The best movie of the Summer... until The Dark Knight Rises.

Rating: 9/10 (10 June 2012)

If you're as plugged into the movie world as I am, I am sure by now that you know just what Ridley Scott's latest masterwork Prometheus is. But if not, then it will turn out as a gotcha and will make you feel stupid. The trailers didn't give much away, and that's a good thing. If you don't know what it is, then see it, and it will hit you.
It's the future, in 2089, a group of scientists, including Elizabeth(Nommi Rapace), her boyfriend Charlie(Logan Marshall Green), and David(Michael Fassbender), a droid, enter the ship Prometheus and go searching for the origin of human existence. But they really don't know what's in store for them.
After Prometheus was over, I realized that all of the finger nails available to chew off were gone. This movie will scare the crap out of you, and leave you on the edge of your seat. The special effects are spectacular, and some moments may have you covering your eyes. This is the first movie to scare me in years.
It's source material, which is clarified in the very end, was terrific. And it's great to have Scott back in his comfort zone. He's a sci-fi wizard, but i'm sure that we knew that from Blade Runner (and another little movie). I was starting to lose faith in him after I saw Robin Hood, but this is his best work since American Gangster.
The character development is marvelous; the performances are strong, and I was hooked from the opening thirty seconds. The Summer has just begun, and it's given us a masterful film. It's the best film of the Summer... until The Dark Knight Rises. But I mean, I think we are all thinking the same thing.
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