Scott's stunning return to sci-fi

Rating: 7/10 (6 June 2012)

Seeing Prometheus left me in a stunned silence. For a moment I sat in my seat and thought to myself: "What have I just seen?" After a moment of silence I asked myself "Is this a good or a bad question?" And in all honesty I enjoyed of what I saw, Scott taking me for a ride in the future, playing around, teasing me with oh so familiar bits and pieces from Alien. In many places Scott dangles the bait, winking, "see, this is Alien... but it is not. And then again it is." Visually Prometheus is stunning. Scott proves that he's not just at the top of his game, but he has given everything to create Prometheus a visually astonishing movie despite the alien planet is visually less interesting than some other alien worlds. But that bleakness of a dying world is mesmerizing and Gigers designs are just as pleasing as they've always been.
Basic story is as simple as it gets: We go somewhere we shouldn't have and we pay the price. But in this simple story Scott asks some grand questions, which he doesn't answer. And those grand ideas are what left me stunned.
I don't know if Prometheus will become a classic such as Alien is. But what matters is, that Scott still has it and he is much bolder than many other sci-fi directors out there. He doesn't want to let you go to the world where good and bad are basic concepts. Everything is, in the end, gray matter.