Anyone interested in Prometheus?

[child_of_God85]

Dirty Harry might not be the best example. She doesn’t go vigilante on anyone. She just becomes tougher. One thing I found interesting was that there was hardly any bad language in this movie. Also no graphic sex. A nice change for an R rated movie.

 

[Midwest88]

I’ve seen more images and refuse to read more until I see this movie - I’m in no rush. Once again, it just strikes me as disjointed, even after seeing a few more images from it.

Peace,
Ed

The writing is rather sloppy in the third act and most of the defenders say “well it’s a sci-fi piece so what happened is entirely plausible” to “it’s a thinking man’s game.” Excuses, excuses.

 

[colliric]

The writing is rather sloppy in the third act and most of the defenders say “well it’s a sci-fi piece so what happened is entirely plausible” to “it’s a thinking man’s game.” Excuses, excuses.

I didn’t think so, in particular during the finale which I thought was great.

I did think the film shouldn’t have made the link to Alien as vague as it was in the end. It should have finished specifically with the Jockey in the chair and the revelation the Moon was clearly LV-426. Frankly I was hopeful Ridley would end it with the classic “silent” beginning of Alien, which would have been better.

The last scene should have been the jockey making it back to the navigation chair and THEN have what we saw occur, rather than leave a pretty fair plot hole where fans of Alien are suddenly required to believe he made it back to the chair somehow.

Although the film pretty much does reveal it’s LV-426(During the climax obviously, and also in the scene where Weyland reveals himself, which suggests the ship was delibratly diverted by David and the crew weren’t told about it), it’s also so vague that you’ll blink and miss it.

 

[_Abyssinia]

Andrew Klaven has an interesting review on Prometheus:

Prometheus and God

I saw Prometheus the other day and agreed with most of the viewers’ comments I’ve seen: amazing to look at, too diffusely plotted to really smoke, but includes one scene of sci-fi horror bound for the sci-fi horror Hall of Fame beyond a doubt.

But what anyone paying any attention to the dialogue will notice, is that the entire film is essentially a meditation on the presence of God and the efficacy and humanity of faith (specifically in Jesus Christ) as opposed to the destructive dead end of scientism, materialism and their underlying nihilism.

These are rich themes for science fiction or any fiction. They bring drama to art because, whether you believe in God or not, French guy Blaise Pascal was right about people having a God-shaped hole inside them (though, okay, he didn’t put it that way exactly). And Leo Tolstoy, in his extremely cool book What is Art?, points out that when the elite lose their faith in God, the arts have nothing left to talk about but ennui and sex — which sounds pretty much like the **** we’ve been watching on screen for a lot of the last forty years.

So the yearning for Christ deepens the motivations and vivifies the scientific curiosity of Prometheus‘s heroine scientist Elizabeth Shaw, played wonderfully by Noomi Rapace. (She’s the Swedish lady from the original Dragon Tattoo movies and makes herself an American star here, I think.) And her ongoing religious clash with Michael Fassbender’s witty and sinister robot, cold at heart and envious of humanity, provides the soul beneath all the big metallic special effects and gives some purpose to the squishy monsters bursting in and out of various people’s various orifices.

I did wish the picture could have gone just a little deeper. It didn’t need any more dialogue or exposition, just something a little more concise. Shaw justifies her faith by repeating her father’s phrase — something like, “This is what I choose to believe,” as if theism were based on a sort of feel-good whim. Surely as thoughtful an artist as Ridley Scott can come up with something a little deeper than that. I’m not expecting the action to stop for a theological disquisition but look, while both faith and atheism require a leap of faith at the end, both are based on a series of reasoned steps. In faith, trust in the moral instincts of humanity leads us to conclude we were created purposely for love in the image of transcendent love. In atheism, you get a job as a mainstream journalist and conclude no one could possibly be smarter than you… or something. It’s all too deep for me.

Anyway, it was nice to go to a big, gooey summer picture and have something to marvel at other than the SFX. I’ve seen two of the summer’s big pictures so far — this and The Avengers — and both engaged with issues and expressed points of view normally repellent to the shallow leftists who’ve dominated the entertainment industry far too long.

Is this a good sign for our culture? I would say yes, for sure. And more to come.

pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/2012/06/12/prometheus-and-god

 

[Midwest88]

Interesting viewpoint from an acquaintance:

Choosing to believe we are the creation of a higher being does not elevate our importance, nor does it endow our lives with greater purpose – as religious leaders would have us believe. Such belief can only reduce us to the status of a culture in a petri dish. If we were created by an Engineer with a purpose, that purpose is for the benefit and pleasure of someone else; our lives are not our own.

Andrew Klaven has an interesting review on Prometheus:

Prometheus and God

I guess the second comment on there is rather irritated that Narnia was “Christian propaganda.”

