Fantastic Movie, with flaws, my commentary

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2012)

I hugely anticipated Prometheus for no other reason than Ridley Scott! I knew it would be good and it certainly was. Perfect, it was not. I believe this was the last gasp to save the simply brilliant Alien franchise, run into the ground by the Fox Geniuses.
The movie succeeded but not because it was brilliant.
Prometheus covers a lot of ground but answers very few questions. The Priest like figure in the beginning, sacrificing himself so his DNA can dissolve into the waters of the earth, to begin the evolution of man is a bit Far fetched. The questions created outweigh the purpose. Why not just populate the planet?
Flash forward, cave drawings, different cultures and Chariot of the Gods yadda yadda, we have Prometheus on its way. The year: 2093, SERIOUSLY!! 2093?
Why not 2293? This is what we can expect from Fox.
A tour of Prometheus and it is a marvel of special effects including David. Yes, he is the semi- evil android. Programmed by Weyland to accomplish the mission at all costs and you guessed it, crew expendable. Yawn.
Prometheus arrives on LV-223, NOT LV-426  WHAT? Well, looks like another movie will be made to connect the dots. The story line here is pretty much a rip-off of ALIEN. Crew lands on planet (Chariot of the Gods style marks denoting a runway), crew gets off ship, crew goes into deep dark place, oops, crew encounters bad creatures and brings them back on the ship. Yup. Been there before.
A couple of things don't work with the story here. David brings back a few flasks with dark stuff inside. This transforms an expendable crew member into a nasty, crispy, indestructible alien. What? Dr Shaw has sex with this guy prior to the transformation and .... yes, she is 3 months instantly prego, but wait... she can't have kids..... Seriously? YAWN.
In ALIEN, the suspense build-up to where John Hurt meets chest burster was brilliant, here, this is all laughable. It is too much story line crammed into a short period of time. It isn't bad storyline, the execution of it didn't deliver it as well as it could.
Meanwhile, back on the LV-223, we have the two buffoons who, you guessed it, get stranded, and meet up with a face hugger from the past. Well, not really, this is something new. Oh, says the stupid guy, isn't it cute! You can figure out the rest. Again, this left me wondering what Fox-Genius wrote this story line. Better yet, what Fox-Genius proofed this script.
You would think they would hire enthusiastic fans to write a script or screen the movie and cut this stinky brown stuff out. NOPE... read on.
So, the bad Alien is out of the bag and they realize (how?) that this place is an off world arsenal for planet destruction! Really, how the h.e.l.l. did they figure that out?
Wait, one Pilot Space Jockey is alive, discovered by.... David. The pilot is revived later in the movie.
We also discover Weyland himself is on the ship. A nasty, wrinkled, old, 1st Class Corporate A-hole that wants to live forever and came to the planet to find.... GOD. Shoot me now. As it turns out, the Space Jockey Pilot, is revived, kills everyone in the room and launches his ship.
Why?
To kill the EARTHLINGS of course. WHY? Who knows. First, plant DNA, then go back and KILL everyone. Sure makes sense to me.
Final conflict on planet and.... true to form.... ONE person survives the carnage. Sound familiar? Let me tell you, Alien ship construction and durability is really astounding!
So, how do we leave LV-226? We take the "other" alien ship (what other ship)
The one hidden underground of course! No, wait, our HERO decides to take the ALIEN weapon of mass destruction ship to the PLANET OF ORIGIN. Excellent. I REALLY liked that!
End, roll credits.
Things I really, liked about the movie:
a) special effects are fantastic
b) David. Excellent character
c)Charlize Theron. Not enough of a roll.
d) Overall concept was excellent, even though it hemorrhages as it goes along. The story line was OK. It was entertaining even with the stupid parts injected by Fox-Geniuses.
e) I liked the way the Pilot met his end, just desserts, sets the stage for the next movie. You also see an Alien morph ..... the Alien TIE IN. This was OK with me, it worked, but could have been better.
Things I REALLY DISLIKED:
a) why is the Pilot race out to kill us? STUPID writing. For a WEAPON? BS! Total and pure.
b) the abortion.... laughable, especially the heroics that follow.
c) the two idiots who play with the cute snake thing. Please, spare me.
d) Why didn't Charlize Theron get a better character? Seriously, Fox?
e) Noomi? The lead? Seriously? See d) above.
f) David was the only really good character that was played brilliantly.
g) What were the little worms in the earth? What was the stuff in the cylinders? How did this all tie in? Come on, who wrote this garbage?
I am a big ALIEN fan and this was a good movie, pimples and all. I wanted to rate this movie a 10, great special effects and cinematography but the script had too much Hollywood brown stink in it.
Ridley Scott has basically breathed new life into the franchise. The question is, can the geniuses at Fox make it right? The ending does have promise.
Lets hope this movie is a stepping stone to solid Science Fiction and a revival of a great Franchise.
GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, FOX!