A Misunderstood Future Classic.

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2014)

Prometheus is an intelligent, amazing, visually arresting and thrilling film. A science fiction masterpiece who I believe will suffer the same fate as Blade Runner - heralded as a brilliant film in the future despite being dished by many presently. The story is amazing, the characters are interesting, the suspense and revelations are build perfectly. The movie is very influenced by Lovecraft, in particular his story "At The Mountains Of Madness" and it is clear that that is intended considering the massive wink towards the end when a "Cthullu like" alien makes an appearance. The film has been very criticized and from my perspective, unfairly so; to be quite frank a lot of the critiques were very inaccurate and many times it was clear that a lot of people just didn't understand much of the plot. Much is said about supposed plot holes, but it all comes down to one thing: many didn't understand the movie because many did not figure out the reason the engineers created men. Once that reason is figured out (and there are many clues in the film that enable us to conclude as to what that reason is) the movie makes absolute sense. Many accused the characters of acting in a random fashion. That is completely false. There is a reason for the character's actions and many feel there are not because they expect characters to be likable and nice. Think outside the box, please, and understand that the humanoid does not follow any morals, he aims only to follow it's creator's directives and achieve knowledge regardless of the price; some of the characters are not bad or good, just something in between like most human beings. Overall, a brilliant film both visually and plot wise. I hope the negativity doesn't keep the studios from doing the much needed and from my end, desired, sequel.