Prometheus looks fantastic and sounds wonderful. Your expectations will soar when the film opens with magnificent landscapes, perfect cinematography and epic music. You also witness finely crafted homages to Kubrick and an effective introduction to the character of David played nicely by Michael Fassbender.
Unfortunately, once the character development commences, the cracks show and you worry that like Ripley on the Sulaco, the Alien franchise may have a fifth wheel. Some of the characters contradict themselves to such an extent it’s like watching Nick Griffin wearing a turban. I don’t need to catalogue inconsistencies in the actions of the characters – They are well documented online. Additionally, Guy Pearce is unconvincing as a pensioner. But then you see a big sparkly spaceship float past your face in 3D and you forget about it for a bit.
Ridley Scott has attempted to distance Prometheus from Alien. He stated that Prometheus is not a prequel – Some would say with good reason. Alien is a damn fine film and comparisons could only be damaging. Unfortunately for Scott, but happily for the rest of us, Prometheus is crammed with references to the 1979 classic that are impossible to ignore. The various creatures that stalk the crew have been rescued from HR Giger’s blueprint designs for Alien and it is hard to divorce nostalgia from the experience. The engineers are hulking great albinos, curiously reminiscent of Jason Statham – They are unveiled in the first scene which removes a lot of tension from the film – But eventually you see a zombie astronaut torched with a flamethrower and crushed under tractor wheels and that’s entertaining. There is also a valiant attempt to usurp John Hurt’s chestburster with graphic DIY surgery. Moreover, when David walks around inside a giant holographic space-map, Prometheus really is quite stunning.
In truth, the problem with Prometheus is not Ridley Scott’s direction – the man has created a visual masterpiece. Unfortunately the casting and script let the film down and the production team should be prevented from tampering with Ridley Scott from now on – I wanted to love this film. I even watched it twice in the vain hope I’d missed something on first viewing. However – Unlike Bladerunner, I don’t think Prometheus will be unearthed as an underrated classic. It’s not dreadful by any means – It’s just flawed. The elaborate decorations on the world’s most delicious birthday cake are indeed made of bird poo. They don’t taste great, but by the gods they look amazing.
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This is a great film in it’s own right, even Ridley says it’s not really a prequel, it’s just that the idea for this film came about from elements of the first Alien film. Just watch it for what it is, a great piece of Sci-Fi. Just a gripe now towards Amazon, Why don’t you list the extras on any of your DVD / Blu Ray’s? This would help many people in deciding which version of the disc to buy. Now originally I was going to buy the film which just came with a digital copy, this was around £15, or I could go for the copy which also had the 3D version, but not having a 3D TV I thought this would be a waste of time and an extra £5. But it wasn’t until I read through a load of reviews where someone said to go for the 3D version as it had a film makers documentary which is 3.5 hours long, this I believe does not come with the other version. So I ordered the 3D version (which also has the normal 2D blu Ray version) which does indeed come with a 3.5 hour documentary, but that’s not all, there is over 7 hours of bonus features on this disc, which are as follows:
Deleted scenes including alternate beginning and ending making of Prometheus in depth documentary Audio commentaries The Peter weyland files Weyland corp archive Plus a Mobile app Plus more
So if you like your extras then the 3D version is the way to go
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Don’t be put off by the silly 1 star reviews on here because although prometheus isn’t perfect and has flaws, it’s still a magnificently crafted intelligent sci-fi film that challenges you to think. The problem was that the hype damaged this film, if you hype something for that long and that hard, then there will always be a degree of anti-climax, it’s happened before and it’ll happen again. People went in with ridiculous expectations and that’s why there are so many stupid 1 or 2 star reviews – they never took it for what it was! to compare this,as some did on here, to “The phantom menace” is pathetic and childish to say the least.
The main problem with Prometheus is clearly it’s unanswered questions, my opinion is that this will play better when the sequel arrives as it’s really just act 1 of a 2 or 3 act play, that said there’s still lots to enjoy here, namely Michael Fassbenders brilliant performance as David the Android, the exceptional design work,stunning fx and Naomi Rapace who is excellent in only her 2nd Hollywood role.
Fed up of silly robots smashing things up,superheroes and vacuous teen vampire movies? want sci fi but with a brain? then this movie is for you, sure it’s not perfect but its miles better than most movies out there at the moment.
