Sick Curiosity

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2012)

Alien is one of the classic horror sci-fi films of all time. Giving so many different themes and conversations to talk about: betrayal, isolation, darkness and claustrophobia. The film was so popular that it spawned 3 sequels and a whole truck load of spoofs and tributes. But the question on everyone's mind is: Where did the alien come from? Also if the alien is like us since in the last sequel we find out that Riley's DNA is mixed with the alien's. So director Ridley Scott comes back to answer those questions with Prometheus, a prequel that was supposed to answer these questions. With some excellent visual effects and a great story, this is bring sci-fi back to a whole new level.
In 2089, archaeologist couple Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway discover a star map among several unconnected ancient cultures. They interpret this as an invitation from humanity's forerunners, the "Engineers". Peter Weyland, the elderly CEO of Weyland Corporation, funds the creation of the scientific vessel Prometheus to follow the map to the distant moon. The ship's crew travels while the android David monitors their voyage. Arriving in 2093, they are informed of their mission to find the Engineers. The Prometheus lands near a large artificial structure, which a team explores. Inside they find numerous stone cylinders, a monolithic statue of a humanoid head, and the corpse of a large alien, thought to be an Engineer. But what they find later on may lead to more questions that they may not want the answers too. After all, curiosity did kill the cat.
Over all, I think that Prometheus was a great film with very promising story lines. But I was disappointed that in some way were are left with more questions than answers. I wasn't so sure about the main character, Shaw(I'm assuming you've seen the movie since I do warn about spoilers in the beginning of my comment), they say that she can't get pregnant. She has sex with her boyfriend the night before, they go to the sight where these alien creatures attack them and she's pregnant. They say however that she's 3 months along and my curiosity is that since her boyfriend was infected, was it the boyfriend who impregnated her or was the attack? Feel free to send me a message if you have a better answer, please. Also I do wish some of the characters had better development like Charlize Theron's Meredith Vickers and the two men who are first attacked were just like bait to get the movie going and it was somewhat insulting as this is a more intelligent thriller.
However what stands out in this film other than the effects was Michael Fassbender as David, the android. He does a phenomenal job as the android who is not only just there to do his job, but almost curious upon why the humans act a certain way. Why are humans so curious? It's a good look on society where some answers are just not good enough. Shaw finds the oldest drawings known to man, but wants to know more. She finds a ship where we may have found the answer to how we were created. But who created our creator? It keeps going deeper and deeper and ends up really destroying the mission. Our curiosity as humans is what can really kill us. Prometheus has it's flaws, but without a doubt is one of the best movies of the year. I'm curious to see if they will continue the story as we are left with some questions still on where these aliens came from and how they survived and would breed. But I highly recommend the movie for sure and it's good to see Scott back with creating a great picture.
8/10