Movie Critics Thread

[gantz]

Gentlemen & a Scholar, thanks Hursty!!

at how bad the movie really is!

[Hursticon]

Gentlemen & a Scholar, thanks Hursty!!

at how bad the movie really is!

No probs at all dude, just wait until you actually sit down & watch the whole thing through!

[Doubledealer]

Anyone seen Prometheus yet? I was really looking forward to this one and I came away quite disappointed. I seriously didn't like the direction they took with the (briefly masterful) Alien series.

I can't really go into it without entering spoiler territory but rather than focus on the good stuff, I felt we got a cringe-worthy story about the origins of mankind with the Alien universe seemingly tacked on. Seriously, why did they have to even bring the Alien universe into it? It could have been a movie that stood on its own legs ala Event Horizon, Sunshine or District 9 but no! As is, the whole concept feels incredibly forced and things I adored about the first couple of films (especially the Alien pilot, one of my favourite HR Giger pieces) now feel somewhat cheapened.

I think the biggest problem is definitely with the script though. The movie could have actually been quite amazing. For starters, did anyone give a damn about any of the characters bar David? Personally I couldn't wait for them to all perish! Aside from the totally undeveloped, cannon-fodder generics (one is particularly laughable and made me think of Benjamin Button), the amount of things that go unexplained, the stupid things the characters do, the totally unrealistic things that happen (the best scene in the movie is also the most laughable), the cliche scares with zero suspense...It's so frustrating!!

There were a number of viral videos which were really quite amazing and setup the story quite well. None of these were featured in the film which is fair enough (I suppose?) but for those that hadn't seen them, the film will lack even more coherence. Why didn't they at least put the freakin' Weyland speech in there??

When it comes down to it, Prometheus is a Jurassic Park ripoff with the dinosaurs replaced by the Borg from Star Trek. If that floats your boat then you'll no doubt love it.

[Bartrim]

Gentlemen & a Scholar, thanks Hursty!!

at how bad the movie really is!

There is not an emoticon that can justify how poor this movie is... and it's getting a sequel

No probs at all dude, just wait until you actually sit down & watch the whole thing through!

Yeah it's not just the special effects the acting is some of the worst I have ever seen. My year 10 high school production had better acting. I played Benvolio... I still think we should of sued Baz Luhrmann as we did a modern adaption a 2years before his movie came out. He totally stole a copy of video made and copied it... I swear.

[Golden Phoenix]

Went and saw Prometheus. I really liked the film. It is a "F**k You" movie though.

To sum it up (No spoilers) it is pretty much:
- These are some people.
- This is what they want to do.
- This is where they go.
- This is what happens.
- This is the end.
Don't like the ending? Well F**k you.
Wanted a happier ending? Well F**k you.
Wanted more or less closure? F**k you.

It leaves you sort of thinking what was the point of it all. But the point really ends up being that life is harsh, bad things do happen. But it really comes down to what you make of it all.

[Slag]

Just watched Prometheus. i've been looking forward to this movie for a while now. Anyone who is familiar with H.R. Giger's work will instantly recognize some more of his artworks brought to life.
I was under the impression this was meant to be the alien prequel . The way i see it is, its a pre prequel or a pre pre prequel.. looking forward to another or 2 to tie it all together.......hopefully

i still rate it. 5 stars. item arrived exactly as described!. *****

or 9.5. but i'm most likely biased

[gamblor916]

Just saw Prometheus and I thought it was interesting. I would probably watch it again only if I could listen to Ridley Scott's commentary in explaining what the hell was going on.