P R O M E T H E U S

WHAT A FUCKING LETDOWN! I was so disappointed with this movie. I mean, damn...A film in a genre that hasn't been touched by Ridley Scott since his epic 1979 classic, Alien, you'd think it would be something great! But, it was just dry... I guess my expectations were just too high. But yeah, this movie was going to be the major comeback to the Alien series of films. Although this film is not a direct prequel, it is obviously still in the same universe as Alien and it was going to explain a lot of the unanswered questions that were raised in that film. Now, having this story take place about 100 years or so before Alien, this is basically the back story of our existence as a human race. Who created us? Why are we here? What is our purpose to fulfill? Well, these questions are to be answered when a ship by the name of Prometheus, is funded to go up into space with a limited crew and discover the secret of the universe. Now I don't care for this crew at all. Mainly because there is nothing really interesting about them. This is so different from the original movie. Now, you have a group of really boring people who are in space mining for ore and don't care about anything other than just getting paid and going back to Earth. It's a job for them. They don't care. In this movie, you have that same type of group, but these people are explorers more or less, yet they are still not really in the mood to explore the unknown. They are just there to be there. We have no reasoning as to why they were the ones chosen or how they differentiate between one another. It is very bleak and bland. Yes, they have differences here and there, but overall you just don't care about this crew. Now, the same thing has been a problem with the Star Wars prequels. What makes the original Star Wars so great, is that it has characters who are funny, interesting and fun to watch. Han Solo, now he is the most bad-ass pilot in space. Who wouldn't want to be him? And Luke? Dang, he sure comes a long way to find himself and we are with him through the three films. As for the prequels? Hmmmm...Obi-Wan? Oh yeah, how interesting and DRY he is. And Anakin? Didn't you just want to kill him to stop him from crying every fifteen minutes about being held back? Anyway, back on the topic. My point is, the characters in this film are just uninteresting to me. You are constantly reminded that you are watching a movie and you feel like you are watching the film as opposed to being in there with the crew like you are in the first movie. Anyway, back to the story. The crew then discover an alien head and what do they do? They bring it on the ship. Examining the head, it is discovered that it is merely a helmet. Inside that helmet comes what appears to be a very human-like head. Hmm...what's the worst that can happen? The head is suddenly put in a cage and it explodes. Later, on board the Prometheus, one of their crew is then infected and mates with another crew member which in tern impregnates her with an alien from the planet. She has it in quarantine and we don't see it until much later in the film when it has grown and expanded. Now, that is actually getting something. You think the alien is going to escape and wreck havoc among the crew, but does that happen? No. It just stays in that room. The rest of the crew just sit around not doing anything and basically one crew member turns out to be a robot and it is his mission to sabotage the crew. This is what happens in the first film. I'm telling you this is like the same movie just more modern with a younger crew. Now, as for the effects of the film, they are spectacular! The sets really bring that vibe from the Alien film, if not in a big more modern way. The computers are of course more advanced even though it takes place before Alien and the atmosphere on the planet is just so realistic. For that, I will have to give the film props. But, unfortunately, effects and graphics can not make up for a poor script. I recommend anyone see this film so they can have their own interpretation of it. I would love to get your responses.