The Keep in space...

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2012)

Just saw Prometheus in Imax 3D, and thought it was a terrific entertainment. That said, I do understand much of the disappointment. My first impression is that the various scenes, put together in the viewer's mind, suggest the plot. The "plot holes" to me were several missing scenes where the various happenings would be put together by the characters. Instead it struck me as annoying how the characters would just blurt out the conclusions... No doubt the DVD release will contain many of these scenes[?]
Early on, I thought the movie was essentially a revision of Michael Mann's "The Keep" more than a part of the the Alien franchise. The pyramid was sort of like the keep, and I was amused in the end with the malevolent "engineer" who looked sort of like "Molesar" from the keep, and who (like in the Keep) seemed to promise immortality to the frail old man character (here Weyland of The Weyland Yutani Corp., in the Keep Ian McKellan as a crippled archaelogist, etc.) and then turn out to be not only using him in a plot to destroy mankind. Yeah, the engineer does not talk directly to Weyland, but Weyland's mission unwittingly releases him... like in the keep. Oh, and in both the big guy takes out the old man for his trouble... To be honest, near the end I was kinda wishing I was watching the keep in 3D Imax!!! That's because I sorta found the Aliens franchise elements in the end kind of boring.
Overall, I'm giving it a good review not because of the Aliens prequel rubbish, but because Director Scott, the cast, etc. etc. have made a pretty good Sci-Fi film, with marvelous cinematography, etc. So forget the obligatory Alien comparisons, and just enjoy "The Keep" in space!!!!