Quote from: Ash 937 on Sep 17, 2017, 05:30:15 AMOne of the beautiful thijngs about Prometheus is that it even makes sense s a sequel to Alien Resurrection. The only thing you would have to change is the year that it takes place in. That alone makes is an amazing film.
Quote from: PierreVW on Aug 29, 2017, 09:56:14 PM
Prometheus was a very, very beautiful film.
I worked as D.P. and Photographer so I love Visuals over anything else.
By my parameters, Prometheus is a Masterpiece in Terms of Visuals, D.P. and Cinematography.
Quote from: Iron Infililtrator on Aug 31, 2017, 11:34:18 PMQuote"It would be very convincing to say that there's no hope for movies – that audiences have been so corrupted by television and have become so jaded that all they want are noisy thrills and dumb jokes and images that move along in an undemanding way, so they can sit and react at the simplest motor level. And there's plenty of evidence, such as the success of Alien. This was a haunted-house-with-gorilla picture set in outer space. It reached out, grabbed you, and squeezed your stomach; it was more gripping than entertaining, but a lot of people didn't mind. They thought it was terrific, because at least they'd felt something: they'd been brutalized. It was like an entertainment contrived in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World by the Professor of Feelies in the College of Emotional Engineering."
Pauline Kael.God what terrible reviews
QuoteHis post literally said 'If you don't like the movie you either didn't get it or are an idiot.QuoteWhat's wrong with this he isn't being specific.
People who dislike it are labelling it as an 'incoherent mess' just because they didn't get answers or are the ones who also happen to not have paid attention to so many things (for instance, Vickers and Shaw turning a sharp 90 degree turn at one moment and not just running in straight line) or are downright stupid (such as expecting the 2094 medicines to today's standards)
Quote"It would be very convincing to say that there's no hope for movies – that audiences have been so corrupted by television and have become so jaded that all they want are noisy thrills and dumb jokes and images that move along in an undemanding way, so they can sit and react at the simplest motor level. And there's plenty of evidence, such as the success of Alien. This was a haunted-house-with-gorilla picture set in outer space. It reached out, grabbed you, and squeezed your stomach; it was more gripping than entertaining, but a lot of people didn't mind. They thought it was terrific, because at least they'd felt something: they'd been brutalized. It was like an entertainment contrived in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World by the Professor of Feelies in the College of Emotional Engineering."
Pauline Kael.
QuoteHis post literally said 'If you don't like the movie you either didn't get it or are an idiot.
QuoteWhat's wrong with this he isn't being specific.
People who dislike it are labelling it as an 'incoherent mess' just because they didn't get answers or are the ones who also happen to not have paid attention to so many things (for instance, Vickers and Shaw turning a sharp 90 degree turn at one moment and not just running in straight line) or are downright stupid (such as expecting the 2094 medicines to today's standards)
Quote from: Whos_Nick on Aug 30, 2017, 10:43:54 PM
Alien was a hit when released
QuoteAlien is, along with Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and George Lucas' Star Wars, a science-fiction landmark; the rod by which all subsequent sci-fi horror movies (and subsequent Alien sequels) are measured. It's funny to think that, as a landmark film, its critical reception upon release was not as positive as those gushed upon it by modern media and fans. In fact, critical response was quite mixed. Here are some of the best of the worst reviews.
Quote from: SiL on Mar 02, 2017, 11:14:59 AMThat's stupid, you are the one doing the exact same thing. I liked Prometheus and I liked OP's thread.
You're seven posts in and you've already decided that the best course of action is to be condescending to anyone who disagrees with you. Not a great start.
Quote from: Whos_Nick on Aug 30, 2017, 10:43:54 PMPrometheus will never beat Alien though, that film was a classic!
Alien was a hit when released
Quote from: SM on Aug 29, 2017, 11:56:42 PMQuote from: Ingwar on Aug 29, 2017, 11:51:15 PMQuote from: SM on Aug 29, 2017, 11:19:50 PM
If you have a very specific and unique definition of masterpiece, then it's a masterpiece...
There is nothing specific and unique about visuals as part of a movie. Masterpiece (regarding films) is considers as something more than that. Movie is not a painting.
I was being sarcastic.
Quote from: Scorpio on Aug 29, 2017, 11:54:34 PM
Mona Lisa is a very boring painting, I've seen better on deviantart.
Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 29, 2017, 11:51:15 PMQuote from: SM on Aug 29, 2017, 11:19:50 PM
If you have a very specific and unique definition of masterpiece, then it's a masterpiece...
There is nothing specific and unique about visuals as part of a movie. Masterpiece (regarding films) is considers as something more than that. Movie is not a painting.