English Prometheus reviews have started coming out. The majority of reviews so far are positive, scoring around 3-4/5. It currently is 79% Fresh on RottonTomatoes. They praise the effects, sets and action. They seem to love Noomi Rapace’s and Michael Fassbender’s performances. Keep up to date with all the reviews flowing out by checking this thread in the forum. I’ll try and keep this news post up to date as and when they come out.
- The Hollywood Reporter
- Variety
- ScreenDaily
- The Telegraph (4/5)
- The Guardian (3/5)
- The Sun
- Total Film (4/5)
- DigitalSpy (3/5)
- Radio Times
- Empire (3/5)
- IGN (7/10)
- DenOfGeek (2/5)
- AvPGalaxy (3.5/5)
- Bloody-Disgusting (4/5)
- ComingSoon.net (7/10)
- JoBlo’s (8/10)
If I were being critical, I'd say that the pace of the final section is hindered by the fact they go back to the temple/juggernaut for a 3rd time. There is no way you can change that with an edit. It's a script thing... IMHO - they should have worked it so they only go to the temple/juggernaut on 2 occasions... and it would have felt less back and fourth...
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/06/_one_of_my_creationist.html
Thought this was an interesting read/review
Doesn't surprise me.
Wow aliens got 100%
Here is a comparison table showing the tomatometer of few scifi and fantasy movies which came to my mind sorted in descendant order:
Source: rottentomatoes
I was just a reader.
I disagree with him about Inception.. but to each his own.
so true what he wrote about Red Letter Media and Star Wars...
The current position is:
Audience
Liked it: 74%
Rating: 3.7/5
Users: 102,951
Completely agree...
"I can't stop thinking about Prometheus, and it's been 5 days"
This is EXACTLY me. Movies I've not liked at all I don't think about past exiting the theater. Movies that I've enjoyed (Snow White and the Huntsman, Avengers, Inception, etc...) I don't think about that often....but Prometheus...I cannot stop processing what I saw, what it meant, the larger questions it touches on, the nature of David, etc...
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8020546/prometheus-ridley-scott-blockbuster-alien-franchise
I'm impressed that this movie is doing very good.
Critics
Tomatometer: 74%
Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews: 211 (156 fresh / 55 rotten)
Audience
Liked it: 75%
Rating: 3.8/5
Users: 80,362
IMDb numbers
Rating: 7.8/10 from 40,890 users
that is a very interesting thought
I think that particular answer, albeit in a subtle way, can be found within the movie itself (specifically the conversation between David and Holloway round the pool table). If we created androids/robots, what would it take for us to want to wipe them out? Them challenging our authority? Them defying our authority or even violently resisting our commands and/or authority? I don't think it would take much... based on Holloway's, Vicker's (and probably Weyland's) treatment of David as something inferior.
I personally think they were simply planning to come back and reap the crop of their terraforming, harvesting the species once it grew enough - as Scott said, gardening in space. But that's an open question for now. It's also another great parallel to Aliens, and Weyland-Yutani's future terraforming efforts. And Prometheus is full of parallels/mirroring.
Anyway....I'm seeing the film again on Monday to perhaps help round out or flesh out my opinion of it. It resonated deeply with me if only because of some of the grand questions that it asked. The most interesting question I pondered upon leaving the film was 'why would god create something, and then feel like said creation needed to be destroyed? That doesn't sound like a perfect and infallible god to me. Why would a god even make something imperfect? Why would a god feel the need to create anything?
Yeah going by fanboy reviews are some the worst reviews out there. It better to read from critics then what fanboys have to say. Critics enjoy X-Men: First Class while several fans hated it.
Seriously, Alien had one of the most anal fandoms way before this movie came out.
ChrisPachi looks like it's more fans mixed about the movie then critics.
IMHO.
http://www.worstpreviews.com/review.php?id=1741§ion=review
Good for Roeper. It's taken me 4 viewings, but I'm beginning to feel his love for the film
Fox has probably made Bluray.com take down their review unless they had to do a server rollback. Not sure what their reasons are...they cant use C&D for reviews unless they mention deleted scenes and DC for the bluray.
You remember what they were saying?...those peeps are usually spot on.
Im wondering if Fox plan is to triple dip. Release this watered down version in theaters......release an extended cut on disc, rerelease the 'DC" in theaters.....release that on disc..wait a while...then release an unrated version on disc.
Anyway:
io9 review http://io9.com/5916778/the-best-part-of-prometheus-isnt-the-aliens Positive but points out the flaws.
and Richard Roeper's review http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/prometheus.aspx Positive, almost gushing with love.
Critics
Tomatometer: 74%
Rating: 7/10
Reviews: 115 (114 fresh / 41 rotten)
Audience
Liked it: 87%
Rating: 4.3/5
Users: 37,871
http://www.blu-ray.com/Prometheus/63701/?show=preview
Prometheus' philosophy was too profound for AICN's Capone in one sitting. You need two, mortals:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56297
http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/p/12_prometheus.htm
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/dustin-putman/
Ah, yes, I actually wondered about that, though.