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My First Review of PROMETHEUS

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Danial92

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 10:26 AM
Hi guys, This is my [u]first review of PROMETHEUS[/u] from my first time watching of the movie. So, I'll be discussing with spoilers so if you have watched PROMETHEUS, then you'll be able to understand....^^ [b][u]Plot/Story[/u] [/b]This movie summarize the plot of a group of scientist and researchers travel across the galaxy and visit the makers of human kind, but what turns out what they discover can lead to the destruction of the human race. To be honest with you guys, I haven't watch ALIEN before, but my first encounter with the ALIENs universe is AVP first movie, from that moment I start to feel that Aliens are the best scared creatures that I ever discovered. Back to Prometheus, due to some rumors of that [u]this movie is not the prequel to ALIEN[/u], and it turns out it's [b]TRUE[/b]! PROMETHEUS had illustrated of how the new organism of human being is being created from a race from another planet which referred as the "Engineers". The opening scene of the film is definitely my most favourite scene of the entire movie, as well as other epic scenes...Which it shows a Engineer had sacrifice itself to create a new life of organism thousand years back ago. This had answered some of my question that what I really expect towards to this movie of how mankind is created. As the story move towards from the PROMETHEUS ship is travelling towards the galaxy,then till the crew went to discover for the Ampule temple, till the events that "something went wrong", it was an incredible journey and how Ridley had this amazing idea from taking the audiences into one path, then goes to another path of the entire story. Although there are a tons of questions from the movie left unanswered, but we do hope explanation and new "surprise" can be reveal in the next 2 sequals. [b][u]Cast[/u] [/b] Another reason why I choose to watched this movie over the opening weekend is because the amazing cast that had contributed so focus for their role in PROMETHEUS. One of my favorite character is Meredith Vickers, potrayed by Charlize Theron. [img]http://www.backgroundsdesktop.org/wallpapers/charlize_theron_in_prometheus-1366x768.jpg[/img] The character Vickers gave me an impression of how she really "cares" about the PROMETHEUS project, with the funding of trillion for the project from Weyland Company, it's her job to make sure that everything goes accordingly and correctly. The other characters also did an amazing job, especially like David, the android, Elizabeth Shaw, the heroine , which the surgery scene is one of the challenge that she had to perform; Charlie, Janek, Fifield, Millburn, and the rest of the Prometheus crew. [b][u]The Engineers[/u] [/b] Altought this is my first review, I also kinda not understand what really happen on LV 233, but from the point of view what I assume is that there are types of Engineers be on LV 233, but we still don't know where do the Engineers came from, but the visit to the Ampule temple can explain what exactly really happen before man-kind was born. I assumed that there are good and bad engineers being involved in the planet of LV 233, where the holograms that the David activated inside the Ampule temple, where it showed some of the Engineers are being chased by something. From this point of view, I really don't know what it's going on because the hologram display was quite fast, thus I can't really observed what is really chasing the Engineers, that led to one of the Engineers is being kill by the chamber door as it's too late to escape into the chamber. Another questions that left unanswered for me is that what exactly is inside the Chamber that contains numerous of containers, and also the humanoid head, which we already knew the containers can leak out the dark goo, which produce another new creature life form, or create some-sort of biological weapon to against something. The ending scene of the awaken Engineer was also another coolest scene of the movie, where it also showed that the last engineer is plan to destroy earth and wipe out the entire human race due to some reason, which we still don't know yet, and of course the engineer's ship is being crushed by PROMETHEUS during departure. [img]http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/sebastiantorres/522474_10150786859246552_651286551_9591875_775516672_n.jpg[/img] There are still a tons of questions for the engineers aspects from this movie, maybe the later 2 sequals can explain the Engineer's universe, which will make the storyline more interesting. [b][u]Aliens from PROMETHEUS[/u] [/b] The aliens life form from PROMETHEUS is realy amazing, from hammerpede, into a gigantic squid-like Facehugger, and also the birth of a new kind of ALIEN. All of these creature life-form are originally came from the dark liquid, which it can operate different kinds of effects for different types of habitat. From my opinion, the aliens from the world of PROMETHEUS is really good in terms of design and also the characteristics, which can relate to the creatures from the ALIENs franchise, like the Facehugger, and the squid-like facehugger had really frightened me up if I was the one who being fight with it. The birth of the new alien at the ending scene, also lead me to another thinking that the sequals, which I hope more aliens that the one appear in the ending scene will make appearance in the later sequals and pray for more scary scenes for this kind of new alien type. In conclusion, I wish I can spend 2 hours just to write my first full review, but I have to watch PROMETHEUS again later this week in order to understand the overall concept of the movie, especially the engineers aspects, in order for me to fully understand what the engineers try to deliver before move into the later sequals. Therefore, PROMETHEUS is an amazing film for those who love science fiction, and it also made me want to do more research towards to the ALIEN universe to actually find out what happen on LV 426, which I knew there's not that much or not entirely had any connection with PROMETHEUS. Thus, thanks for reading my film review and enjoy commenting for my first review of PROMETHEUS.
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Danial92

