The review train is moving and Brandon is back to talk about the Alien "prequel" known as Prometheus. Just to make sure you all understand I don't count this as any prequel, it has little to nothing to do with the original film besides the fact they just put the names of the things they mention in the original film. Anyways enough of the pre-ramble review lets jump in this black goo and see what happens. Prometheus suffers from something that a lot of prequel stories suffer from; trying to reference the original film too often. This movie is a bit more subtle with it than say the Star Wars prequels were but it still gets to the point to where it gets a little annoying. An example of what I am talking about is the whole android being all homicidal for NO REASON except the fact the one in the original was. I won't say what he does but it is very left field and never explained. In this movie the plot is about these group of scientist finding our creator, which was apparently a group of white as fuck aliens. This movie could've been our new hit that everyone would be clamoring for more but I think the biggest issue they face is lack of explanation. They don't explain why David turns evil, or what the black goo really is, or the ending scene which just makes everyone scratch their head and think "but why?". A lot of the characters in this movie are like in most horror sci-fi movies they are just there to be killed off. The main character Elizabeth Shaw (who resembles Sigourney Weaver) is rather bland and I have a hard time connecting with her. I do feel sorry for this character halfway through the second act of the film, but that's only because of the circumstances she is put through. If they just explained more and made a choice between being a spiritual prequel and being a straight up prequel this plot would've been a masterpiece instead of just a good story. Ridley Scott comes back to direct this movie and he does a great job with what he does. I don't blame him for the script issues I blame the two writers for that. Ridley does this amazing thing where he makes the planet barren and seem so foreign that it seems creepy and ominous before anything bad even happens. It is also to this day one of the most beautiful movies I've seen in a long time. He also brings the gore in this movie ten fold to the point to where even someone who is desensitised to movie violence like me would cringe. The creature choice while not explained looks very creepy and damn near real. The acting is done by some very decent actors I'll name the ones that stuck out otherwise we will be here all day. Noomi Rapace she is our new female damsel turned badass in this movie. Noomi has been in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series (non-American remake) and this is her first big American movie role. She didn't blow my socks off in any fashion but she got the point across. Michael Fassbender is David who is a android. He knocks it out of the park with this role. I honestly could see an entire movie from his point of view, I just wish they dug into his character more just to explain his actions a bit better. Last actor I will mention is Charlize Theron who is Meredith Vickers. She plays cold hearted bitch so well that you just want to hate fuck her. (Yeah she is hot give me a break) The rest of the acting cast is great like Idris Elba and Guy Pearce they fill their roles nice. At the end this movie is still a fun movie with an actual sequel in pre-production. I had a fun time watching just think they could've cleared some things up is all. I don't completely understand the hate to this movie but I do see its flaws. I give this a 3.5/5 it is a fun movie to check out. You can find it dirt cheap so I'd say buy it on blu ray for the amazing visuals. Until next time you face huggers.
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