Underrated top-notch science fiction

Rating: 8/10 (17 September 2012)

I think that the main reason that there is very few (or none) good sci-fi movies nowadays is because the audience today is, impressively and unfortunately, far more close-minded than a couple decades earlier. I am almost absolutely sure that Alien would not have such an impact if it was released today. Same with Blade Runner, or any other sci-fi classic.
It seems that today the audience have a hard time untying the bounds with the "Status Quo" or our reality as we experience, and if you don't let yourself go a little, a movie that has such strong concepts and a message underneath the surface such as "Prometheus" can disappoint because it has nothing to do with "that's the way scientists react" or "a living form could not evolve so fast". Ridley Scott tries (and, in my opinion, succeeds) on creating a whole new universe and mythology and for that, he hold no concern on a scientific approach of anything that legitimates a universe that is beyond our comprehension, and therefore he has no intent on explaining everything on screen.
One that could see beyond that "barrier of the far-fetched realism" can enjoy a masterpiece of the science fiction, a movie very rich in subtle meanings and concepts, an approach on origins of man that is rarely original. Ridley Scott is one of the very few directors that still have courage to make a movie that is full of layers, not intended to only make profit or please the audience, but to make you think. If you watch Prometheus more than once, you can experience a whole different movie over and over again.
It is not a perfect movie, though, and it's certainly not Ridley's best, but it is, 30 years later, the universe of Alien revisited, you can feel the atmosphere, you can celebrate that feeling once again, and you can see the the master of science fiction on the screen, which is such a relief, comparing to what the genre has providing us recently.