Post by neferetus on Jun 8, 2012 19:40:36 GMT -5
Prometheus (2012)
Not the worst Sci-Fi movie I’ve ever seen, but darn near, as Ridley Scott tries and
fails to create something as grippingly scary as Aliens. I did not find anything about it
scary and there were no edge of your seat, or jumping out of your seat moments.
It’s a well-worn plot:
Scientists on earth (portrayed by Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green ) discover
ancient cave paintings all around the world that show extra-terrestrial beings pointing to
a star formation in a distant galaxy. The two join other scientists on the space probe
Prometheus to locate the planet and find out why the aliens were trying to coax earthlings
there in the first place. Prometheus was financed by a wealthy, dying man (Guy Pierce) and
commanded by his daughter (Charlize Theron). Then also there’s the android character
(Michael Fassbender) who’s loyalties you can’t quite figure out.
The journey to the planet is shades of 2001, A Space Odyssey as everyone is frozen for two
years before being thawed on arrival. The team of scientists set out to explore a cave on
the planet and discover that, hey, there’s oxygen in the cave. Let’s all take off our helmets
and then breathe deep. They discover that the inhabitants of the planet have all been killed
and decide to bring one of the heads back to dissect. Good going on both counts. (The android,
meanwhile opens one of the cylinders the scientists have also discovered there and takes a
little hatchling of SOMEthing back with him. )A big dust storm arises and everyone has to
hurry back to the ship. Two scientists (they might as well be Star Trek Red Shirts) are left
behind in the cave and decide to go exploring. They go to the alien incubation room and
have a closer look at the cylinders that have now begun to ooze. Little serpent-like creatures
come out and, instead of screaming off into the night, one of the scientists instead says something
to the effect of ,”Cute little fella. Come on. I won’t hurt you.” You know what happens after that.
I don’t need to tell you. This first encounter with the aliens comes about one hour, fifteen minutes
into the film. Prior to that, it was hard just trying to keep awake for all the non-suspense.
Anyway, people aboard the Prometheus start to become infected and have to be killed of, or
else get killed off. (And, nice as the android appears, he slips one of the stars an alien mickey
with the expected effect.) The heroine (Rapace) finds she’s pregnant with one of the creatures
and has to…no, I won’t tell you.
Anyhow, after all this murder and mayhem. (Not much really, for a Ridley Scott picture), the
scientists, being scientists still want to go back into the cave and discover the source of life.
(Seems the planet’s inhabitants have the same DNA makeup as humans, even thought they
look rather like the creatures from Avatar.) The one surviving inhabitant they discover and
try to communicate with ends up trying to kill them all and then take a ship-ful of alien cylinders
back to earth to destroy it. Why? I don’t know. You’ll just have to see Prometheus for yourself
and then try and make heads, or tails of it. I gave up half-way through.
The 3D effects were almost non-existent. If you are going to be a sucker and watch this film… I
mean if you are going to see this film, save yourself a couple of bucks and opt for the non-3D version.
Not the worst Sci-Fi movie I’ve ever seen, but darn near, as Ridley Scott tries and
fails to create something as grippingly scary as Aliens. I did not find anything about it
scary and there were no edge of your seat, or jumping out of your seat moments.
It’s a well-worn plot:
Scientists on earth (portrayed by Noomi Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green ) discover
ancient cave paintings all around the world that show extra-terrestrial beings pointing to
a star formation in a distant galaxy. The two join other scientists on the space probe
Prometheus to locate the planet and find out why the aliens were trying to coax earthlings
there in the first place. Prometheus was financed by a wealthy, dying man (Guy Pierce) and
commanded by his daughter (Charlize Theron). Then also there’s the android character
(Michael Fassbender) who’s loyalties you can’t quite figure out.
The journey to the planet is shades of 2001, A Space Odyssey as everyone is frozen for two
years before being thawed on arrival. The team of scientists set out to explore a cave on
the planet and discover that, hey, there’s oxygen in the cave. Let’s all take off our helmets
and then breathe deep. They discover that the inhabitants of the planet have all been killed
and decide to bring one of the heads back to dissect. Good going on both counts. (The android,
meanwhile opens one of the cylinders the scientists have also discovered there and takes a
little hatchling of SOMEthing back with him. )A big dust storm arises and everyone has to
hurry back to the ship. Two scientists (they might as well be Star Trek Red Shirts) are left
behind in the cave and decide to go exploring. They go to the alien incubation room and
have a closer look at the cylinders that have now begun to ooze. Little serpent-like creatures
come out and, instead of screaming off into the night, one of the scientists instead says something
to the effect of ,”Cute little fella. Come on. I won’t hurt you.” You know what happens after that.
I don’t need to tell you. This first encounter with the aliens comes about one hour, fifteen minutes
into the film. Prior to that, it was hard just trying to keep awake for all the non-suspense.
Anyway, people aboard the Prometheus start to become infected and have to be killed of, or
else get killed off. (And, nice as the android appears, he slips one of the stars an alien mickey
with the expected effect.) The heroine (Rapace) finds she’s pregnant with one of the creatures
and has to…no, I won’t tell you.
Anyhow, after all this murder and mayhem. (Not much really, for a Ridley Scott picture), the
scientists, being scientists still want to go back into the cave and discover the source of life.
(Seems the planet’s inhabitants have the same DNA makeup as humans, even thought they
look rather like the creatures from Avatar.) The one surviving inhabitant they discover and
try to communicate with ends up trying to kill them all and then take a ship-ful of alien cylinders
back to earth to destroy it. Why? I don’t know. You’ll just have to see Prometheus for yourself
and then try and make heads, or tails of it. I gave up half-way through.
The 3D effects were almost non-existent. If you are going to be a sucker and watch this film… I
mean if you are going to see this film, save yourself a couple of bucks and opt for the non-3D version.