Prometheus sucked...

[Demonaut]

great special effects...but it still sucked

[HuckleB]

1. So it's your average movie.

[Frank Cannon]

2. Sorry to hear that.

I wanted to see it so badly, but my wife and I settled on Snow White and the Huntsman. That would have been a five-star movie if it hadn't been miscast.

[dogknob]

4. Miscast how?

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm pretty excited about Eddie Izzard, Ian McShane and Bob Hoskins as dwarves.

[MissB]

5. I'm going to guess that Snow White was miscast.

As I think that actress really can't act.

[Frank Cannon]

10. And you'd be right.

There must have been a thousand actresses who could have pulled that role off better than Ms. Stewart did. But I guess they were targeting a certain demographic.

[Frank Cannon]

8. Kristen Stewart

I so much wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. I thought that she's a terrible actress in the Twilight movies only because her character is terribly written in them. But, alas, she really is a terrible actress. And she just didn't work in this character.

And that sucks. Because the movie was terrific, except for her. And it makes me sad to say that.

[Skittles]

12. she is absolutely awful

I wonder how long we will have to put up with her in movies

[Frank Cannon]

17. Maybe she'll be like Nicole Kidman.

I used to think Nicole Kidman was a terrible actress, and I couldn't understand why she was in so many movies. Then she did "To Die For" and my mind was blown. So maybe Kristen will surprise us all once she grows up.

But somehow I doubt it.

[Javaman]

35. We'll have to put up with here as long as the twilight gush continues...

once that has finally run it's course aka the teens finally grow up, then she will be shuffled off to supporting roles, b films or into the dreaded dungeon of schlock.

[Nancy Waterman]

47. Movie was very good except for Kristen Stewart

There is an emotionally flat quality to her that is areal turn-off. She absolutely did not fit in the role
of a loving and "pure" young snow white. Big ICK factor.

[Uncle Joe]

48. They should have cast Amy Adams from the movie "Enchanted," she blew me away with her acting

if you're looking for "loving and pure" Amy would've knocked it out of the park.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_(film)

[sh80]

49. I agree.

Apart from the pure factor, there had to be a ballsiness to Snow White as represented in this script. I think a young Kate Winslet could have pulled off this look. Or even Rooney Mara, for instance.

[Speck Tater]

16. I agree. And I haven't even seen it yet.

The movie sounded like fun until I saw her in the previews and thought, "Nope. Not going to bother with that one."

[Xyzse]

45. To defend Ms. Stewart

That though I agree that she is just not a good actress... I must admit that her indie choices are done well.
She didn't do too badly in the Runaways, and her as this jail-bait singer in "In to the Wild" was done well. She has done courageous movie choices like "Welcome to the Rileys" but, even then, I don't like her acting, I'd still have to give her some credit for her independent movie choices.

Saying that, crud, I have to admit that I got to see that movie largely in part to the South African Beauty named Charlize Theron and Thor. However, I blame watching this dreck to a friend who wanted to see it.

[lookingfortruth]

27. What was the miscast?

[truebrit71]

44. I liked it..even though Thor's attempt at a Scottish brogue was laughable...

...loved the dwarves, just wish they'd shown up earlier, and Charlize Theron was absolutely brilliant as the wicked Queen...

[Quixote1818]

3. I am not into dark sci-fi but felt it did a good job taking on some big philosophical questions

This clip hits on one of them:

[WillyT]

6. Also... Sprach Zarathustra

Here's a version to relax to...

[Quixote1818]

7. I thought this guy had some interesting points

[ibegurpard]

18. agreed

it started to come off the tracks a bit once they got to the planet and things started to go wrong but overall I enjoyed it quite a bit.

[trumad]

29. This guy is great...

I agree with his review 100 percent... I loved the movie personally.

[SaB2012]

9. I found this review to be pretty decent and insightful

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/06/11/review-prometheus-is-a-visually-stunning-epic-failure/

[Bolo Boffin]

11. It is. Thanks for the link! n/t

[Quixote1818]

15. I actually thought a lot of the dumb things people did is exactly what a corporate crew would do

This was not a NASA crew of top notch scientists with good leadership, it was a mix of people with different agenda's who ended up causing really bad group cohesion and the kind of problems you would see with poor leadership and people who were very different, some just there for the money. I also think the scientists would most certainly want to bring back part of the alien into the ship and study it.

