Will an Alien series virgin like Prometheus?

Prometheus is certainly sepectacular to watch but I don't know whether it's because I've not seen any of the Alien films (nothing to do with not wanting to) and am not wedded to the concept but I thought it was very good, not great.

It has a fantastic cast with some superb performances - particularly enjoyed Michael Fassbender as the sinister robot Michael - but the script feels at times a little clunky and action movie 101. I felt talked down to as if I wasn't quite bright enough to keep up with not very complicated plot. 

My other bug bear is that for a group of seemingly highly intelligent human beings they aren't half stooopid. I suppose they have to be to generate the narrative.

It is a visual and effects feast though and I'd love to see all the 'makings of' stuff but it somehow lacked a bit of heart. You never really get under the skin of Noomi Rapace's character in order to fully understand her motives or to empathise.

So much to be admired but not quite satisfying to be a rounded hit, I am giving it 78%. On IMDb it's got 83% with a Metascore of 63%. While on Rotten Tomatoes it has 80% from critics and 87% of site visitors have given it three and a half stars or higher.

PS I spent the whole film thinking that it was Tom Hardy was playing Charlie Holloway when it is in fact Logan Marshall-Green - those two could be brothers.

 

Comments

[Simon Pudsey]

There is much to like about this film but I was left with the nagging doubt that Sir Ridley Scott was attempting his own epic 'science fiction' explanation for the origins of life. This motif, of course, having been looked at already by 2001. In this way his motives may lie more in a wish to be the next Kubrick and therefore hailed as such rather than in just creating a good, solid, sci-fi narrative. I'm pretty grateful to have only seen the teaser trailer prior to viewing and Im also glad I went to see it in 2D. For someone who really enjoyed Alien and Aliens, I'm happy that a number of questions were answered and also happily intrigued that there were a bunch of new things too. I did have a tinge of disappointment, in that I missed an opportunity to visit the H R Giger museum in 2011 and , for that matter, take a drink in the Alien themed bar.