Prometheus - The Review
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:26 am
I know there are a lot of Sci- fi fans so I thought I would offer my review of the movie.
A little on my background, I have seen the first Star Wars movie, have never seen an episode of Star Trek and have no recollection if I ever saw Alien but I obviously remember the scene where the alien pops out of that chick's stomach. I watched an episode of Alf but I loved Lost In Space so I think I am fairly qualified to give an expert opinion on Prometheus.
First, I am seeing this at IMAX 3-D. Matinee Show so a little surprised when my ticket is $17. Having not seen a movie in 3-D since Coming' At Ya, they have apparently made some improvements with 3-D over the years. Batman is coming out with a new movie that looks like it may be pretty cool and Spider Man looked neat in 3-D but Tobey Maguire looks like he has lost a lot of weight. The highlight though was a movie called Frankenweenie, looks bad ass in 3-D but I digress. (disappointed no Django Unchained preview but it's obviously not in 3-D).
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WARNING! Possible Spoiler Alerts To Follow:
Some stuff happened at the beginning which I didn't know what was going on but chalked it up to maybe you had to see Prometheus: The Beginning to understand. Then they were on this space ship and when they got off the space ship it was almost like they got into Paranormal Activity 4: Running Ghosts. Then this creepy robot guy made this other guy make his girlfriend have an alien in her belly and it led to the coolest scene which reminded me of the Claw Machine games in the Wal Mart entry where you try to pick up some ridiculously heavy object with a flimsy little crane thing.
So then the ships crash and I think the world was saved and then the big surprise ending that leads me to believe there will be a Prometheus(s) or Terminator Vs Prometheus somewhere down the road.
It was more of an action film than a scary movie ( the only time I was scared was when I bought my popcorn and Coke and reached into my pocket and was afraid I didn't have any money left after shelling out 17 dollars for my ticket). The movie was slightly miscast, it would have been awesome if Samuel L. Jackson was the ship captain because he could have used the line: "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfu#*ing snakes on this motherfu#*ing plane". That would have lightened the mood and made me laugh. Charlize Theron was wasted in a meaningless role and she was completely overdressed (no nudity in this film which likely would have helped). She does wield a pretty mean flame- thrower.
All in all it was pretty entertaining, I doubt you will hear many people say it was the greatest movie ever but I am sure some of my less popular friends will debate the ending ad nauseum. Three stars.
A little on my background, I have seen the first Star Wars movie, have never seen an episode of Star Trek and have no recollection if I ever saw Alien but I obviously remember the scene where the alien pops out of that chick's stomach. I watched an episode of Alf but I loved Lost In Space so I think I am fairly qualified to give an expert opinion on Prometheus.
First, I am seeing this at IMAX 3-D. Matinee Show so a little surprised when my ticket is $17. Having not seen a movie in 3-D since Coming' At Ya, they have apparently made some improvements with 3-D over the years. Batman is coming out with a new movie that looks like it may be pretty cool and Spider Man looked neat in 3-D but Tobey Maguire looks like he has lost a lot of weight. The highlight though was a movie called Frankenweenie, looks bad ass in 3-D but I digress. (disappointed no Django Unchained preview but it's obviously not in 3-D).
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WARNING! Possible Spoiler Alerts To Follow:
Some stuff happened at the beginning which I didn't know what was going on but chalked it up to maybe you had to see Prometheus: The Beginning to understand. Then they were on this space ship and when they got off the space ship it was almost like they got into Paranormal Activity 4: Running Ghosts. Then this creepy robot guy made this other guy make his girlfriend have an alien in her belly and it led to the coolest scene which reminded me of the Claw Machine games in the Wal Mart entry where you try to pick up some ridiculously heavy object with a flimsy little crane thing.
So then the ships crash and I think the world was saved and then the big surprise ending that leads me to believe there will be a Prometheus(s) or Terminator Vs Prometheus somewhere down the road.
It was more of an action film than a scary movie ( the only time I was scared was when I bought my popcorn and Coke and reached into my pocket and was afraid I didn't have any money left after shelling out 17 dollars for my ticket). The movie was slightly miscast, it would have been awesome if Samuel L. Jackson was the ship captain because he could have used the line: "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfu#*ing snakes on this motherfu#*ing plane". That would have lightened the mood and made me laugh. Charlize Theron was wasted in a meaningless role and she was completely overdressed (no nudity in this film which likely would have helped). She does wield a pretty mean flame- thrower.
All in all it was pretty entertaining, I doubt you will hear many people say it was the greatest movie ever but I am sure some of my less popular friends will debate the ending ad nauseum. Three stars.