Saw it last night and enjoyed it very much. Becoming a big fan of Michael Fassbender. Saw him in X-Men:First class and loved that performance also.
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Originally Posted by JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan
Saw it yesterday.
It was my first movie of the Alien/Predator/Alien vs. Predator franchise, and in that regard, I probably should have watched Alien or something before seeing Prometheus, but I knew nothing about Prometheus when I went to see it.
I liked the movie, but I think some of the 'horror' aspects of the plot were caused by sheer stupidity on the characters' part, eg, leaving no one to monitor comms while two of the crew are trapped inside a giant freaking alien tomb. I know the prospect of sex was to blame, but it wouldn't take much effort to just order one lackey to watch the system while you went to get jiggy.
Also: getting squished by a giant rolling ship. Run to the side, damnit!
There are also some things that I might have missed/don't understand/might be plotholes:
1. The crew told the scientists that the silt in the storm could have destroyed their suits. Why didn't it?
2. Why the hell did David poison Charlie with the goo?? Did he know what was going to happen, or was it out of some morbid curiosity?
3. Did Elizabeth know that David was the one to get Charlie sick? It seemed like it in the end.. If so, she seemed awfully calm/not angry with him/the idea of teaming up with the guy/thing that caused the death of her lover..
I liked Noomi Rapace's performance as Dr. Shaw, and Michael Fassbender's as David.
It's your run of the mill scientific-expedition-gone-wrong story, but I liked it. Will certainly go to see a sequel if one is released. |
1. Maybe they meant the suits would not hold up against prolonged exposure. They were only out in it a short time.
2. A common thread in the Alien franchise is the "Company" trying to bring "something" back with them. That's one of the reason to try to get Shaw back into cryo once she was impregnated.
3. Seemed like there was a glint of recognition in her eye(IMO, also ties into point 2). She was also having to process a lot emotional/existential questions in her mind. Probably suffering from shock (don't forget that c-section) or emotionally numb. Not to mention by the end she was in total control of the situation and David had no one to answer to anymore besides her.
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Originally Posted by Lynk Former
Well Ridley has basically retconned out the entire AvP connection, not that anyone should be complaining about that.
Plus, even though I haven't seen it yet, I know folks are saying it looks like this is only the start and there will most likely be a sequel.
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I saw the first AVP on cable. It wasn't great but it was interesting and entertaining. I wouldn't of paid movie prices to watch it but I liked it well enough. I treat it as a completely separate entity from the rest of the Alien franchise.
Edit: Forgot this bit,
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Originally Posted by JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan
eg, leaving no one to monitor comms while two of the crew are trapped inside a giant freaking alien tomb. I know the prospect of sex was to blame, but it wouldn't take much effort to just order one lackey to watch the system while you went to get jiggy.
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Whether the monitors were being watched or not had no bearing on the outcome. They would not be able to do anything for them at the time because of the storm. It only served to keep the crew in the dark until they found them.