Stop Hating

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2012)

I walked out of the theatre scratching my head. I have long been a fan of the Alien films. But the 3D is hard to shake. The 3D was hardly necessary, and I left the theatre with mixed feelings after the first screening of Prometheus. I felt a 2D screening maybe in order.
The fact the filmmakers expressed a desire to differentiate themselves from the "Alien" franchise, yet remain in the same universe, misled me to fall into the trap that a lot of others did.
The thing you need to realize is, this is not an "Alien" movie.
But as such it is a very good and extremely watchable film. The nastier parts still rang true, because lets face it, the futuristic but flawed caesarian abortion scene will be something oft discussed for some time to come.
And I will be honest there were moments in the film where I laughed out loud as to what was going on because of the sheer ridiculousness of it, but I don't feel that this was something lost on Scott, because if it was do you think the scene where David's head is stuffed into a purse would have been left in?
This is a film that truly asked some big questions.Just because Ridley Scott did not have the answers to all your life's questions it is not cause to berate the film.
Is it perfect? No. Was it Alien? No
Ridley Scott may have defined the genre through Blade Runner and Alien, creating a lexicon by which later films are judged. But lets be honest, what did you expect? Citizen Kane in space?
Didn't think so (or maybe you did)
This is a very good film, although maybe not requiring of 3D viewing.