Much more than I expected

Rating: 7/10 (1 September 2012)

I'm a big fan of the Alien series. My favorite, of course, is the first one. Then the second, then third and finally the fourth one, which I think it's the worst one (6 out of 10). So I went to the cinema without any expectations, prepared to watch a bad movie. Credits started, and I was first impressed by the music, then the visuals with all of those rocky mountains and gray colored landscapes, were absorbing. Finally, that strange "creature" appeared. A bit shocking beginning I must say. Good start.
Then the screenplay goes into a bit stupidity talking about the paintings found on a cove in the Scottish island of Skye. (Great location, I must say). I started to get a little bit upset, but only 5 minutes later the sequence of the robot David inside the spaceship "Prometheus" let me trust in the movie.
The arrival to the planet and the new mysteries that where hiding there, were a very good reason to sit for two hours watching this entertainment.
Ridley SCOTT directed his best movie ever (a bit better than "Blade Runner" I think) in 1979. He took us inside this claustrophobic Spaceship named "Nostromo" and play with the audience for 2 hours. That strange planet, those killed extraterrestrials from an unknown origin and finally all of those eggs, containing the Alien. Great work of art; 10 out of 10!! I wasn't expecting here even to get a 5 out of 10, but surprisingly I found it a really interesting and exciting movie, with non-stop action, some scary moments and nice acting.
The only things that I didn't like where some details in the plot, like those prehistoric paintings, the appearance of that "ultra-old" Peter WEYLAND (¿?¿?¿?) or the relation between the two geologists. The characters are typical from these type of movie, some of them like the captain of the ship that reminds me about Yaphet KOTTO's character in "Alien". Sigourney WEAVER is like Charlize THERON in some way, and Noomi RAPACE in another. Michael FASSBENDER is not even next to Ian HOLMS character, but he is a nice actor and does a fine job. Those are some similarities that I can find with the original film "Alien".
Talking about the visuals I must say that they are excellent. The "silicone" extraterrestrial, the transformation of Charlie HOLLOWAY (one of my favorite moments), the final sequence with the alien spaceship falling down (great moment, great H.R. GIGER design), the final presentation of the Alien (I supposed that it is a Queen Alien...)the cinematography... so I think that this is a movie that you must watch on theaters.
TO FINISH, IN MY OWN OPINION:
Entertainment: 8 Cinematography: 8 Visuals: 8 Plot: 6 Direction: 7 Acting: 6