Prometheus

Oh, Prometheus. Being the huge Alien fan that I am, this film in parts made me very happy and also very upset. During the making of this film, director Ridley Scott started out saying that the film was originally intended as a prequel to Alien but then later decided that Prometheus would no longer be a direct prequel but would occur before the events of Alien and take place in the same universe. It's hard to voice a lot of my anger with this film without revealing spoilers so this may be somewhat difficult for me. The first half of the movie follows Scott's changed attitude towards this film, but the second half reflects his earlier attitude despite his change. This is one major aspect of the film that made me upset. So the plot of Prometheus is that scientists discovered clues on Earth that lead to a planet that may hold the secret to the beginning of the human race. Once they arrive there, many alien related mishaps happen and the mission is slowly pushed closer to failure. Michael Fassbender, who played the android, David, was perhaps the best actor in this entire film, despite playing a generally emotionless character, but he made the character interesting. Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, and Noomi Rapace were generally unimpressive, sadly. Actually, to be honest, it seemed that Elba was robbed of his possibility for greatness by being cast in a generally unimportant role. The actual filming and cinematography of the film seemed like an updated form of Alien, as if the original movie had been done this year. The score for Prometheus, however, was very much unlike the aforementioned film mostly due to the direction that Hollywood is taking with its film scores. The original Alien had a very dark and minimalistic soundtrack but Prometheus used a more modern, classical-influenced score. If you ever watch this movie and the original Alien from end to end, you can understand the true anger I felt once the film got closer to the end. It's not a bad film overall, but it seemed hyped way too much for what it ended up being. Ugh...

Bottom Line: Rent It (once it comes out)

Score: 7/10

Year: 2012
Director: Ridley Scott (Alien, Kingdom of Heaven, Blade Runner)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender
Rating: R