Review: Prometheus (2012): You Might Just Need a Barf Bag!
The highly anticipated film Prometheus scored major bonus points with me when my pal had to leave the theater for fear of vomiting! Now, don’t let that deter you from going to see the film. By my standards, the film was only a little gross; however, know that if you can’t handle intense gore, you might just need a barf bag.
A group of explorers led by doctors Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) find artifacts revealing clues to the origins of mankind. Curiosity gets the best of them so they gather a team and travel to the far end of the universe and end up finding a planet lacking visible life …visible being the key word here. They soon find that their search for the origin of mankind has opened a can of worms that they now can’t close and must fight for survival.
Ridley Scott (director) has been known to have a knack for creating visually amazing and unique worlds, and in that aspect Prometheus is no different than his previous works. As a suspenseful, sci-fi/horror flick the film didn’t always deliver, as the suspense was sporadic, but the sci-fi was pretty meaty. The film suffers a bit in the story department, bringing up a number of philosophical questions and then not bothering to answer them.
Prometheus doesn’t get started with the action until a good hour or more into the film, and even then it’s sporadic. It is a sci-fi/horror film after all, so I suppose that’s understandable. Keeping that in mind, however, the first half does drag a bit. The last act though, was well worth the wait, with a couple of marvelously ooey gooey scenes. All I’ll say is that Elizabeth Shaw is one tough woman!
I loved the gore, the special effects were stunning, and freakin’ Michael Fassbender did a hell of a job with his character. Everyone else gave a great performance as well, but Fassbender took the spotlight this time around. That’s one talented, magnetic bastard!
Action Rating: 1 ½ Space Jockeys, out of 5!
Did Prometheus live up to your expectations?
This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!
1 1/2 Space Jockeys? I guess I’m waiting for blu ray then.
It absolutely ruled! If you’ve read Von Daniken’s book Chariot of the Gods you understand the impact of this move. Two words Ancient Aliens.
Being the Action Chick, I rate films based on their action, not on how much I liked the film. Prometheus is very enjoyable.
I thought it was horrible. It made no sense at all. So many holes in the plot it’s like Swiss cheese. Doesn’t shed any light on Alien.
The entire audience burst out laughing several times…not cuz anyone said anything funny…just because it was so stupid and ridiculous.
I want to talk about this forever and ever now. Such bad acting. Charlize Theron is normally a good actress but not in this.
loved it & didn’t think it was that gross compared to some others. Guess your friend won’t be watching Human Centipede anytime soon, lol.