Scott delivers

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2012)

Ridley Scott is back in the Sc-fi genre and he really hasn't lost his edge. Prometheus completely fulfilled my expectations and more.The movie started and from the first 30 seconds I was gripped. I didn't check my watch once for the running time or to see how long was left. I was truly gripped to the screen.
as soon as the the film starts its really story building on story building on story. This movie really doesn't have a lull at any point. I am a huge fan of the Alien franchise but I went in to this film unbiased and I wanted to give this film a fair review. As soon as the film starts, it couldn't be further away from an Alien movie, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I found the plot to be truly gripping and I couldn't wait for the next scene to unfold. This is easily the best film I have seen so far this year and I felt it did have a unique feel to it. The actors were very well chosen apart from perhaps Guy Pearce. I felt his character could have had more screen time and his story could have been more rounded. At times the film was creepy but this is definitely not a horror movie. It has the perfect blend of sci-fi, action and a tiny bit of horror and gore but it's not overly done and it works well with the tone of the movie. The 3D aspect works incredibly well. At times I felt like this wasn't a 3D movie and then something subtle in the depth of the screen would catch my eye and I think this is where 3D works best.
Prometheus is a fantastic movie and yes I do wish the connection to the first Alien movie was a little more prominent but there is enough here to really answer a lot of questions and open up new ones.