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Balzamon   Sweden. Jun 04 2012 21:19. Posts 2868
I will give another warning, do not keep reading if you dont wish to get spoilers from the movie!



Maybe I write this to soon after the premiere, but im thinking if you are somewhat of an Alien fan you will have watched this movie by now. I watched it yesterday and after coming home I have spended perhaps 4-5 hours googling and reading about other peoples thoughts about all the questions this movie does not right out answer. I will right away say that the movie itself is not great, its not bad at all, but not great. But the theme behind it is wonderfully mysterious, filled with thrilling questions if you are an Alien fan like me. If someone else here is as hooked as me maybe you could direct me to stuff i havent already read? Or share your thoughts here with me!

So Prometheus is about creation. Why did they create us, what part did they have in us making our society and how big part does religion have in the movie, why did they direct us to their solar system, and finally why do they want to destroy us?

What part did David have? What did he tell the engineer in the end before he went havoc? Does he despise humans and hoping for our extermination?

What will a follow up be about?

Many questions and more! Some links i found worthy so far is:

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/film/a-long-prometheus-discuss%20ion-with-writer-damon-lindelof/ (interview with writer Damon Lindelof)

http://whatculture.com/film/prometheus-5-unanswered-questions-sequel-theories.php (a fan making imo pretty good speculations, also so good reads in the commentary field)


Guess I will make a short sum-up what i thought about the movie itself. I guess my main problem was hoping it would be as much alike as Alien possible, rather than a pure action movie. Its not. Theres no tention at all like in Alien and the dialogue is, as in so so so many other big budget films these days, so cheesy. Ridley Scott is supposed to be a huge Stanley Kubrick fan? When have you ever watched a Stanley Kubrick movie and hating on the dialogue? Never i hope. Why the need for small jokes everywhere, for sarcastic witty comments all the time? Its fine for a popcorn action movie but its NOT fine if you want to create a masterpiece (like Ridley Scott has proven that hes capable of; Alien & Blade Runner).

Why the need for extra action scenes like the storm in the beginning? Or the ship crashing right over their heads so they have to run for their lives in the end. Isnt the GREAT material of the threat from engineers and xenos and whatnot other creatures enough to create great horror in itself? More is not always (if ever) better, when will they learn?

I liked most scenes from inside the engineers ship, it felt authentic and a bit of the good old Alien vibe got to me. It has a great background story, and mostly decent actors. I give it a solid 7/10 but i would have liked to be able to give it more

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locoo   Peru. Jun 04 2012 22:12. Posts 4561

I read all your post and I can say the trailer spoiled the movie for me 1000% more, you actually kinda makes me want to see it

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KeyleK_uk   United Kingdom. Jun 06 2012 22:03. Posts 1687


  On June 04 2012 21:12 locoo wrote:
I read all your post and I can say the trailer spoiled the movie for me 1000% more, you actually kinda makes me want to see it



You are 100% right locoo. Some trailers these days are unbelievable...

Do you remember the feeling of going tot he cinema years ago and thinking to yourself "I wanna watch that, I'm gonna watch that one too ~ oh and that one too and that one!!!! (obv you never end up going to see them)"

Now watching the trailers in the cinema is like "wow wont bother going to see that now, or that, or that,"

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longple    Sweden. Jun 07 2012 05:26. Posts 4472

alsio liked it but standard like most movies made for retards who only like many effects with way to many plotlines without any character development

but i still liked it, above avarage


Balzamon   Sweden. Jun 07 2012 10:03. Posts 2868


  On June 07 2012 04:26 longple wrote:
alsio liked it but standard like most movies made for retards who only like many effects with way to many plotlines without any character development

but i still liked it, above avarage



totally agree. I feel like an oldie saying this but there is something with todays movies that make them all so much worse than top movies of 20-40 years ago. I believe it has to do with rising demands from movie companies that the producers HAS to please EVERY customer to increase ticket sales. They cant target a specific group of people and its extremely important that they reach the lower year rating in USA (pg 17 or whatever its called). Its sad, the only real masterpieces of movies made today are outside Hollywood (that has so much money and potential to make good movies).

Also agree with the trailer thing, most movies preshowed today at cinemare are like "meh w/e". Still looking forward to Batman (probably wont be great but decent) and Bilbo this year!

 Last edit: 07/06/2012 10:04

NewbSaibot   United States. Jun 11 2012 10:46. Posts 4943

I agree, the movie was good, in an entertaining sort of way, but not great. Not bad, but not great. I'm tired of the cliche characters they keep putting in these space trek's. Sci-fi movies love to act like space-travel will become so common in the future that any idiot will be on board a ship, so they always have the corny characters; the wise guy, the angry guy, the "seen-it-all" veteran captain guy, etc. Although I will say the "Are you a robot?" line between the captain and Charlize was pretty funny.

I was always under the impression that this movie was floating around in Ridley's head since the first Alien, and they just didnt have the script to put it together. I wholeheartedly do NOT believe this anymore, and that Ridley simply begged for a script to be mashed together and this is the result we got. They did a good job pulling it out of their asses, but this was certainly never part of the original Alien lore. I also really hate how this movie's sole premise was nothing more than to start a new Alien franchise. Climbing on board the ship and blasting off for the alien's homeworld? Cmon. I dont want to see a sequel with a bunch of super sentient beings in hooded capes talking with puny humans about the existence of mankind and the origins of the universe etc. The mystery of the original spacejockey sitting in his funky chair was so creepy by itself, and then re-encountering it again was all I needed.

Anyway I do kinda dig the whole "engineer" concept, and that the aliens became sick of us and decided to start over by wiping us out. Something went wrong and they never completed their mission, then the last survivor in stasis is awoken by the very creatures he was supposed to destroy 2000 years ago, when they were still wielding bows and arrows, and now they have learned to travel the galaxy and even speak his language, and are still just as violent and reprehensible as the creatures they were before their destruction. He immediately goes into action mode to complete his mission, and at the end we see the birth of the modern xenomorph.

bye nowLast edit: 11/06/2012 10:49

palak   United States. Jun 11 2012 11:07. Posts 4601







dont tap the glass...im about ready to take a fucking hammer to the aquariumLast edit: 11/06/2012 11:15

ggplz   Sweden. Feb 06 2013 18:42. Posts 16784


  On June 06 2012 21:03 KeyleK_uk wrote:
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You are 100% right locoo. Some trailers these days are unbelievable...

Do you remember the feeling of going tot he cinema years ago and thinking to yourself "I wanna watch that, I'm gonna watch that one too ~ oh and that one too and that one!!!! (obv you never end up going to see them)"

Now watching the trailers in the cinema is like "wow wont bother going to see that now, or that, or that,"


I refuse to watch trailers unless the move is coming out in like 8+ months.

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