Prometheus

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2016)

Prometheus is a very good film. I am surprised to tell you that the critiques about the plot are overblown. I like the stars in the film, everyone gives a very good performance, and two in particular steal the show, Michael Fassbender, one of the most terrific actors right now, maybe the best and Noomi Rapace that also gave one amazingly full performance with guts and grit. She played the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and let me tell Rapace and Elizabeth Shaw really shows why she is an actress that all of Hollywood needs to give good parts because she is that good. The special effects are very good, the 3D is good, the set pieces are impressive. The cinematography is impressive in every way. I can see the DNA of Alien written all over Prometheus, if you are a fan of the Alien Franchise you know what I am talking about. Indeed there are a lot of people that were cast just to die. I am impressed by Guy Pearce character, small part and the make up is horrible, but we can see the futility of men, and how no matter how hard we try to do something, in the end there are things that never change. But in the other hand, there are things that do change. A theme of Prometheus is change, or should I say transformation. Since the start of the film, we can see how in the start it was a transformation that was the catalyst. But I do not want to give that many spoilers. I dig the film, I also dig Charlize Theron, but her character is a bit too predictable, but she is good as an icy suit. There is terror in Prometheus, visual terror that you want to look away but you cannot. The abdominal operation, is gross but your eyes are glued. I liked Janek, the Captain of the scientific vessel Prometheus, Janek is a hero, I think the second biggest hero in the film, after the heroine Elizabeth Shaw, Noomi Rapace. Michael Fassbender as David, the android is very good, he can be ambiguous sometimes, like I want to be human but I cannot, I want to dream but I cannot, I want to even love (Elizabeth Shaw?) but I cannot. In the end David is little more that a mere machine, he is elemental and fundamental and key, I think maybe the most important character of the film is David, and I think that is something to look at. Ash in Alien was important but Ripley, Sigourney Weaver was the most important. Anyway the film is good, very good, it is not great and for that I am bit disappointed because it is not great like Alien and Aliens, but man it is so much better than Alien3 and Alien Resurrection. I can give 4 stars, almost 4 and half stars but short, 86/100. Hey the Alien Franchise is back and I want to see the film again, a second viewing of the great special effects would be eye candy. Anyway you will not be devastated by the Alien prequel of sorts, you will like it. Prometheus is a very good film and it stands on its own two feet. I hope there a sequel to Prometheus. Paradise anyone?