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Don't understand the high rating, as it is, don't get me wrong, beautifully animated, but there were just so many plotholes to the story that it was difficult to engage yourself into it. Questions like how were they able to switch bodies, and why they forget their names were all not explained. It just seems like lazy writing to me as some things were set up too coincidently, like how they meet up at the end of the film. Also the comet struck the place twice is also very unlikely and have to suspend your believe too much. The town eventually got wiped out, but is it not like groundhog day that they could try to save the town over and over again, until it works? Just with a romantic plot line just doesn't cut it, and the romantic plot is very thin aswell and wasn't enough to get me invested. Very forgettable storyline.

While this movie obviously didn't aged well to todays standards. This is one of the lesser movies of John Hughes.

First it was highly politically incorrect, border lining sexual harassments, promoting adultery, stereotypical racism and downright misogynism. If kids were watching this back in the days, no wonder decades later we get outpours of sexual harassment cases and a peak of #metoo movements, producing the harvey weinsteins and epsteins of our society. This was a recall and glimpse of the dark side of the 80s we didnt like, and rewatching it again, plants us in the face of the ugly reality. Especially the derogative scene where they depict racial jokes against a supposedly chinese, but play japanese music in the background and letting him speak japanese is not only discriminatory, but also shows us how ignorant people were with other culture back in the days and how racially biased Hollywood was to let asian act as stereoptypical dorks.

Other than that, the script was mostly irregular and cringe, and some scenes totally didn't make any sense at all. The jokes weren't funny and was downright lazy writing. The actors were casted wrong with apparent age gaps that in normal circumstance would never encounter each other in their respective school settings. The characters were not likeable, not relatable and sometimes downright rude.

Don't get me wrong, Molly Ringwald was incredible as ever, but the storytelling and script was embarrassingly cringe and forgettable.

This was a nice take on the Predator franchise. The only flaw of this movie that it was too short and not shown in the theater! It would have worked so well on the big screen. We need more Native Indian representation! The movie needed more culture how the Native Indian lived, scenery of big plains, their hunting culture their social interaction. Loved that there are actually actors and actresses in this movie that are of Native Indian heritage. This shows that representation matters and works. It gave the movie a whole lot more depth and realism, and the charismatic Amber Midthunder was casted perfectly for her role. The concept of placing this in the 1700s was genius. The difference between this setting of Predator and the Predator of Arnold Schwarzenegger is that Native Indians hunted for food throughout their lives, so it makes perfect sense they make great adversaries of the Predator. Also the folklore story and legend that there is a beast inside the woods now and then who were hunting for men, and the Native Indian warriors who manage to kill the Predator can prove themselves is a wonderful concept. While Arnold and his crew were soldiers not hunters. All in all a wonderful addition and could have added an hour of footage to it, maybe in the directors cut version.