Don't pay attention to the critics!

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2012)

Why the negativity on this film, it is absolutely crazy (although people might think I am for this review), but when I saw this movie this morning in my local cinema, in 2D(why even bother with 3D, you know it's a gimmick), I thought it was brilliant, entertaining and great action summer flick that highly recommend. What this film offered was stunning visual effects, great performances from Fassbender, Rapace and possibly Therone (I beg to differ on others opinions), and a great starting story for what should become a trilogy, to build up the franchise and really start to show how the events of Alien(1979) came from this team of scientists looking for the origins of mankind. Now before going any further, this film does have some flaws, some which did confuse me, but after researching possible theories, it seems to make more sense than I realised at that given time; some might complain at this but check out the sixth sense and fight club if you want to talk about films you need to watch again to really grasp everything properly. My real opinion on why I though this was a great film was the events that take place, although some consider a messy plot-line, there wasn't a single moment in the film where I thought nothing important is happening here, skip ahead already, (unlike in my opinion the original alien where not a lot happens for the first 20 mins) and it grips you and makes you think what's going to happen next. The ending wasn't as good as the rest of the movie had built it up to be, but it leaves it open to sequels, which is where we can find out more about what really happened and why some of the scenes were needed for Prometheus. Overall apart from the odd plot holes and wining fan boys that say it isn't alien, which it is not, and by the trailers clearly shows it's not set out to be; we are given a stunning show of what can be done when a series franchise needs a prequel/s, unlike star wars, and how much it keeps you wandering, even after the film, about little details really makes this a decent prequel that alien deserves (even if it's not as direct as it seems, but hey-ho we shall wait for the sequel). Great film, I highly recommend it, and just an over all good watch even if you are not familiar with the rest of the series.
Alien (1979) 7/10(sorry guys) Aliens (1986) 9/10 Alien3 (1992) 5/10 Alien Resurrection(1997) 6/10 Prometheus (2012) 9/10