An Ungodly Welcome

In the late 21st century, on a scientific expedition to discover life on other worlds, the future seems to need a new god. It is believed a race of giants created life on Earth and the crew of scientists and mercs are about to embark on a historic mission to meet their maker. Except most of them do not know about the mission until they reach the planet. Umm. Okay. I reminded myself: Prometheus isn't a cheesy B-grade movie. It is directed by Ridley Scott! So I think after watching the film in IMAX 3D, the screenplay is downright horrendous. Damon Lindelof managed only to create tension and awe in the first half but midway, the story gets lost in translation. Plotholes are as big as the size of the squid that Noomi Rapace's character Elizabeth Shaw has to remove by means of a horrifying self-caesarean, characters had to die to for the sake of convenience (Captain Janek and his crew seem all right about killing themselves to save Earth. SERIOUSLY!) and the Michellin man on steroids aka Engineer cum God, after waking up, dazed and confused, decides to give his visitors an ungodly welcome by swatting them around like flies, the screenplay left me a bit disappointed. Thankfully, the sets are amazing- from beautiful landscapes, claustrophobic walls of the [i]alien[/i] temple or cave, whatever you may call it and the interiors of the ominously-named ship, Prometheus dazzles you in spades. Michael Fassbender leaves another sterling performance as the android, David and Noomi Rapace, you know the Swedish star from the original The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, gives a convincing scream albeit a suspicious British slang (maybe because I know she's not English). Not to mention the beautiful Charlize Theron. Cold as ice. Pity they have to kill her off too easily because Noomi had to be alone in the end. 30 years after Alien, Ridley Scott's return to the genre has been long awaited. In a startling new mythology but in the same context of the original Alien, Prometheus posed heavy-handed questions that aimed to leave its audience, pondering about its seemingly puerile or groundbreaking message. Love it or hate it, Ridley Scott had me in chains and will set you on ride that is dangerously beautiful and purposeful. Science fiction is really his forte. Now we have to wait till the sequel. Ugh!