Just saw Prometheus and loved it (SPOILERS)

RSAND

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At the last minute, I decided to see it in Digital 3D instead of 2D and MAN, that was a good move! To those that haven't seen it, don't even bother with 2D. Scott's use of this format is nothing less than spectacular. Here's a few things I would have changed though: I would have liked it to be a bit longer especially when they first met the SJ. The musical score was fine but should have "kicked us in the chest" in key scenes. Not THAT scary enough BUT I honestly think we've become desensitized to shocking scenes and/or I've just read far too much about this film instead of going in "cold." I found the acting spot on especially Fassbender.There was a LOT of HAL and Ash in him making him the total prick he was. I thought the plot was easy to follow and lead us to a potentially thrilling sequel(s). I thought David's "olfactory key" was clever when he first encountered the sticky substance in the hieroglyphs. I liked the fact that these beings are still enigmatic with regards to Humanity. There's a heck of a lot of story to tell there. You really have to pay attention or you can miss a lot. I look forward to seeing this film again. And to those that didn't like it, give it another chance.

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June 14, 2012

and it would be an Easy thing to Imagine many Tips-of-the-hat throughout Prometheus to scifi directors who inspired Mr Scott, but i saw many, to include the flute-riff parallel to Speilberg's Close Enconters of 3rd Kind notal phrasing.

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June 14, 2012

and when is Scott going to make public the extent to which Mr Geiger's artwork inspired his own creativity ? ... or has he already done that while i was sleeping ? ...

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June 14, 2012

i watched Alien when it came out three decades ago and i was elated that Mr Sott broght it back to what i consider true scifi... suspenseful and thought-provoking. i saw it with a friend who agreed that todays pushbutton generation will review the film as not having enough weaponry and demolitions, but it was Exactly what i had hoped for. i see multiple layers of subplots germinating in Prometheus' guts, chrysalis eruptions are due.

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June 14, 2012

ty for your review ! and yes the second time is almost always better !! i just dont agree on the 3d-2d part .... i did find 2D much more relaxing and detailed .

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June 14, 2012

Am I the only person who thought this film was a total load of crap??? Or am I not as intelligent as you lot. Totally disappointed, took ages to get going, thought the abdonimal surgery scene was ridiculous, especially with the amount of running she did and when they crash the ship, run to the side!!!! Perhaps its too easy too love it because if you say you don't, you get villifed and accused of "totally missing the point and I don't know jack as it was totallly awesome dude". I hope he doesn't make a sequel to Blade Runner, that would completely grind my gears.

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June 14, 2012

@RSAND....I felt almost exactly the same after Prometheus.....you just articulated my thoughts better....;) I am only a bit sad about how Vickers died.......i liked her!

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June 14, 2012

@kamikazebingo You obviously were expecting a different movie, and I'm sorry about that. But all the points you brought up are really your opinion. Vickers ran straight because she panicked. Shaw was on amazing drugs after the surgery. Adrenaline can allow for some amazing feats in the heat of the moment. All plot holes can be filled with some logic and thought. Many things (as Inception) are implied. I prefer movies that make me think *shrugs*

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June 14, 2012

and i may be reading Way too much into the crashing of the ship, but if im Ridley Scott, im hoping my CGI animators are going to make the crashing ship behave like a coin rolling over an uneven landscape, wobbling a bit side to side before wobble-rolling to a flat halt. maybe the finished product hadnt come back from the complab and the director was instructing his actresses to flee a left-to-right teetering hoop, where the victims wouldnt have known whether to run this way or that, which wouldve put alot more Guildenstern-and-Rosencrantz into their fates, but now i certainly am reading too much into it. safe to say that on my budget, he definitely made a better film, a classic as i appreciate it. it has been said that "those who cannot Do instead Review", but i have no negativity for what i see as an excellently conceived and perpetuated offspring of the inspiration of Kubric, Hitchcock, Rodenberry, Asimov, Clarke, and the like. i cant be disappointed. i love the genre.

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June 14, 2012

@RSAND I wish you'd explain that "olfactory key" business, because to me it just looked like he encountered some Xenomorph slime, it smelled bad, and he opened the door like he opened all the others. They didn't show the slime again in any other door or compartment he opened. Just one example of my frustration with this movie. Why in God's name would David want Shaw carrying a mutant fetus in stasis when he could better utilize her elsewhere in finding Weyland's cure for mortality? No follow-ups or rational thinking in many, many instances in this movie.

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June 15, 2012

My interpretation of what looked like Xeno Slime on the glyphs with a "scent" was what triggered his understanding of said glyphs. If you look closely at the substance, it wasn't just slime but there were particles (nanites?) suspended in it. When David smelled it, his look was of either astonishment or "oh yeah, I get it." After that he did say something like: "fascinating!" After that, he knew how to open the door and read the glyphs. To me that's a very alien (no pun intended) key to instant knowledge and very cool as the olfactory sense is indeed very powerful in triggering memories. The SJ's just took it a step further. Same thing with the flute. A "tonal key." It looked very strange but isn't that what you'd expect from an alien culture instead of the cliche' we've been bombarded with for decades? Close Encounters? Maybe. But I saw many "homages" throughout the film and that's the way I saw them and what made it far more interesting. I certainly could be wrong but that's what it looked like to me.

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June 16, 2012

@Maiafay What about the fact that the 2 guys were scared shitless and run around in circles then find some slime with a bloody alien worm in it then decide its like a little friendly cat and botanist starts saying ahhhh isn't it cute before having his arm ripped off. Super drugs? Adrenaline? Physically impossible to run like that after having all your stomach muscles lasered opened then stapled. Amazing how they found the place within 5 mins of entering the atmosphere. Why was the archeologist getting in a strop because he thought the aliens were all dead. THEY ONLY ENTERED ONE ROOM!! They had the whole place and the whole moon to investigate. So yeah, maybe I was expecting a different film, i was expecting a half decent one.

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June 17, 2012

Just saw this movie and also loved it. It's almost everything i was expecting to see after watching alien movies (very similar experience). Ridley scott doesn't disappoint. There were however some plot holes and strange character behaviours, just like in the old movies, but for me they dwarfed compared to the overall plot development.