¨How far would you go to get your answers?¨
Prometheus is one of the best movies of the
year and in my opinion one of the best science fiction films I`ve seen in a very
long time. The visuals were incredible, the characters interesting (very strong
performances from Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace), and the suspense was very
intense. I was at the edge of my seat during most of the film and was really
impressed with the movie overall. I had seen the trailer and didn’t really
expect much, since I`ve never seen the Alien films and had heard this was an
Alien prequel. However, despite not seeing Alien I have to say that the film
works on its own independently. I do want to go back and watch those films now because
Ridley Scott did such a great job with this movie. Scott became a household
name in 1979 when he directed the first Alien film which became an instant cult
classic and followed it up with another great science fiction movie, Blade
Runner. Since then his movies have been either hit or miss, with some great
titles like Thelma and Louise, Matchstick Men, and Gladiator, and others not as
good. He has directed several different genres, but there is no doubt that when
it comes to science fiction he brings out the best. His latest film, Robin
Hood, wasn`t received very well, although I did enjoy it quite a bit, but not
nearly as much as I did Prometheus. The script for this movie was written by
Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof (the writer of my favorite TV series, Lost), and
for many it was the weakest part of the film, but I did enjoy some of the
dialogue and the philosophy behind it considering this is a science fiction
film.
The movie takes place in the year 2089 when two
archeologists, Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan
Marshall-Green), make an important discovery in a cave somewhere in Scotland. They
find ancient hieroglyphics similar to others they`ve found in different unconnected
regions of the world from different eras and times. They automatically assume
that this has to be a sign that we were created by some sort of a higher being,
which they call ¨Engineers¨. The hieroglyphics consist of men signaling towards
five stars that are exactly in the same position, which scientists later
discover to be in a very distant galaxy with a solar system similar to our own.
Elizabeth and Charlie convince a wealthy man named Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) to
finance a trip to this planet in order to search for answers about their existence.
A crew of 17 members all financed by the Weyland Company travel to this distant
planet on a spacecraft named Prometheus. They are put into hyper sleep during
the voyage which takes more than two years, while a human like android named
David (Michael Fassbender) makes sure everything is running smoothly. Once they
reach their destination, David wakes everyone up. The captain of the ship is
Janek (Idris Elba) and they all follow orders from Meredith Vickers (Charlize
Theron) who sends the exploration crew out to find any sign of life outside and
commands them not to speak to anyone until they return to the ship. The film
slowly builds the suspense and tension from this point on as they end up
finding something very different from what they were searching for.
There are plenty of scares and thrills in
Prometheus and the tension is very well constructed, unlike recent horror films
where you have hardly any build up to the story. Many people complain about the
script, but I thought it was really well developed with interesting characters
and situations. Michael Fassbender gives perhaps the best performance of the
film with a very intriguing character who you never know whether you can trust
him or not. His performance is among the best I`ve seen this year. Noomi Rapace
also gives a very strong performance as the strong female lead role. She proved
she can play these difficult roles before (from the Swedish Millennium trilogy)
and she is someone to keep an eye on. Idris Elba had some small scenes, but he
is always great. Charlize Theron gives a very good performance as the sort of
cold and distant Vickers. You never know whether she`s human or an android
because of her distant nature, and there is even a joke about it in the movie.
The rest of the cast was alright, but never up to par with Fassbender and
Rapace. Some of the scientists do act rather immaturely, but I guess that is
always a must in science fiction horror films. You always have to have those
annoying characters which you don’t really care for or mind having them killed
off. Perhaps I enjoyed this film more than others since I haven’t seen the
Alien films and didn’t have my expectations as high as them. I will definitely go
see those movies now, and I wouldn’t have a problem watching this film all over
again.
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