Prometheus.... wow did this film break my heart. And before I continue I'd just like to say I did not go into this expecting an Alien movie, in fact that was the last thing I wanted. I wanted Prometheus to be a clever, standalone sci fi film that hinted at Alien and maybe leaned towards a prequel in the future....
Unfortunately I didn't get it, I got a torrid, bland, unintersting movie that, though was amazing to look at ultimately had no depth and left me feeling completely hollow and angry.
Let me just say, visually the movie is stunning and Michael Fassbender is a revelation as David, he manages to blend the child like naivety of Bishop, and the cold calculation of Ash, Idris Elba's Janek also stood out and was my favourite character. That being said, it really wasn't enough to make up for such a poor script.
There were too many characters first of all, and apart from David and Janek they had no development whatsoever. I didn't remember half of their names, save Fifield and Milburn but that was only because of how ridiculous their demise was. And as for the deaths in the movie, who cares?! I remember being gutted when Dallas, Parker and Lambert died in Alien, or when Hudson died in Aliens or Clements in Alien 3. When a character died in Prometheus I felt nothing, save disappointed. The movie went from a creepy, sci fi film to a by the numbers monster movie. People show up, people act stupid, people die.
And as for the creatures themselves.... they looked terrible like something from a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It was so obvious Giger wasn't involved. Tentacles?!! F***ing Space Zombies?!! Are you kidding Scott?!! I wanted something darker, more mysterious, something horrific that would stick in my memory and I got worms and Octopuses.... Jesus.
Performances in the movie were poor, Rapace's everchanging accent was laughable and annoying. What was the point of Meredith Vickers? Apart from being a Company "bitch", some have argued she is an android but I doubt it, I just think her performance was inspired by Keira Knightly and reflected the overall feel of the movie, soulless. Other actors like Sean Harris, were wasted as monster fodder, I sincerely hope Scott will never let Lindelof anywhere near a script again. To sum up;
Why did the scientists use no scinetific procedure whasoever?
Why wasn't the deaths of all those Engineers explored further?
Why did the movie ignore the fact that David purposely infected Holloway?
Why didnt they use an older actor for Peter Weyland?
Who runs away in the direction of a falling ship instead of running sideways?!
Why didn't anybody notice Shaw had bludgeoned the two doctors and escaped or that she arrived covered in blood?
Why didn't Shaw mention there was a monster in the medical bay?
We waited thirty years to have the Space Jockeys explored only to find out they look like retired UFC fighters and are complete dicks.
And finally.... the Proto Xeno/Deacon whatever it is that bursts out of the engineer. What the hell was that?!! There was no point to it at all, save for Ridley Scott trying to appease die hard Alien fans with this abomination!! It was at that point that I lost faith in everything.
Prometheus, a jumbled, poorly written clusterf**k of a movie that on the outside is very polished and pretty but inside has about as much depth as a conversation between Paris Hilton and Sara Palin.
