Review: Prometheus

Posted: June 22, 2012 in Review
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The film poster for Prometheus. It’s huge in this post for a reason.

OH MY GOD! I FINALLY SAW IT! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Ok, spazz-out done. Let’s get down to it without giving away any plot points or whatever. Wow. What a movie. I was put into suspense, I got scared a few times, and I couldn’t stop putting my hands on my face at every scary or gruesome part. Yeah, I liked it. It was so much fun learning about the origins of the Xenomorphs and seeing their evolution from simple to close to what Sigourney Weaver fought in 1970. The characters have been criticized by other critics as being “too two dimensional” but I felt they were real enough, especially considering that it’s a slasher film with sci-fi bio-warfare as the killer. And I was left with more questions than when I came in, so I guess that means there’s going to be a sequel! In fact, I’ll be disappointed if there isn’t.

My one qualm is that the beginning might move a little too fast and be a little more confusing if you can’t adjust too quickly, but it becomes easy to follow after that.

I give this movie a 4.3 out of 5, for showing me the evolution of the Xenomorphs and for scaring the crap out of me at some points.

Comments
  1. jmungar's avatar jmungar says:

    Aliens came out in 1979, not 1970. I remember that because I was in Israel and got a letter from Aunt Michele who saw it and said “Yuck!” Therefore I have never seen any of the movies in this series.

    • oops, sorry about that. i meant to write 1979 but must’ve hit the wrong key.
      anyway, you should at least see alien, at least to understand what the big deal is.

      • jmungar's avatar jmungar says:

        You presume I have an interest in the movies or this genre, which I don’t. Saw the preview for Prometheus and decided not interested. But glad you enjoyed.

      • alright. but if a monster bursts out of somebody’s chest and starts attacking people, don’t come crying to me for help. By the way, that’s a joke.

  2. Yeaaaah! It was the shit wasn’t it? Only thing I noticed was, where was the Space Jockey who was sitting in the seat and had his chest busted? That was a key part in the original.

    • like i said: sequel. after all, we know the creature that came out of the engineer was probably a forerunner to the xenomorph we’re familiar with. perhaps the gap will be bridged between prometheus and alien in a sequel.

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