New Ridley Scott Sci-Fi Film Due Out June 8 - PROMETHEUS

[Hardrock69]

YES!!

That was one of the surprising pieces of the story.

[BITEYOASS]

Here's the paper trailer:

[vandeleur]

That was very cool

[lesfunk]

I saw it. The cinematography was impressive. The film is beautifully shot but the characters.... and the story.... ugh. Not so much.

[Seshmeister]

So kind of like a band with brilliant musicians but shitty songs?

[Hardrock69]

No, more like the songs are good solid songs but don't blow your mind. It IS a fairly "dry" story.

If it had been the first Alien film instead of Alien, it would have made more of an impact.
But we have what, 4 other Aliens movies plus the AVP rubbish?

So Ridley did as well as he could considering we have certain "expectations".

The film is already classified in a certain way....a space version of what I call the "crawling through the medieval castle in the middle of the night being beset by demons and who knows what" genre.

I have to hand it to Ridley though. His visual sense is second to none. He has spawned legions of imitators in the film world, but his visuals are always the best....

Even though it is a dry story, I still can't say it is any less than a quality film. Still worth seeing.

Just like every chapter of a book is not going to be "amazingly kickass", or not every song on a Van Halen album is going to be absolutely incredible.


One other thing to consider. Once it leaves the theater, unless you have a 3D TV, you are not going to be able to see it in 3D again. Certainly not on a big screen.

When taking that into consideration, it is a must see in my book. But that is just me. I am a fan of sci-fi in general, a fan of Ridley Scott, and a fan of the Alien franchise.


And Sadaist.....man, that was mean of your brother.

[BITEYOASS]

No, more like the songs are good solid songs but don't blow your mind.

Oh, like a Journey album.

[Hardrock69]

[Seshmeister]

One other thing to consider. Once it leaves the theater, unless you have a 3D TV, you are not going to be able to see it in 3D again. Certainly not on a big screen.

Is that not a good thing?

I'm not a fan of this 3D crap usually, very rare that it makes a movie better especially since you lose about a third of the color wearing usually uncomfortable glasses.

[Terry]

I might end up seeing it next week, if it's still in theaters. Have been a bit on-the-fence about seeing this one for some reason, but if it's around next Monday (25th), I'll go catch a matinee. It looks like the size and scope of the cinematography would be better viewed on a theater-size screen. Particularly if Theron shows her titties.

[Hardrock69]

Well......I know the answer to that, but in the interest of not spoiling the film, I guess I oughta keep my mouth shut.

[vandeleur]

Right here is my 2 peneth on this ..

before i start i will tell you a story that will help explain were im coming from on this.
At work we have an idiot/idiot actually who says rediculous things that are kinda funny and sometimes i wonder is he a genius or does he just say bollox ...so one of his more stupid sayings was regarding star wars and the quote is " the star wars trilogy is crap , i mean the empire strikes back was good but return of the jedi is to far fetched" , which when u think of it is a classic thing to say about a sci fi movie , at work we now use this when were trying to compare things as an example of how stupid it usually is to compare things.
so .....Ive now seen it twice ... both weirdly enough different experiences .
The first time i dont think i liked it or at least was left with a feeling of disapointment ...I didnt want to comment on here about it due to i didnt think i could express what i didnt like without giving away spoilers to people who havent seen it yet .
So after a couple of days of thinking about it , and trying not to say the classic alien was great but prometheus was to far fetched ( see above).
I went to the pics on my own in the afternoon and watched it again .
This was a wholey more enjoyable experience .
Prometheus was better without the weight of expectation or watching alien on dvd 2 hours before you go to the movies and not getting my underwear in a twist about faith vs science until i made richard dawkins seem wishy washy. And trying to ignore the perfectly good but in the wrong movie sound track .

Oh idiots latest quote is russel brand has done a gig for the DADDY LAMA

[vandeleur]

fuck i should have just said last week i liked it and been done lol

[Hardrock69]

Lol.

What sucks is that we have too few directors out there who can create such masterpieces on this level. Ridley Scott is one, James Cameron is another, Opie Cunningham is another (Ron Howard), and of course Spielberg and Lucas.

But it is the same as with any art form, any career, hell, anything involving humans.

Think of the percentages involving rock bands.

50% suck fucking ass
20% are not bad
20% are good solid bands
8% are very good
2% are exceptionally kickass bands


The same percentages could be said to apply to any art form. Motion pictures, photography, painting, sculpture, writing, fucking Nancy Grace up the ass, whatever.

Anything with Charlize Theron in it where she gets naked is worth watching in my book, by the way.

[jhale667]

Anything with Charlize Theron in it where she gets naked is worth watching in my book, by the way.

Unless you're talking about that one where she played a serial killer, gained 50lbs for the role and was completely unrecognizable due to the fake nose and Bubba teeth - totally agree.