Filling a recent void. Besides Cabin in the...

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2012)

Filling a recent void. Besides Cabin in the Woods, sci-fi horror seemed to of been on vacation lately and Prometheus fills in a big way. Now as many know, this movie is what they are calling a "distant prequel" to the Alien movies. Which is to say this movie is in the same world and is connected in story but not directly. There would need to be more films made to fill in the distance in the stories. Which may very well happen.
So if you are a fan of the Alien Movies, especially Ridley Scott's Alien, you are probably wondering if you will be let down. Well if you look at Prometheus's cinematography I doubt you'll find any problems there. The movie is visually outstanding and a foreign world is most successfully created. Not to mention despite the dark cinematography and it being shot in dim 3D, Prometheus is never to dark. Smartly they shot the movie with high key lighting and darkened the movie later in editing.
Not only does Prometheus's cinematography do Alien justice but so does the technique usage for the intensity and horror. Although the overall character development was slightly lacking, I still cared about the characters and what was happening. This is due in no small part to the effective pacing and camera technique. Even if you didn't know Ridley directed both Alien and Prometheus you would be able to guess they are directed by the same person. The movie is very much made in classic sci-fi style.
But it's in the narrative that some may be a little disappointed. I wont go to much into it to avoid spoiling. But I will say there were some wholes and the narrative had little in common with the original Alien. To wrap up the biggest difference in one word, I'll use "Creator". That's all I'll say but you will completely understand once you see it. Which I do recommend. Not only because it is highly entertaining, surprisingly intense and visually stunning, but as a sci-fi horror it's a success.
Note: For those who are wondering about the Predator Alien connection made in the AVP films, it seems Ridley is not interested in it.