What begins as an expedition for the creation of mankind in the furthest depths of outer space becomes a nightmare of apocalyptic proportions.
Prometheus was originally
intended to be Ridley Scott’s prequel to the Alien franchise, but from one innocent concept, as it occasionally
tends to happen, spawned a much larger undertaking than previously imagined. Anyone
venturing into Prometheus expecting a
full-on prequel may be disappointed. While there are elements relating to the
popular franchise, a new door is opened for an entirely different adventure
and, potentially, an entirely different franchise.
Ridley Scott’s return to epic
science fiction storytelling is a visual marvel. It is one of the cleanest meshing
of live-action and CGI that I have ever seen, and the set pieces are immaculate
as they are gargantuan and the maestro makes it look so simple to maneuver
within the world. The performances feel natural, particularly Guy Pearce (and if
you guess who Guy Pearce portrays, you win a cyber beer). Prometheus’ main problem is the script, filled with so many illogical
errors, it’s a wonder why writers are the least respected creators in movie
making.
John Spaihts, whose only other
credit is the ill-received The Darkest
Hour, and Damien Lindelof, co-creator of Lost and the screen writer of the
ill-received (notice a pattern) Cowboys & Aliens, co-wrote the film, with Lendelof actually jumping on
after the script was partially completed. How Ridley Scott didn’t take these
two behind the woodshed and beat them to death with decomposed skunks is beyond
me. Perhaps there was some studio interference, I don’t know but the more I
thought about the lack of common sense in the story and dialogue the more I
laugh.
Does that mean I disliked the
film? I enjoyed it greatly in spite of the bar napkin they wrote the movie on. Prometheus made me anxious to watch Alien all over again. Ridley Scott’s
direction was impeccable and the story (what they did do well) struck a fine
balance between science fiction and horror and I would recommend this movie to
anyone that likes the Alien series.
If someone LOVES the series, they might look too deep into the story and wind
up hating the movie. I took it for what it was and had a great time. Hopefully,
should you choose to watch Prometheus,
you can do the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment