Darkonius's Prometheus Review

In my own review, I will cover certain aspects from the Epic film PROMETHEUS - from the acting to the brilliant plot - and my own personal views on the film. My review does contain spoilers! Therefore, I would advise that you wait to read this until you have seen PROMETHEUS for yourself. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy my take on PROMETHEUS. [u]Overall[/u] Overall, PROMETHEUS is a well-rounded film with many plot twists and turns, which kept me guessing until the final credits roll. The acting was great...no wait it was amazing, the visuals were incredible, the plot was mind blowing and the ending ¡V well....it was ONE OF SHEAR BRILLIANCE. [u]The Beginning[/u] Every great story must have a great beginning and with PROMETHEUS you certainly get just that. With such profound questions as 'Where did we come from? 'What happens when we die?'; 'Why are we here?'; 'Who created us?' It is evident that PROMETHEUS has a lot of expectations to live up to. The premise of PROMETHEUS is that humans were genetically created by an alien race of super-beings called 'Engineers'(They look awesome) These Engineers choose a planet which can sustain life and the Engineers then travel across the universe to it. From there, one Engineer must sacrifice himself by taking a mixture of mysterious looking black fluid/goo which breaks down the Engineer's DNA. From there, the Engineer is destroyed and his DNA is spread to mix with that of the native planet causing a biogenic reaction, from their life is created and evolved to what we have become today. The questions posed in PROMETHEUS do not contradict science or religion as the most profound question is still left unanswered ¡§where did the Engineers come from? This is never explained, and it is implied that we may see a glimpse of that in a sequel to PROMETHEUS, based on how the film left us with such a cliff-hanger. All in all, the film starts off very well, covering all the bases so the audience understands what is going on. We see fantastic footage of various parts of the Earth in its early stages of development. From there, cave paintings are discovered on the Isle of Skye which lead our scientists: Elizabeth Shaw, (played by Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway, (played by Logan Marshall-Green) to the next step in unlocking our greatest mysteries. [u]The Cast and Characters[/u] The cast in my opinion was picked very well. Noomi Rapace (Shaw), Michael Fassbender (David), Charlize Theron (Vickers), Guy Pearce (Weyland), Logan Marshall-Green (Holloway) and Idris Elba (Janek) all gave excellent performances and held substantial roles in the film. The rest of the cast also contributed greatly to the development of the plot. Considering the time frame of the film, the character development was fantastic and left me feeling satisfied with understanding each of their personalities. I should note that by far my 2 favourite cast members was Michael Fassbender, who played DAVID, and Noomi Repace who played SHAW. Fassbenders role was remarkable; shear brilliance, mesmerizing and fantastic. As the android, Fassbender executed every line and every gesture perfectly. David truly is brilliant. Not as 'friendly' as Bishop and not as neutral as 'Ash' - but a great mixture of a sarcastic, insightful, and a little bit sinister, personality. It¡¦s hard to tell whether David is bad or good or simply following orders but I would certainly say he is the one with the most secrets throughout the film - and a manipulative negotiator. There is definitely a lot more to David than what we see in PROMETHEUS! Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron also did a phenomenal job in this film. Noomi's character, Elizabeth Shaw, goes through quite a transformation throughout the film( one of pain and anguish) -- from being the soft spoken, shy scientist, to a take-control, kick-some-ass kind of heroine, very similar to Ripley in a way from ALIENS. Charlize's character, Meredith Vickers, is consistent throughout the film, and does a fantastic job at portraying that cold, dark, corporate suit. At times she reminded me a little of Burke from ALIENS but Vickers had a more dark and sinister bite to her nature. She was excellent. [u]The Plot[/u] The plot of PROMETHEUS was fairly evident from all the trailers that were released - a team goes to an alien world in an attempt to 'Meet our Makers' and, in the process, something goes horribly wrong. I loved the plot - it has a great build up to the pinnacle moments and offers a lot of questions to ponder and discuss long after leaving the cinema. During the film, David activates a kind of holographic recording where we witness a group of Engineers running away from 'something' - we never really find out what.(I have a few theories as to what it could be) We can assume of course, but that question was left unanswered. One interesting thing to note is that at one point, while David is inspecting the hieroglyphs on the wall of the Engineer Temple, we get another nod to ALIEN with David finding some slimy textured substance (EEEEKKK) - much like the 'drool' characteristics we tend to find in every ALIEN film - a result from the salivating alien itself. So - could an alien have gotten loose in the Temple forcing the Engineers to abandon their stations? Or seek refuge until the beast was contained? Hopefully, maybe it might even explain that little mystery in a sequelƒº The introduction of the many different creatures was fair for the most part. I will go into more depth later on in this review, but as a quick sum-up, the black substances leaking from the Urns found in the Ampule Room had many different effects on what it came into contact with. It turned (what looked to be) earthworms into snake-like parasites which very much resembled a Facehugger, minus the long skeletal legs. Unfortunately, you don¡¦t see very much of this alien for the rest of the film - I would have liked to see it spawn some new breed of alien from its host, but I guess that can wait for PROMETHEUS 2. The other affected host of the mysterious black goo or fluid was Fifield who, as we all assume, gets mutated to be this psychotic beast which attacks the crew of the Prometheus. Evidently he's very hard to kill - but not immortal. In a sinister act, David pollutes Holloway's drink with the contents he found in one of the Urns,(OMG didn¡¦t expect that, great twist plot) which he brought back to the Prometheus upon exiting the Engineer Temple. This scene stood out for me as a very pinnacle moment - Is David acting out of 'anger' towards Holloway? Or was it staged? Hmmm the mystery deepens. There wasn't much time from David's discovery of this substance to when he secretly infects Holloway with it, so I am assuming he did not like Holloway from the start and acted rather 'human' in his attempt to contaminate him or he was acting on secret orders from someone we were yet to see. From that point, Holloway and Shaw evidently share a passionate moment, which leads to Shaw becoming infected with a new breed of alien -- a mixture of Holloway's infected genome and Shaw's own. It's important to note that Shaw was unable to have children of her own, so this comes as a very shocking and disturbing surprise to her when David informs her of her situation. The rest of the movie from there was just one big roller coaster ride and I loved every single bit, it was very intense, scary and terrifying just the way I like my em:) [u]The Ending[/u] The ending, for me...well blew my mind. It shows just enough to keep you hungry for more, while reassuring you that all your questions could be answered in a follow-up sequel(Woop woop bring on #2 I say) It would be absurd for Ridley Scott and 20thCentury Fox Studios not to pursue a PROMETHEUS sequel -- considering how they left the PROMETHEUS ending. I won't give away too much of the ending, but it basically ends with Shaw and David leaving in another Engineer vessel to attempt to find out where the Engineers came from.(Shaw¡¦s transmission at the end was shear Brilliance, very well done and it reminded me of Ripley¡¦s transmission from the Nostromo) How David knows this, I'm not sure, as it is not clearly explained. But regardless, it leaves us with an interesting conclusion. One thing can be said though - this is NOT a direct prequel to ALIEN - there is so much more left to discover within this universe before we get to the events of ALIEN, which is what makes this such an outstanding Film! [u]Rating:[/u] 10/10-Bloddy brilliant film, loved loved it, ive seen it now 16 times and Prometheus to me will never lose it's grip, it's a masterpiece of a film and fans everywhere will agree with me that Ridley Scott and Co have done an amazing job:) Bring on PROMETHEUS 2.....woop wopp cant wait to see whats in store.....watch this space