Prometheus-2012 Ridley Scott

[Hector]

I saw the film today so I finally got to read all the posts I skimmed over. As some of you know, I do not like Ridley Scott very much. He's got one good movie for every five and all. This was one of the good ones. I really enjoyed it. If a Director's Cut comes out, I'd watch it. The film was very entertaining, scary, and gross at times. It was visually stunning too.

I love you all over again...

[80stoyman]

Just came back from seeing it.

I hope all the Avengers fans in here don't kill me for this...but Prometheus is my favorite film of the year so far...I LOVED IT!!!!!

I'll came back later and talk about it in more detail.

finally someone on the same page as me

[Hector]

***SPOILERS***


Charlize Theron still thinks she's in Snow White, playing the Ice Queen. She plays a totally egotistical person, and unfortunately, she's about the only one that makes it to the end. Well, almost. The actress claims to have patterned her portrayal on Ripley. Huh? Stop smoking pot, Charlize. And get away from that mirror, we know you're the fairest...

***SPOILERS ANSWER***

Did you even stick around till the end?

Because archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw certainly made it...as well as David the android...well, at least in two pieces...lol.

[Hector]

finally someone on the same page as me

My brother from another mother...

[Hector]

you will lose the average audience if you try and get to technical and explain everything in the movies run time.

Nobody wants to sit through 3hrs of explanations in a movie.

Yep.

From Metropolis to Star Wars...no film is perfect.

[Gorn Captain]

I love you all over again...

Did you read his review all the way to the end (with a list of remarks), or just the first (positive) part?

Sorry if you didn't notice my spoiler warning, I did put it in bold with five exclamation marks...

I've learned a valuable lesson.
If you don't like a movie, don't try and explain why, just say nothing.

[4NDR01D]

I've learned a valuable lesson.
If you don't like a movie, don't try and explain why, just say nothing.

Funny thing is, I agree with a lot of the points you posted, yet still loved the movie.

[Gorn Captain]

Funny thing is, I agree with a lot of the points you posted, yet still loved the movie.

I can understand that. It's not because I find fault with aspects of a movie, that I totally dislike every single aspect of it. Like I loved the first part of Attack of the Clones, but disliked the second part. Same with Mad Max Thunderdome, for example.
I guess in the end, you make up a sum of your likes and dislikes, and then decide whether the movie is a success (in your own eyes) or not.
And sometimes, indeed, you can love a film even though you find several things in it "wrong".
I thought the ending to Alien Resurrection was awful (hate the Newborn concept), but I have to admit to enjoying the whole movie. I guess space pirates are my guilty pleasure, even though I know most people didn't like this movie at all.

[Dark Shadow]

Seen this yesterday along with Snow White & The Huntsman...a Charlize Theron double feature. Have to say that of the two, I found Snow White (a story that's been done to death & beyond) to be the superior of the two films. I found Prometheus to be bad from start to finish, with only a few brief moments of "wow" swimming in long periods of bad acting and bad story telling. Tried way too hard to follow the formula of the first Alien film, and fell completely flat...IMO.

I found nothing likeable about any of the characters...except for David (too bad the synthetic had already been beaten to death 3x over in the prior installments...because Fassbender really did a great job). Would really liked to have seen more of & learned more about the ancients. Perhaps a little less time spent on trying to create a new Ripley, less time spent on Theron reminding everybody that she's in charge, a complete elimination of her father's reapperance, and a little less time on the obvous expendables would have allowed a little time for something fresh and new.

Off to try and figure out how to get my Rubik's cube to light up and project images on the wall. Until next time...

[boss]

I want my $10.50 back.