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 10:51 AM
@WhyDontTheyFreezeHim and @dopelganger Thanks guys, and I have watched certain clips from ALIEN on Youtube and did literally scares me off.........., and I think I will buy the original DVD of ALIEN and experience the horror.........^^. For ALIEN 3 I did watched it on tv as I remember that ripley fall into some sort of giant container that full of lava stuff, but the front part I still haven't watch yet. Anyway thanks for the heads up and will looking forward to watch all the 3 ALIEN movies.......^^

brightonrock

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 10:59 AM
@Danial92 Make sure you do get a copy of Alien. It'll scare you in ways you never thought possible. It's one of those rare films in that it doesn't age: it only gets better.

Wiley Hyena

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 10:50 AM
Interesting review. Mysterious plot mechanics add to the mystique tho. It was an amazing film. Ridley Scott is the best thing going right now. This movie could have fallen under the bloated weight of the big quesions (philosophy), but the action pushed through that danger. A quick reference at the beginning to the Sumerian, Egyptian, etc... artifacts is all we needed to know. This is new age thinking and doesn't require too much advertisement. If you need more, then I recommend Sitchen's chronicles on the Sumerians. Obviously, the writers had to balance Christian concepts with the new age stuff so as not to be seen as promoting what many might consider "crackpot" views. But, the idea of a progenitor race of aliens is sufficiently imbedded in our culture now so as not to offend. At any rate, it is a good vehicle upon which to base a sci fi movie. As to the plot; the question of whether the engineers were malevolent or benevolent is left open. Perhaps they were coming to earth to genetically raise the human species once again (to the level of the engineers?)? The pilot's aggression seems to point to malevolence, but he could have been a saboteur. The black substance does not have to be a weapon if viewed in this light. It could be made into one by malfeasance, however. The end result of genetic mutations created by the black substance (the Alien monster) could strictly be a matter of random happenstance. These questions left unanswered add to the intrigue of the movie. The reference to Lawrence of Arabia was brilliant. The David character shined thru and thru as a result of that reference. I mention it because most reviews gloss over this without taking note of the effects.

Danial92

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 11:20 AM
@Wiley Hyena Nice sugggestions for me to explore more about the ancient artifacts that can relate to the thinking towards a sci-fi movie like this........^^

WhyDontTheyFreezeHim

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 10:36 AM
Nice review, but I have to ask - have you now watched Alien, Aliens and/or Alien 3? If not, do it! DO IT NOWWWWW!!!!

dopelganger

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 10:43 AM
Nice review - dead on! I think you need to watch Alien. You will understand a little more about Weyland Industries and their ulterior motives.
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spacyfreak

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 11:29 AM
OHHH YOU LUCKY ONE! its really an EVENT to watch the alien trilogy the first time, especially ALIEN and ALIENs. So prepare yourself, choose an evening and a place where noone disturbs you, and WATCH and FEEL. I am curious how you will look at PROMETHEUS after seeing this two masterpieces.

Danial92

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 11:35 AM
@brightonrock wow, I feel like want to grap the copy of ALIEN this weekend, well have to ask for the retail shops since the video cd retails shops in Malaysia had limited copies for it.....^^ Thanks for the heads up.......^^

Danial92

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 11:40 AM
@spacyfreak Wow, watching ALIEN trilogy in an evening moment? That's a really good idea. But I most exciting to watch ALIEN first, to get the full story of LV 426.......then ALIENS then continue to ALIEN3..........

grub

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 11:49 AM
Get thy arse to a chair, turn down the lights, watch Alien! AvP as an introduction to the series is like McDonalds as an introduction to food.

Inquisitor Tremayne

MemberOvomorphJun-11-2012 11:51 AM
dont' get wrapped up in the hype and philosophies behind this, because this is actually a message that believing people survive to fight another day and those that just follow orders get crushed by giant alien space-crafts! it was not a good movie! it has good cinematography and effects. the script is bad, the editing poor, the crew is stupid, etc...! just back away, take another look and think "oh, it is a pretty dog turd!" and you'll feel all the better!

mrphew

MemberOvomorphJun-12-2012 11:49 AM
@Danial92 Just watch Alien already!! You owe yourself to watch it!

Danial92

MemberOvomorphJun-13-2012 12:40 AM
@mrphew OMG, i really have to buy the dvd this weekend, thanks for the heads up.......^^
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