 

[GWright]

I saw Prometheus recenltly and was not too impressed with it.

I found it exceptionally bland and, dare I say, rather pointless.

It had neither the chilling suspense of Alien, nor the fast paced action of Aliens.

Most of the characters were pointless fluff who had no great significance. I was especially disappointed by the Charlize Theron / Idris Elba characters, as those are actors I like.

I didnt think the story/point was especially clear either (I assume one existed?).

The only bit which was moderately clear was the faith of one character vs revelations about human origins (in the film universe, not reality). I did not think that was a very worthwhile, rewarding or interesting angle, given it was not developed or explored. I very much think the religious angle was tossed in deliberately to attract people, (given the popularity of religious vs secular debate these days).

Equally, I don’t really see any connection between the films content and the name “Prometheus”, other than the producers trying to court / suggest religious controversy.

I found much of the film unconvincing, in terms of how characters acted at certain times (even allowing for the fact it was a sci-fi film).

I found much of the film bizarre, scenes often left me wondering “what is going on here?”.

Some of the cinematography was good.

I enjoyed the special effects.

Verdict: disappointing / vague / boring. With such a cast and the Alien universe, they could have done so much better. I felt like a kid with a massive wrapped present, and when I have torn off the wrapping paper and opened the box…theres nothing actually in it.

I would not bother to watch it again.

Its nowhere near as bad as the cringeworthy Alien v Predator movies, but every bit as disappointing / unsatisfying.

 

[edwest2]

Thank you. Although I’ve generally enjoyed science-fiction in films before 1979, I think I’ll pass on this one. Even the strange 2001 was good.

It’s a crying shame that the otherwise brilliant Terminator 2 was filled with so much profanity. But Hollywood is the place that teaches us “there’s no such thing as bad language.” They are 100% wrong about that.

Peace,
Ed

 

[7_Sorrows]

i hadn’t been to a movie in 6 months and i had just gotten paid that thursday so i stayed up and went to the midnight showing.
i liked the first 2 Alien movies and so i was looking forward to this one. i wouldn’t give it an A, but the special effects were great. i did not care for the actress who played Shaw,
the actor playing David was really good i thought. i felt the character of the old man could have been left out and some things were a little unbelievable. how someone could run around like that after abdominal surgery!!! i don’t think so.
i would give the movie a B and as late as it was, i didn’t fall asleep. i was able to stay awake through the entire movie until it let out after 2:30 am.

so i was not 100% satisfied, but i was entertained. just wish the popcorn would have tasted fresher.

 

[Luvz2travel]

I saw Prometheus recenltly and was not too impressed with it.

I found it exceptionally bland and, dare I say, rather pointless.

It had neither the chilling suspense of Alien, nor the fast paced action of Aliens.

Most of the characters were pointless fluff who had no great significance. I was especially disappointed by the Charlize Theron / Idris Elba characters, as those are actors I like.

I didnt think the story/point was especially clear either (I assume one existed?).

The only bit which was moderately clear was the faith of one character vs revelations about human origins (in the film universe, not reality). I did not think that was a very worthwhile, rewarding or interesting angle, given it was not developed or explored. I very much think the religious angle was tossed in deliberately to attract people, (given the popularity of religious vs secular debate these days).

Equally, I don’t really see any connection between the films content and the name “Prometheus”, other than the producers trying to court / suggest religious controversy.

I found much of the film unconvincing, in terms of how characters acted at certain times (even allowing for the fact it was a sci-fi film).

I found much of the film bizarre, scenes often left me wondering “what is going on here?”.

Some of the cinematography was good.

I enjoyed the special effects.

Verdict: disappointing / vague / boring. With such a cast and the Alien universe, they could have done so much better. I felt like a kid with a massive wrapped present, and when I have torn off the wrapping paper and opened the box…theres nothing actually in it.

I would not bother to watch it again.

Its nowhere near as bad as the cringeworthy Alien v Predator movies, but every bit as disappointing / unsatisfying.

I’m a fan of the some of the Alien films…Alien, Aliens, Aliens VS Predator, not this film it was quite disappointing. Very bland. The special effects were ok but there was nothing new that I haven’t seen in a million other scifi movies. I did like that they kept the look of the original interiors of the ship in the begining but that wasn’t enough to keep me interested. The Engineer Aliens were jerks, the Robot was pointless and totally without any real purpose the original Robot at least has some personally though it was evil, I found myself longing for the ending in the middle of the movie. I still have high hopes for Spiderman and still think The Hunger Games is the best movie of the year so far.

 

[Luvz2travel]

If you’re looking for a good scifi Aliens type of movie try Pitch Black I think it’s one of the best since the original Alien. You can pass on the Riddick Sequels though those were terrible. Also though not scifi Pathfinder is a good adventure movie too…Vikings come to America …love that one.