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| Year of first release: 2012 | |
| Director: Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator) | |
| Actors: Noomy Rapace (Sherlock Holmes: a Game of Shadows), Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Basterds, X-men First Class, 300, Centurion), Charlize Theron (Hancock, Monster), Guy Pearce (Memento) | |
| Country: USA | |
| Genre: SF | |
| Conditions of visioning: 05.07.2012, Cinema, 3D | |
| Synopsis: A group of explorers is on its way to a planet where some believe to have been invited by the creators of man. Will they discover our beginning or our end? | |
| Review: A quasi-prequel to Alien by the same visionary director! Why not? You immediately notice that this is serious, realistic Science Fiction. Beautiful special effects and costumes. The story is interesting too as it searches for our origins, an eternal mythical (and astrophysical) question. The references to the Alien world are a pleasure for a fan (we get to meet Mr. Weyland after meeting Mrs. Yutani in the infamous Alien vs. Predator 2). The actors, in particular Theron and Fassbender, are very convincing. Fassbender has inspired his play by Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, and this makes me want to see it (out in Blu-ray in November 2012). So for all those reasons the movie is interesting. Now some say that the movie is not scary, but for me it is not supposed to be scary as Alien was. For me the little problem with the movie is that the viewer doesn't feel enough involved in the story, although it is bigger than mankind. This is maybe because of some insipid secondary characters that quickly disappear from the main story. I'm looking forward to see Prometheus 2 anyway! |
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Rating: 6 /10
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Prometheus (2012)
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I saw this movie on 01.02.2013. I did not expect the way Ridley Scott links this story to Alien. But this makes sense and increases then the attention to the movie. Some parallels are interesting, the droid (Michael Fassbender), the woman (Noomi Rapace), the stupid colleagues. But it is not enough to keep the real suspense. We do not get into the characters except the droid. Noomi Rapace who was so convincing in the Millenium trilogy, so she is deceiving here. The effects are well done, but nothing really blowing or creative. Rating: 5/10
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