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42/100 Prometheus (movie review)
Jun. 9th, 2012 08:48 amPrometheus (2012)
Directed by Ridley Scott
Summary: (from IMDB)
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
I see all the Alien movies, no matter what as I am a devotee of this series. Even though I cringe and hide my way through the film because they are seriously scary and kind of gross in the icky alien category. This one did not disappoint in that way. Things jumped out, things oozed and there was lots of different alien things conceived to get you going here. All sorts of Geiger goodness in the production value of this movie...set and setting of the aliens. Good and creepy that.
I liked it but I will cut for some of my thoughts on this film ( Some spoiler things here )
I really enjoyed the casting of this film but felt they did not spend enough time getting us to like the crew of Prometheus as they had in previous films. We did not know them well enough to really care about them so much. No scenes of them interacting and bonding etc. That did not gel for me so much as it had in previous films and especially Alien. And for this reason, they were all expendable and it was no surprise when they all start to die. I had no attachment to them - maybe to the lead girl. Anyways. This was a serious weakness in the film. In the first Alien movie - you totally care that they are dying. Maybe we are so jaded in watching an Alien film now that we expect them all to die. Hmm.
Anyways...it is a good movie but I have ambivalent feelings about it. It works as a movie, some interesting ideas but as an Alien fan it opens more questions than it answers.
IMDB for cast and credits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/
Overall rating:
An interesting installation of the series.
Recommend:
If you are into these movies.
Warnings:
Serious ooze and ick factor.
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Directed by Ridley Scott
Summary: (from IMDB)
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
I see all the Alien movies, no matter what as I am a devotee of this series. Even though I cringe and hide my way through the film because they are seriously scary and kind of gross in the icky alien category. This one did not disappoint in that way. Things jumped out, things oozed and there was lots of different alien things conceived to get you going here. All sorts of Geiger goodness in the production value of this movie...set and setting of the aliens. Good and creepy that.
I liked it but I will cut for some of my thoughts on this film ( Some spoiler things here )
I really enjoyed the casting of this film but felt they did not spend enough time getting us to like the crew of Prometheus as they had in previous films. We did not know them well enough to really care about them so much. No scenes of them interacting and bonding etc. That did not gel for me so much as it had in previous films and especially Alien. And for this reason, they were all expendable and it was no surprise when they all start to die. I had no attachment to them - maybe to the lead girl. Anyways. This was a serious weakness in the film. In the first Alien movie - you totally care that they are dying. Maybe we are so jaded in watching an Alien film now that we expect them all to die. Hmm.
Anyways...it is a good movie but I have ambivalent feelings about it. It works as a movie, some interesting ideas but as an Alien fan it opens more questions than it answers.
IMDB for cast and credits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/
Overall rating:
An interesting installation of the series.
Recommend:
If you are into these movies.
Warnings:
Serious ooze and ick factor.
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post 42/100 in the 100 things challenge
