To Prequel Or Not To Prequel?

Rating: 8/10 (8 June 2012)

This movie met all of my expectations. It may have even surpassed them. Even after all these years between the movies, Ridley Scott has not disappointed me. What an amazing movie this was that I just saw, and what an amazing cast this was. The girl who played in the original "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", Noomi Rapace, absolutely shined in this movie playing as one of the explorers of this foreign moon that she and many others embark on. Charlize Theron playing the commander of Prometheus seemed to act in the same kind of cruel, fierce role as I saw her act last weekend in "Snow White and the Huntsman". Idris Elba, who played as the captain of Prometheus, was great, too in this and seemed to act the same as he did in "Takers" without the British accent. The sole survivor from the movie "Devil" who played as another explorer did wonderful, too. And last but not least, the actor Michael Fassbender, who mostly everyone remembers acting phenomenal as Magneto in "X-Men: First Class" did just that as the ever-so-too- smart-for-himself android of the bunch.
The movie seemed to follow the same plot as "Alien" where they explore a cave and leave with something unknown that changes everything. Like the first, Ridley Scott again shows how we are so mesmerized by things we have never seen, not giving into account of what dangerous things it could be capable of. Unlike the original movie, there was obviously more to it. It actually didn't feel like a prequel until the very end of the movie that I wish not to spoil.
The visual effects were definitely something to see, especially it you're fortunate enough to see it in IMAX 3D like I did. It was set in the year of 2093 (which if I am alive by then, I'll be 100 years old) and definitely like what we think that year might be like. Holograms were everywhere and most of the controls were touch screen, just like how the smartphones of today are. If you didn't think this movie was a prequel to Alien going into it, your mindset could have changed at the revealing of the title since it was just the same as it was in Alien where at first it looks like symbols but then forms into letters.
I definitely recommend this movie whether you've seen the other Alien movies or not. The ending may even make you want you buy or rent those movies at a store or check them out on Netflix, and I'd recommend those, too. If I were to rate this movie, it would be given an 8.5/10. With this movie finished, the next big movie that I'm really anticipating is the last Batman movie, "Dark Knight Rises". There is the other Spiderman movie, but I think this movie I just saw, and Batman will be of the greatest movies I've seen this year.