BigDave
MemberDeaconJun-02-2012 9:06 AMI think some should not take my view as bad...
I think the movie was not bad at all, visually its a treat, the story and plot is very good. My gripe was that i felt its a shame they never had 3 hours to do the movie to give some depth to some of the movie to then give the scope of its great plot more detail....
But then thats what a sequel could be for, and then Ridley never did this movie so he could go explore Xenos or Weyland as they been done in Aliens etc.
He wanted to do the Space Jockey and give a back ground story to them, so i guess when trying to tie that in, with some links to Alien and Weyland that sadly to fit it all in 2 hours was not long enough.
However Prometheus 2 would have free reign to explore the other elements in depth...
End of the day guys everyone may have different views, some on here do not like Aliens does not mean it was not good movie while some liked it.
Prometheus is a movie that you need to go see for yourselves, for some it will be more than expected, for others maybe not as expected. But i dont think many would come back and hate the movie or say its poor.
You would be better to see the movie and if it does not live up to expections, its better to had seen it than not to had and besides there are not many Sci Fi movies out there where the concept has been done to death over and over..... Battleship. Battle for Los Angeles. etc.
So this movie is different, you would kick yourself if you gave it a miss and then saw it on TV and liked it and thought.... i wish i saw this in the Cinema... which by then you would also have the movie spoilt.
If your a Ridley Fan, a Alien fan or just love Sci Fi you owe it to yourselves to go and see this movie, it may suprise you it may please you, for some it may not live up to expectations... but name me many Sci Fi movies in last 20 years that can touch the bar raised by Alien and Blade Runner....
What else are you going to save your what $10-15 for....... Transformers 4...... Battleship 2..... Halo the Movie.....
All will be simular...
This movie tries to be different, nice story shame we never had 40 mins longer.... but then i guess a 2-3 hour sequel would allow Ridley to explore his new baby more...
So take negative reviews with pinch of salt, try not to take my comments to deep and go see the movie yourself.
What would be worst.......
1) Go see the movie and it disapoints in some areas.... but then may please you....
2) Dont go see it, and find out about the plot and think.... erm thats not bad, then see it on TV and wish.... i should have seen it in 3D at the cinema...
For me i would pick 2! every time....
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