AVP is much better than AVP R.
AVP built a lot of the alien / predator story line, especially by having Weyland as a character. AVPR was just an action movie, and a crappy action movie at that. If I want a crappy action movie I can go watch freakin' Resident Evil or something...
The other thing that really bothers me is that AVP R introduced the Predalien and solidified the concept that the alien will take on the form of its host. Yeah its kinda cool, but just because in Alien 3 the alien was dog-like doesn't mean the all Aliens totally adapt. Wouldn't the Predators have been hunting Predaliens this whole time, instead of normal Aliens (from humans) since they're much tougher to kill? The choices made in AVP R just invalidate the entire series.
makes me sooooo mad.