A different approach of thriller by Ridley Scott.

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2012)

First of all, my English is not that good, so cut me some slack, okay? When i hear Ridley Scott is directing a new film called Prometheus, i rushed forward to Youtube and search the Trailer, boy did i not disappointed, the Trailer is the perfect reminder of how good is Scott when he make Alien in 1979. The Science fiction genre mixed with the Thriller is a very powerful formula even to this day. And once again Ridley Scott bring us this genre in perfection.
The opening showed us a world where the nature is as beautiful as its danger. Lush Savannah, massive river ended in a towering waterfall, then the scene shows us a humanoid form roaming this wild nature alone. Drinking a black fluid which harms it body, detaching its body, and then dissolving its body into something familiar like human DNA. what is the meaning of this scene? that is this movie all about. The Origins of human life.
The film fast forwarded to the Prometheus, the advanced technology Space ship. Inside it, the crew members stand hibernating while David (Michael Fassbender) the protocol droid who can learn everything and doing everything including learning an alien language doing its job taking care of the ship until they reaches their destination. Which is earth-sized planet in a galaxy. This galaxy is suspected to be related to every prehistoric human drawing in the cave, explains the duo scientist Elizabeth Shaw (noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) despite their different belief of the origins of humans. Shaw believe that the humans originated by a divine purpose while Charlie despise it and believe its more of an explainable one than just the word "divine". The crew are working under the supervising of Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron), a representative of the corporation that privately financed the Prometheus expedition, who treated them just like a standard employee.
Upon the arrival of the planet, they immediately found a straight line which they believe (and we do) is not the work of nature, but the work of intelligent life. The line leads them into somekind of a dome. And so, with Janek (Idris Elba) the pilot of the Prometheus work his way with the ship, they began their mission and landing into the barren dust unbreathable and harsh planet and entering that dome which strangely, have a breathable air. Soon, what they found in there shock them beyond their Imagination.
Ridley Scott brings the first hour of Prometheus into a Human Drama. A little conflict between them ended in a fascinating and horror experience of alien life they found. It may seems boring, but sets the story into a solid one. The next hour turns into the horror and thriller. How they found out piece by piece about this alien life turns out to be not what they expected, how its dangerous to them, and how they must survive against it. Scott is pretty serious with this movies. Attention to detail, property, and cast is superb. And if you are a fan of Alien 1979 movie, you will have a clue about this movie. And if you not a fan, the ending will explain you what it all about. While the alien shocked the audience with fear, dark, gory, shadows, and surprise, Prometheus is messing with your brain with its main puzzle, the origins of human life, with a thriller on it act as an icing of the cake. Its a good perspective by Scott, but not enough for us to be runs out from theatre like what Alien did to us. So if you looking for horror and scary stuff, its not what you are looking for.
The premises of this movie is good, and Scott has put a solid start into a possibly a sequel or another franchise. with an open ending, i'm guessing a Sequel and a spin off will be possible.