Prometheus (Post-release)

I AM SO STOKED FOR THIS! And as Vivek has already said, if you're going to post spoilers, PLEASE use the spoiler tags! I'm planning on seeing this Saturday night with some friends, my expectations are incredibly high, but I'm confident SRS and his crew will deliver. Can't wait!

Well, the news isn't at all good for true Alien fans. Just read the Empire review and was VERY surprised by the average 3 stars they gave it after their considerable build up and support for the film. Go read it if you want though there are a few spoilers, but if you've been following this thread for months or watching all the trailers since Feb there are no shocks.
Reading between the lines in the reviews and there are a few in now that are english speaking (not translations) it seems to boil down to these points:

On the positive side it is a stunningly well designed film and the art and effects work are beyond question magnificent. Coupled with the effective use of 3D this makes it one of the most immersive and convincing sci fi films ever released that literally take you to another world. Everyone agrees on those points, it looks superb and Sir Ridley did a brilliant job of shooting it.
There are scenes of horrible mayhem , monsters and stomach churning events in it EVENTUALLY, and they are pretty graphic.
The acting honours seem to go to Fassbender for his android David, everyone is taken with his charcter and performance and his star is definitely rising.Rapace is well regarded in her role but with the inevitable comparissons to Ripley she's coming in second best, but then she IS up against a role changing icon of the genre so thats no surprise. At worse she holds her own.

And the negatives? They really seem to depend on how much of an Alien fan you are. Prometheus suffers mightily when compared to its predecessor (or is that progenitor?) and just how well the critic concerned knows and respects that film. For a new generation well used to MAINSTREAM big budget 3D films the feeling is they will not find too much to complain about, it is entertaining and VERY horrible in places.
However the main point that most agree on is that very,very few are buying into the "Chariots of the Gods" premise ( No chestbuster of a surprise there then, those theories were old and ancient when I was a boy!! ) and the story and script suffer badly because of it.So little is eventually explained and so unevenly that far tooooo much is left open ended (thank you ,Mr Lind-LOST, stick to writing for TV in the future please), the obvious feeling generated is that this prequel is all about a sequel!
For the die hards out there, of which I am most definitely one, most seem to feel this is NOT an Alien film at all ,more a big bucks reboot of the ideas cut from the original classic and thus taken in a VERY different style and direction well away from the original . Sir Ridley WAS NOT kidding at all when he said the beast is dead and predictably alot of us are not going to like that.
Seeing it tomorrow. Downgraded expectations to C+.

aeonpulse said:

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And as Vivek has already said, if you're going to post spoilers, PLEASE use the spoiler tags!

No need to use spoiler tags, the marketing campaign already has spoiled almost every aspect of the film it was supposed to sell us.



Fred

I'm seeing it tomorrow but I have the awful feeling a great deal is going to be left unexplained with a shed-load of continuity gaps and timeline issues. I guess I'll just have to enjoy it as it is.

Got 4 out of 5 and 3 out of 5 in two of Swedens biggest newspapers.

Blade Runner got horrible reviews when it was released.

Maybe there is more to Prometheus than just what you can get from one viewing.

Still at 89% on rottentomatoes.

perhaps sit through the latest Alien V Predator before going to the theatre?

rodneyfaile said:

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Blade Runner got horrible reviews when it was released.

Good point. Blade Runner is one of my all-time favorites, totally tanked in theaters.

modelcitizen said:

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perhaps sit through the latest Alien V Predator before going to the theatre?

Errrr, absolutely not. Actually, you'd be better off just never watching that movie. Ever.

I can't but feel a little empty post Prometheus. At least filled with questions. But go figur, I felt like that post Lost... (note to self, don't see anything touched by Lindelof)

It was visually great no doubt there. I really liked the Iceland scenery (am icelandic)

Errrr, absolutely not. Actually, you'd be better off just never watching that movie. Ever.[/QUOTE]

exactly. i meant to get some perspective on promethius's quality.

I cant say that I care to much about reviews. Many of my fav films and games got bad reviews. Other times I cant stand films even if they had great reviews.

I read that there will be Prometheus 2... If thats true, then hopefully some of my questions will be answered there.

Maybe it needs a happy ending pasted in, and a speaker voice telling us what goes on, and then after a while ppl gets it and SRS can release a Directors Cut?

NAZGÛL said:

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I cant say that I care to much about reviews. Many of my fav films and games got bad reviews. Other times I cant stand films even if they had great reviews.

I don't care for reviews either. I have my own oppinion on things. This time, however, I agree with many of the reviews.

modelcitizen said:

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exactly. i meant to get some perspective on promethius's quality.

Ooohhhhhhhhhh. Hah!

There was plenty of perspective (saw it in 3D) I don't know about quality though.

Somebody tell me something good!!!

Just got back (2.48 AM)

Absolutely loved it!

Didn't care for the 3D much, otherwise, apart from the somewhat pat 'sequel' ending and the predictable Weyland subplot, it was pretty much everything I was hoping for, from design, through acting, effects and story.

I guess your mileage will vary, depending on your preconceptions of whether there should be an Alien prequel, and the 'divergences' from the source material.

I guess the 'chariots of the gods' stuff will bother some folk, I'm not one of them. Hope to go again this weekend, if I can find it in 2D.

as i mentioned in the other thread i would give it six out of ten. if your expecting greatness you won't be happy.

I'd go 8.

Way beyond all the crap of the last couple of years.

I've seen it, just got home. I dont know how to add spoiler tags to wont add spoilers.

1st thing, for me was my first film at an Imax, I hate 3D but this was something special and then some, it blew me away and is def one of the best CInema experiences you could have. By half way through I had forgot it was in 3D, normally by this point I want to pull my eyes out or cry....GO SEE IT AT AN IMAX

The Film

Honest opinion, lower your expectations a bit, when the film started a sold out audience of Scifi and Alien and Movie lovers gave a cheer and big appreciation for what we where about to see, when it ended 5 or so people started to clap but it didn't catch on and died down pretty quick.
This doesn't mean its crap cos its not but I and a lot of the audience kinda felt a bit Hmmmmm....Hmmmmmmm...Hm

The worst mistake you can do is watch all the viral, trailers and spoilers as its been mentioned before they are almost all big plot sequences and theres not much else to it aside from how they connect and why.

IT could've been a lot better, I thought but at the same time I didn't blink for 2 hours and loved every bit of it. I had spoiled for my self though. It def lacked tension towards the end but the build up to the the end has plenty of things that make you want to know more.

I didn't care about anyone in the film aside form David, Fastbender's movie through and through.

The creatures's ?????? Did I miss something, the alleged 4 stages of the final thingy WHERE????

The tie in to Alien/DNA part....Hmmmmmmm not needed or should've been done better???? A lot better?

It doesn't need to be connected to Alien, it really doesn't.

There's def some Blimp nods in there from Blade Runner if you look closely

All in all its the Avengers summer so far, Prometheus is a great film but just doesn't grab you by the B alls. It lacks Event Horizon Darkness and the tension of Alien.

We have been spun a lot of yarns in the promo and hype for this film.

Summary:
Make the effort to go see it in an Imax and yes see it in 3D
If your a spoiler addict then thats exactly what you've done, and screw Fox for putting so much in the trailers, my mate said " the Trailer was better than the film" I kinda know what he meant by that.

Roll on TDKR