As far as touching the black goo, that was Dave the robot who was following his master who was willing to take a lot of chances with everyone else's lives because it was really all about ONLY saving his.

[Demonaut]

19. too long a review............succinctly...it sucked

succinctly

[Poll_Blind]

21. Yeah, I read that review earlier today and found it mostly spot-on. nt

PB

[FarLeftFist]

23. Can't go wrong with Rotten Tomatoes critic & audience reviews. Here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prometheus_2012/

Before I see almost any movie I read Rotten Tomatoes reviews. Saved tons of money.

[EarlG]

13. I didn't really like it either

It was weird though... there were parts I liked, and I mostly enjoyed watching the movie, despite some real groaners in the script where characters would just do the dumbest things. Visually, it was great. I was pretty absorbed in it during the first half and there were some cool scenes scattered throughout. But when it ended I couldn't help feeling like I'd just wasted two hours.

[Swede]

14. Hey,he gave us fire.

How soon they forget.

[cthulu2016]

20. Is PROMETHEUS SUCKED the sequel the Atlas Shrugged?

[RZM]

22. LOL. But don't you mean 'Anthem?'

I haven't read 'Atlas Shrugged,' but I did read 'Anthem' in HS English class. I believe that's the one with the Prometheus reference, though maybe it's in AS too.

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. Prometheus and Atlas were brothers

http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanIapetos.html

The finale of the trilogy could be "Epimetheus Got Married" - a hilarious rom-com with a heart-warming ending.

[sofa king]

33. They're moons of Saturn, too.

Prometheus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28moon%29


Atlas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_%28moon%29


Iapetus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_%28moon%29

("That's no moon....&quot

Epimetheus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_%28moon%29

[calimary]

24. I didn't like it.

But I'm one of those who doesn't enjoy seeing gruesome gooey slimy snakey aliens popping out of people or burrowing into people.

I like movies where I don't feel compelled to close my eyes while the movie's playing.

I know. Just weird and out of it.

I didn't like "Alien" either. Just not my kind of film. After it was over, I turned to my male friends and said "next time we do this, it better be a chick flick."

[thelordofhell]

25. It was a great comedy

I haven't seen a comedy like that since Fight Club

[muriel_volestrangler]

28. Here's a review by an archaeologist

who has a bone or two to pick with the spaceship budget:

Fassbender cycles around the spaceship, throwing basketballs into hoops and watching documentaries. You get a feel for the size of the spaceship, and his lonely existence within it. For a crew of less than ten people, the financiers and engineers behind the expedition have sensibly decided that creating a space-ship the size of a cathedral would be a good idea. Presumably neglecting to install an off switch for a robot was just one of those costs they had to cut to make the whole thing possible. To pass the time he likes watching old films and learning languages. We like him. That’s even before all the humans wake up and prove to be barking mad or arseholes. Or barking mad arseholes.
...
The first duty of the captain is, naturally, to decorate the Christmas tree. Because it’s Christmas apparently. Charlize Theron reminds him that there is a mission briefing. He informs her that he has yet to have breakfast. He’s been asleep for two years, and decides to decorate a Christmas tree (while smoking a cigar in a closed environment) before he has breakfast. We realise that the crew selection procedure was yet another casualty of the cuts required to ensure that they had a sodding big spaceship (SBS from here on in).

At the breakfast table a rather nice biologist (played by Raef Spall, son of Timothy) introduces himself to a grumpy geologist, who is very rude. Later on, he confirms he’s the geologist, by shouting “I’m a geologist, I fucking love rocks!” as if that was the most pressing point that needed explaining. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. The current point that needs explaining is the implication that these two crew members have managed to make it this far without actually meeting each other, and are plainly incompatible. It seems that at least one part of the crew selection procedure took the form of a raffle at an arsehole convention.

The crew is gathered. Two of the chaps at the front are betting that it’s a terraforming expedition. Apparently they don’t know why they’re here either. You’d think they’d shown a little curiosity when, for instance, they were packing and saying goodbye to their loved ones. Or climbing on board the SBS. Or going into suspended animation. But no.

http://digitaldigging.net/prometheus-an-archaeological-perspective/

[ljm2002]

32. That review is long, hilarious, and absolutely spot-on!

I can't for the life of me figure out how such a poor script got funded at all, much less used as the basis for a blockbuster sci-fi film.

