What a spectacular film. Yes it’s very familiar for the most part and yes it’s somewhat predictable in areas. This movie is a high quality effort in so many areas.
The Nostromo, Ellen Ripley and Ash have been replaced with Prometheus, Elisabeth Shaw and David. The female actress playing Shaw does a good job, but she’s no Sigourney Weaver. That being written, her character (Shaw) goes through a lot in this film and endures much more than Ripley did in the ‘Alien’ movie. Michael Fassbender excels in this movie and steals in, in my opinion. His ‘David’, like many other sci-fi humanoid robots, endeavors to be human. Much like ST:TNG’s Data. Fassbender show me what it would have been like if “they” had cast Patrick Stewart as Data instead of Brent Spiner. Charlize Theron adds weight to the characters as a supporting actress in my opinion. The Watchmen’s Patrick Wilson plays Elisabeth Shaw’s religious father.
Sorry for the tangent.
As with Alien, Prometheus is as much horror as it is science fiction, which is a compliment. Not your usual sci-fi horror that’s been released over the years. Most of these fail. Prometheus does have it’s faults. Among them are minor plot issues, and those annoying philosophical discussions about the beginning of mankind and humanity. I can see how it can be argued that Prometheus isn’t all that original when compared to ‘Alien’. I think there’s enough difference that makes this movie stand on it’s on.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will no doubt take notice of the film’s special effects. To me, one of the best quality special effects I’ve seen in a very long time- absolutely brilliant. The 3-D version may actually be worth the extra cost of your movie ticket. There will be (are) negative reviews about this film. I think it’s one of those great summer movies you HAVE to see in a theater.
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