Curiosity killed the cat

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2012)

Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner... are just some of the movies from the genius mind of Ridley Scott. He returns to his original genre(SF-horror) with this disturbing and earth shaking masterpiece. Since it is crucial that I do not disclose any information regarding the story, I will just say that it takes a lot of concentration to understand what is happening. Interestingly, the movie can be watched either as an Alien prequel or a completely new movie. Either way, one will not be disappointed. The subsidiarity of the alien franchise is present, but to completely see it one must be very concentrated on the background and extremely familiar with the original franchise. The main story is something that disturbs from the very start. If I would have to summarize it I would say: they kept digging, and they didn't like what they found. I was sitting in the cinema and as the movie progressed I was thinking - maybe some things should never be discovered. Maybe it is best not to know some things. As the last part of the movie starts (last 40 min) one will find himself on the edge of his seat. Pain, claustrophobia, screams, blood, and the thing that shocked the most - the music. Imagine an orchestra that simulates human screams. That is the sound of the movie's last 40 min. Such a powerful and fascinating nerve breaking ending (that was a bit too long and with a clichéd last scene) I haven't seen in a while. The acting was brilliant. Scott again gives so much power to the female characters that one falls in love with either Charlize or Noomi. In my case, I fell in love with both. Idris Elba also gave a powerful performance, but the best performance was given by Michael Fassbender. Cold, heartless, ruthless, soulless. He caught the essence of what his character should have been. The questions. The movie answers a lot of questions but it raises a bunch of others. Some of them were so powerful that a philosophical debate between me and my friends arose after the movie ended. Even though the movie has its flaws, even though it is predictable at times, and deals with issues that were a core of a bunch of other movies, it is an essential and so far the best movie of the year. It is not just a movie, it is a new age philosophy that questions everything - especially us and our need to know the answers even if the answers are not to our liking.