As it's a sequel, you will find which comes first: alien or eggs ? (Imax)

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2012)

I totally agree with the Imax promotion saying that you don't watch a Imax movie because in fact, you are in the movie. That's why I wanted to see this space adventure like this and it has been my best Imax screening so far. Staying on board on the ship, watching holograms, exploring this dark mountain for two hours was riveting.
Sure, at first, it looks much like a remake of Scott's first movie than a sequel because the basic plot is the same: a space crew, and especially a strong woman and a mysterious android, lands on a isolated planet to face a deadly threat extraterrestrial menace.
But, in fact, this universe expands in new topics and this brings more originality and mysteries than the last two boring Alien movies. As Scott even said it, Scifi movies has told so much than the actual releases just retell past stories and indeed it's the case: the two new majors ideas are borrowed: the idea of humankind creation by ET and especially with black goo comes from Indiana Jones, X-files and before from famous comics artist John Byrne (see his run on West Coast Avengers). The other idea of seeking God in space is an old cliché from 2001, Mission to Mars, Star Trek V. In addition, if Alien was a horror movie, this one is more a thriller and a crime story. Indeed, a lot of clues are shown without explanations so the audience must think it over to understand what really happens. If the black goo seems to mutate badly living organisms (the worms) and has mixed with Holloway's semen to become the "baby" of Shaw, I still don't grasp if the Engineers and Aliens know each other yet. The mural paintings seem to say there are interaction but where are the eggs in this case? And it's strange for those engineers to choose a biological weapon base for meeting. Is this a prophecy then?
Finally, for a Scifi movie, i find it interesting that it's also very backward: it's a quest for human origins that happen in a very primitive but also advanced culture. In the spaceship, we feel a lot of nostalgia of old earth (like "Blade Runner") and the Alien/Engineers biomechanic world looks like antiquity and almost fetishist. In all cases, Scott is a great movie-maker because he doesn't rush the story and when it comes for action, it's something else than the 1 frame by second we see in movies today. Unlike Spielberg, he is interested in portraying strong women and like this, he made me discover an amazing actress. I don't talk about the award winning cold stiff Theron but the cute Noomi! Less salary, no Oscar, but she can play and give emotions thousand times better than her Hollywood pal! Behind her eyes, you can tell that she lived a full life so far in spite of her age! Just for her and her robotic partner, this sequel is a fine movie!