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Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2012)

Next up in the highly anticipated summer blockbuster film line up is Ridley Scott's semi prequel to 1979's Alien, Prometheus an ambitious sci-fi adventure seeking some of mankind's burning questions. Unlike the previous Alien films this raises a bigger sense of discovery then an all out gore –fest instead focusing on this all important expedition for mankind's maker and is all the more complex as a result. This is a hard film to wrap my brain around mostly because of the mix of a complex premise of finding our maker with a sci-fi horror movie.
Prometheus is an intriguing film with Scott creating this ambiguous mythology that really heightens the sense of mystery and awe. This is defiantly the films highlight with the film going at a slow pace to build up in this extraordinary adventure. Information is slowly dispersed to us from the ancient markings that our female protagonist Elizabeth Shaw (played by Noomi Rapace what a name) finds in a cave to the exploration of the planet, to the realisation of what they have really discovered. Once Shaw and her crew land on the planet the sense of unknown is really heightened by parking the ship next to the alien ship and constantly returning to and from the ship, Prometheus and the alien spaceship does show the inquisitive and slightly apprehensiveness of the crew on-board the Prometheus.
Another great aspect of the movie is the overall look of the movie. Scott is usually great at making grand worlds for his characters to inhabit such as Blade Runner and Gladiator. What is really a breath of fresh air is the sparing use of CGI to create a naturalistic world. The visuals from this are all very traditional sci-fi accept with a super budget to make it all possible. The soundtrack also captures the sense of wonderment and has a very Jurassic Park feel to it.
What I found to be the major problem with this film was the lacklustre screenplay by Damon Lindelof in which I could predict what the characters would say before they said it. Side Characters also don't leave there designated stereotypes and have little interaction and development. It is like Lindelof can't be bothered to develop these characters because we know they will be alien chow but the point is to make these characters interesting so we become attached to them so we don't want them to become alien chow. At other times some characters lack passion for the expedition there on which makes no sense why would you fly halfway across the galaxy for something they have no enthusiasm for did they lose a bet or something? It is slightly embarrassing that the film with spandex wearing heroes has more of an engaging script. However the main characters are engaging enough especially David the android (played by Michael Fassbender) despite his confusing motivation he was an interesting character providing an enigmatic view on his agenda who I feel deserves more screen time but he quit while he was ahead :P.
A further gripe is the disappointing resolution where the film just ends abruptly with the hope that the remaining questions will be explained in further sequels.
In conclusion Prometheus is hit and miss fans of the alien films will most likely be disappointed but if you're not a fan or just a fan of Ridley Scott's auteur then it is worth checking out. Overall Prometheus is a solid film with its unique atmosphere and striving story but the side characters don't merge with the fantastical world they are on and the film is just building up to more build up. 7/10