Yes!
I am that one person who did not like the arthouse movie Bugonia.

It was playing at our regular theatres as well, which explains why I saw it.

I do see arthouse movies there occasionally, either intentionally or simply because I forgot to put on my Arthouse Vision Goggles, to detect any movies outside the narrow margins of my cinematic spectrum.

Here in the Netherlands, as well as on YouTube, reviews about Bugonia have been unanimously positive.
Some going as far as to call it the best movie of the year.
And I would have let them and would never have mentioned that I saw Bugonia, had it not been for watching another movie about Aliens within two weeks after my impressive achievement of sitting through Bugonia;
Predator Badlands.

Now that, is what I would call the best movie of the year.

I am basically new to the Predator franchise.
My interest was sparked this year, when I saw a video explaining how 1st generation night-vision goggles in Vietnam, may have provided the story for the first Predator movie (1987).
These goggles were so effective you could even see into other dimensions, and see DEMONS!
😱

And I had also seen the trailer, so I knew this movie was set on a foreign planet, and revolved around a predator (a Yautja), his tribe and the habits of his clan;
And it was about a female robot, or cyborg, I never know the difference.

The Yautja and the robot team up. The Yautja wants her help to kill a large prey to earn the respect of his clan, and the robot needs his help because she has been stuck and also lost her legs.
Both will have to face the harsh reality of the “families” they were born into.

As opposed to Bugonia, there are no humans in Predator Badlands. Only robots and aliens. Including the protagonist, a predator or Yautja named Dek.

And yet, it is this movie that ends up being profoundly moving, with a message about belonging and love.

Predator Badlands, a movie devoid of humans, is about what it means to be a human;
And get it right.

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~Suzanne Beenackers
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