Not the beginning, but a beginning!

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2012)

Let me make this clear from the outset, "Prometheus" is not a direct prequel to "Alien" or the subsequent movies in that franchise. Ridley Scott's established creatures do have a role to play but it is more marginal, more on the fringes of this movie.
This is another visually arresting and well told tale from the mind and vision of legendary director Ridley Scott. This is NOT as I said a prequel per se, but rather an origins story of sort. It deals with larger questions than just the aliens themselves, questions of life, who we are, where do we come from, what is the point of our existence, are we alone in the Universe etc.
Though these are heady and quite fundamental questions, the movie does, in its own way, answer them to some degree. Even the fact that a movie even attempts to grapple with these existential questions these days, is a plus.
In what has been a rather underwhelming year for movies, so far, "Promotheus" stands alone, at least in my eyes, as one movie that I can call good, well done, with both style and substance.
Good cast, good direction, eye-popping visuals, good special effects amount to a solid sci-fi movie, or a good movie in general.
I am not going to stand here and brand "Prometheus" a masterpiece, or a perfect movie, because it isn't. But in the day and age of expecting movies to constantly disappoint and underwhelm with their mediocrity and lack of quality and vision, "Promotheus" at least has that, which is more than I can say for most other movies I've seen so far!