Comments on: PROMETHEUS REVIEW: Disappointment, Distilled 30 Years

By: Tootie

Tootie — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:56:59 +0000

Adam, just a suggestion, but probably ‘Nat, you are just gorgeous’ would have been better.
I am sure you’ve got some ‘gentleman’ inside there, somewhere! It wants out and the rest of us want it out!

By: Tootie

Tootie — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:54:36 +0000

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it stunk.
I had high hopes! Ridley, the Alien franchise.
Storyline was terrible. The father’s character as well as the daughter’s (Theron) could and should have been removed – no point to them being there.
There wasn’t enough made of the love story – seemed silly.
A few good moments.
Too scattered, overall. Why can’t everyone just give JJ Abrams the script before they shoot? (Now there’s a controversial comment, hahaha)
Saddened me.
Three weeks later I can’t even remember the plot….

By: Geeks

Geeks — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:57:25 +0000

Well, I for one hope Jason is right, Valoris… an extra 20-minutes of Prometheus on home video could give us some characterization for great actors like Elba, and might even fill in some plot holes and explain things like Zombie Geologists. After all, the extended Aliens and extended Alien3 are the superior films for the extra material! I’m hoping the same goes for Prometheus.

~Matt

By: Valoris

Valoris — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:54:26 +0000

BTW – There is a YouTube video which slowed the trailer down and allowed you to see all the action. The trailer divulged a lot but they didn’t show the whole movie in the trailer and certain things they did show weren’t in the movie. Remember Shaw at the mirror?

By: Valoris

Valoris — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:47:44 +0000

I wanted to give an honest opinion of the movie before I posted a comment. I had seen it and then needed to see it again after I listened to Matt and Natâ€™s review. I know what the naysayers mean when they say they found it lacking and I also read Roger Ebertâ€™s review and I found myself liking the movie very much after taking into consideration Ebertâ€™s high points. What were we expecting? I know I sometimes take my preconceived notions into the theater but I didnâ€™t on Prometheus. I get the feeling a lot of peeps were looking for Pre-Alien and wanted their viewing experience to be literal. I think I got enough old references and enough new material to keep me intrigued. Besides, the special effects were stunning and yes I forked over the extra 3 buck for 3D so I could experience the depth. My only criticism is it could have been longer. I didnâ€™t want all my questions answered but I did want to spend more time with David and some more background on Holloway and Idris Elbaâ€™s wonderful portrayal of the pilot would have been awesome. I had done my homework and perused the detailed companion websites and found it enhanced my viewing experience. So I like it a lot. And I am looking forward to Prometheus Part Deux.

By: Adam Lau

Adam Lau — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:03:57 +0000

Is it just me?.. but I just couldn’t take my eyes off Nat’s boobs in this review.

By: Royce Richards

Royce Richards — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:45:03 +0000

Jake I am all for viewers debating and theorizing after watching a movie, in fact it would be a little disappointing if a movie didn’t spark some sort of debate, visually it was stunning without a doubt, I would expect nothing less from a Ridley Scott film, but overall I still find the whole movie a little bit messy and unconvincing.

And as for everything you could want in a sci fi movie, well if everything you wanted was a predictably linear plot, hollow and empty characters, in-explainable inconsistencies and a lot of effects to gloss over a essentially shabby story line, then yeah, you’re right it had it all!!

I know that it sounds like I didn’t like the movie one iota, but that is not true, I just feel that somewhere, somebody sold out and we got robbed, turning what was a potentially phenomenal masterpiece of a movie into a mere fraction of what it could have been.

Sorry Ridley, I had faith in you, but sadly it seems it was misplaced and hearing many other critic and fan reviews it would appear I am not alone in my feeling of dissatisfaction.

By: Jake Gering

Jake Gering — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 04:29:03 +0000

I absolutely loved the movie! I think that it tied in with the Alien universe just enough to the point where people can start debates and theorizing together and can be talked about for hours on end as to how they think everything ties to Alien. The fact that Ridley Scott brought us into this interesting (and might I say visually stunning) world, and put more depth into it, sortof creating a bigger mythology to work with, is what makes this movie fantastic to me.
And also, they explain in the movie that they are about to land on LV 223, and if youve watched Alien recently, you can remember that that one took place at LV 426. Yes there were some unanswered questions, but is that even a bad thing? Why is it that we can’t have a film that keeps people talking and discussing (sometimes even arguing about)? I love that we don’t know a lot of the answers yet, it keeps fans invested in their own theories and that much more excited for future installments because of that.

And it had everything you could want in a sci fi movie, fantastic film!

By: Simon Matthews

Simon Matthews — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:16:32 +0000

I 100% concur with Matt, this was my big movie of 2012, expections were high, trailer looked fantastic, buzz was huge and then total disappointment on seeing the final film. Visually stunning, hints of a better film but muddled narrative, lack of characterisation, huge plot holes and far too many loose ends and questions. Saw it again in 2D and it was better 2nd time around but still unsatisfying. Real shame as had so much potential. Hope the directors cut addresses the acres of criticism levelled on the film and that it takes enough money to warrant the sequels. Poor show Sir Ridley B- must do better.

By: Royce Richards

Royce Richards — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:14:42 +0000

If they were to have made this a direct prequel that tied in with Alien they could have set it on the same planet and had the Space jockey fused to his seat, unable to get out after the crash, Vickers could have returned to the medbay and got the hugged and kissed by cuddles thus impregnating her with the Xenomorph, Alien queen chestburster.

Shaw and David could then leave the planet and the Juvenile queen alien could return to the crashed Juggernaut looking for a place to lay her eggs, finding a spot below the pilot deck and with a the Space jockey just waiting to be facehugged, thus bringing it full circle and linking it directly to Alien.

The only things then that wouldn’t make sense would be how come the crew of the Nostromo didn’t find any of the facilities or any debris left behind from the Earth ship wreckage only 29 years later in the timeline (Prometheus 2093 / Alien 2122), but at least it would have made more sense that way, who knows, maybe that was more what Ridley was originally going for?