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Looks great, sounds huge. Has equally massive plot holes,
Prometheus looks fantastic and sounds wonderful. Your expectations will soar when the film opens with magnificent landscapes, perfect cinematography and epic music. You also witness finely crafted homages to Kubrick and an effective introduction to the character of David played nicely by Michael Fassbender.
Unfortunately, once the character development commences, the cracks show and you worry that like Ripley on the Sulaco, the Alien franchise may have a fifth wheel. Some of the characters contradict themselves to such an extent it’s like watching Nick Griffin wearing a turban. I don’t need to catalogue inconsistencies in the actions of the characters – They are well documented online. Additionally, Guy Pearce is unconvincing as a pensioner. But then you see a big sparkly spaceship float past your face in 3D and you forget about it for a bit.
Ridley Scott has attempted to distance Prometheus from Alien. He stated that Prometheus is not a prequel – Some would say with good reason. Alien is a damn fine film and comparisons could only be damaging. Unfortunately for Scott, but happily for the rest of us, Prometheus is crammed with references to the 1979 classic that are impossible to ignore. The various creatures that stalk the crew have been rescued from HR Giger’s blueprint designs for Alien and it is hard to divorce nostalgia from the experience. The engineers are hulking great albinos, curiously reminiscent of Jason Statham – They are unveiled in the first scene which removes a lot of tension from the film – But eventually you see a zombie astronaut torched with a flamethrower and crushed under tractor wheels and that’s entertaining. There is also a valiant attempt to usurp John Hurt’s chestburster with graphic DIY surgery. Moreover, when David walks around inside a giant holographic space-map, Prometheus really is quite stunning.
In truth, the problem with Prometheus is not Ridley Scott’s direction – the man has created a visual masterpiece. Unfortunately the casting and script let the film down and the production team should be prevented from tampering with Ridley Scott from now on – I wanted to love this film. I even watched it twice in the vain hope I’d missed something on first viewing. However – Unlike Bladerunner, I don’t think Prometheus will be unearthed as an underrated classic. It’s not dreadful by any means – It’s just flawed. The elaborate decorations on the world’s most delicious birthday cake are indeed made of bird poo. They don’t taste great, but by the gods they look amazing.
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|Great film with lot’s of extras on the 3D version,
This is a great film in it’s own right, even Ridley says it’s not really a prequel, it’s just that the idea for this film came about from elements of the first Alien film. Just watch it for what it is, a great piece of Sci-Fi.
Just a gripe now towards Amazon, Why don’t you list the extras on any of your DVD / Blu Ray’s? This would help many people in deciding which version of the disc to buy. Now originally I was going to buy the film which just came with a digital copy, this was around £15, or I could go for the copy which also had the 3D version, but not having a 3D TV I thought this would be a waste of time and an extra £5. But it wasn’t until I read through a load of reviews where someone said to go for the 3D version as it had a film makers documentary which is 3.5 hours long, this I believe does not come with the other version. So I ordered the 3D version (which also has the normal 2D blu Ray version) which does indeed come with a 3.5 hour documentary, but that’s not all, there is over 7 hours of bonus features on this disc, which are as follows:
Deleted scenes including alternate beginning and ending
making of Prometheus in depth documentary
Audio commentaries
The Peter weyland files
Weyland corp archive
Plus a Mobile app
Plus more
So if you like your extras then the 3D version is the way to go
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|Great but with flaws,
Don’t be put off by the silly 1 star reviews on here because although prometheus isn’t perfect and has flaws, it’s still a magnificently crafted intelligent sci-fi film that challenges you to think. The problem was that the hype damaged this film, if you hype something for that long and that hard, then there will always be a degree of anti-climax, it’s happened before and it’ll happen again. People went in with ridiculous expectations and that’s why there are so many stupid 1 or 2 star reviews – they never took it for what it was! to compare this,as some did on here, to “The phantom menace” is pathetic and childish to say the least.
The main problem with Prometheus is clearly it’s unanswered questions, my opinion is that this will play better when the sequel arrives as it’s really just act 1 of a 2 or 3 act play, that said there’s still lots to enjoy here, namely Michael Fassbenders brilliant performance as David the Android, the exceptional design work,stunning fx and Naomi Rapace who is excellent in only her 2nd Hollywood role.
Fed up of silly robots smashing things up,superheroes and vacuous teen vampire movies? want sci fi but with a brain? then this movie is for you, sure it’s not perfect but its miles better than most movies out there at the moment.
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