u2013 a clear metaphor for the ever-damaging effects of the meat and motor vehicle industries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blogger Aaron Walker said: \u201cI. Liked. The. Way. They. Did. The. Special. Effects. It. Was. Really. Good. We need MORE films like this at festivals because the ones with subtitles are fucking boring and I have no idea what they\u2019re about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave the film a standing ovation mainly because it wasn\u2019t some Hungarian shit that started at 8am.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audience members broke into thunderous applause after watching the film about two minge-faced aliens battering the shit out of each other Film journalists and bloggers alike clapped for&#8230; <a class=\"list-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cinewipe.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/10\/the-predator-receives-two-hour-standing-ovation-at-the-toronto-international-film-festival\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa 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