It would have been okay if the film had been moody and not fully action-packed. I love philosophical asides and slow building plots. The special effects were great and could have covered a multitude of sins. Unfortunately, they could not cover the absolute deluge of bad dialog, plot holes, randomly illogical behavior, and wooden acting by all except Fassbender as the android.

Wait for it to come out on DVD, it's good for more than a few laughs if you're with someone else who still has some critical faculties left. As for me, I went to see it by myself, and boy do I wish I could get my money back. Not to mention the 2 hours.

[muriel_volestrangler]

38. I haven't seen it, but it does sound ripe for the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment (nt)

[truebrit71]

39. Having just read it, and as someone that enjoyed the film I have to agree...

...the review is hilarious...I still thought the movie was okay though...

[Blue_Tires]

42. Jesus, I need to start watching movies with that guy

Friends hate watching with me, because I'm one of those world-class Lt. Columbo-question-asking plot hole sleuths...

[Honeycombe8]

30. I thought it was great. And I'm not an action movie lover, as a rule.

Maybe it has to do with expectations. I hadn't read any reviews and didn't have great expectations, when I went. I didn't know it was maybe a prequel to Alien. I just noticed that the "thing" reminded me of Alien, as well as a couple of other things in the movie.

I thought it was a great movie experience, overall.

[JHB]

31. It lacked suspense, but...

...I did like the implicit point about gazillionaire assholes taking it as their due that they can sacrifice everybody to advance their pet projects.

Having failed to buy the basic premise, the rest was just pretty effects and not much else.

[Javaman]

36. you're right, it did lack suspense.

it was too ponderous. And any suspense that did occur was quickly extinguished by inanity.

The bottom line to me, the Alien Franchise was built on horror and corporate greed. While the corporate greed was still centered in this film, the horror aspect was severely blunted because there was nothing to be afraid of at all.

The one and only really chance at suspense was when the two crew members were left behind in the "temple" and they were killed off way too quickly, with nothing to show for it.

They found the dead guys but then nothing happened.

When the one crew member becomes sick and starts attacking the others, I first thought it was the one of the guys that was left in the temple not one of the hero's. That point in the movie was very muddy and had very weak story telling.

[Javaman]

34. Here's an interesting blog on the movie. it's worth reading...

that said, I saw the movie.

While I won't say it sucked, it wasn't what I would call a great movie. It was just okay.

Scott, I think, was going for subtle and instead got obtuse.

Here's the blog...

http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html

on edit: my personal take was, it was too much like the first Alien movie. Way to many similarities. It struck me as a retread in many ways. I thought much of the character development lacked. Endless clumsy dialogue that went no where with no point other than pondering philosophical what if's.

The problem as I see it is pretty basic: the franchise as it stands is action oriented based upon corporate greed. However, Scott has tried to take the whole concept of the Aliens and set it on it's head by establishing a whole new story arch with the "engineers" and how they were responsible for humanities creation. While that might be a very interesting concept to pursue, I found it's execution very ham-handed. It's a story for it's own movie and not to be muddied into the Alien mythos. At least not in the way Scott dealt with it. Frankly, what he should have done was expand the concept to fully flush it out and break it into two films. A 2 hour film for what he wanted to achieve was way too short and, what I believe, left out a lot of the story.

There was so much wrong from a story telling point of view, I don't even know where to begin, but that said, I'm sure there will be a sequel and perhaps that will give us more of the mythos that Scott is trying to convey.

My deeper understanding as to what Scott was trying to create with this movie was only fully comprehended when I read the above blog. Sadly, if a movie requires a second explanation after the fact, then the movie failed.

If however this is a new trend in filmmaking where you have to read background material prior to or after a film, then that is vastly different and frankly bad in my opinion, but given internet marketing these days, if done correctly, than it could be a clever angle, sadly, this is not that film nor that marketing tactic.

[Quixote1818]

43. That was a great read! Thanks. nt

[truebrit71]

37. I disagree...thought it was definitely a B+

...which in this day and age of interminable Adam Sandler flicks, Vampire romances, and relentless cartoon/super-hero sequels, here was a movie that really tried to stand out...and it succeeded...sort of...

[Ganja Ninja]

40. I'm saving my money for that Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter Flick.

That due can really handle an axe.

[Blue_Tires]

41. Thanks for saving me 10 bucks

[Romulox]

46. I watched Alien (1979) in hd over the weekend. I really love the real models, old-school special fx

I want to see Prometheus, but my mind gags on too much greenscreen/CG.