The gods have gone mad!

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2014)

The gods have gone mad! In his new project Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre that was created by him 35 years ago.
In search of the sacred knowledge team of scientists went to the darkest and undiscovered place of the universe. And in this distant world they will start a ruthless battle at the limit of their mental and physical abilities for the future of all mankind... 2089. Scientific expedition led by a pair of anthropologists Dr. Shaw (Rapace) and Dr. Holloway (Marshall-Green). They find on a rocky island in the Scottish interesting rock painting: giant humanoid, pointing to a distant galaxy. Anthropologists decide that this giants is the mysterious creators of all life on Earth, and drawings is a kind of invitation to make a friendly visit. After 5 years, the spaceship "Prometheus" with a team of scientists of various profiles led by the above doctors arrives at one of the planets of that galaxy. Objective: to find wise and supposedly friendly ancestors of the human race in order to get to know them. But they find "grandparents" pretty fast, and then everything goes not according to the plan. Visually perfect and full - one might even say, overfull of philosophic sense (however, which may be just the usual scenic flaws) sci-fi thriller by Ridley Scott. Really worthy legacy of his "Alien" genre. Generally, new film of Ridley Scott perhaps is the best thing that was filmed in the genre of sci-fi since the "Moon 2112" of Duncan Jones. "Prometheus" is absolutely unique representative of modern "space- movies". It can not be compared with "Aliens" because it is a completely different format and type of the movie. "Prometheus" is a very rare (and qualitative) hybrid of impressive "sci-fi" and the blockbuster movie with a deep philosophic meaning. As a result movie give us an opportunity to feel it by all six senses. Ridley Scott has planned to return to the "Alien" setting long time ago and from the very beginning he thought that it will take place in the format of the prequel. Despite the fact that the new movie has a lot of moments borrowed from the original parts (such as Spaceship "Prometheus" is in some way replaces "Nostromo" colorful Swedish Noomi Rapace - a little more sentimental version of Sigourney Weaver, and even robot android found its counterpart in a magnificent performance of Michael Fassbender). However, I see it as an alternative story because of many factors that are present in the film. The film is completely distinctive, therefore it would be wrong to consider this film as just another part of "Aliens". Two main advantages of the film are staginess and thoughtful plot. The special effects are amazing and they help to escalate the situation, so the picture is very pleasing to the eye. When it comes to special effects, James Cameron and his "Avatar" now have darker and more serious competitor: everything that happens on the planet since landing on her curious scientists are just a feast for lovers of the visual effect. And the idea of the plot: the film keeps in suspense from beginning to the end, and after the movie you ask yourself: "Is it really final?". The plot in basis has colossal idea that throughout the history of mankind fired our minds: "Who created us?", "How did life appear?" And the main question of all philosophers here becomes the link of all plot conceptions: "Why? Why do we live? "... And hundreds of other questions come up in a head after watching the movie. And about the "vagueness" and "fragmentation" of the plot, I will only say that it gives the atmospheric pressure. So the viewer should be prepared for the fact that to understand the plot will take some time. It had good movie box office, but critics have disputed opinion. And even in IMDb "Prometheus" has just 7.1. But I am pretty sure that it because people found this film only like another "colorful candy without real taste of conception", but if you can look deeper you will see the uniqueness of this masterpiece. In general, the film is intriguing, interesting and exciting, is not without flaws of course, but it worth just look at least because it is colorful ... well, also because it is a film of the legendary Ridley Scott.