Comments on: Poll: Should I Watch Prometheus in Theaters?

By: KTagher

KTagher — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:51:33 +0000

Yes, enjoy the movie for what it is – an epic and beautiful scifi film that has a few plot holes but who cares, suspend disbelief and enjoy it! Forget all the criticism.

By: Sheldon Wiebe

Sheldon Wiebe — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:35:52 +0000

Prometheus asks the big questions: where did we come from; why are we here; where are are we going; what comes after death?

Not only does it not have all the answers, it suggests we might not like them when we get them.

There are plotholes, but the film is ambitious, spectacularly gorgeous, and features the best use of 3D outside of Avatar and Hugo.

Despite some clunky dialogue and few developed characters, Michael Fassbinder, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron are spellbinding – and Logan Marshall-Greene gives a breakthrough performance.

Prometheus is flawed, but ultimately well worth seeing in a theater – in 3D.

By: Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:03:16 +0000

Based on everything I’ve seen and heard (including right here on this blog) I’m going to wait to see it on Netflix or on Cable TV. I don’t go to the movie theater often and when I do the movie’s got to break all the barriers and shine through on every level.

By: Space Girl

Space Girl — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:06:48 +0000

Here’s my take on it:
Lots of questions posed, none answered. Cool visuals, semi-interesting characters. Not very suspensful.

By: PB Sutherland

PB Sutherland — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:12:27 +0000

At the risk of being double moderated. Yes you should go see it. The art direction alone is amazing. The actors did a great job. The director did an amazing job. The “plotting” is so bad that it almost ruins it. Worse plotting than a reincarnated sigourney weaver alien cat hybrid clone.

By: PB Sutherland

PB Sutherland — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:43:19 +0000

The plot was awful, the characters were thin, “This is not an Alien prequel” according to the producers, it is supposed to be a spin off, yet the only satisfying thing in the entire story is the (thin) psudo answers you get to unresolved questions in Alien.

It’s like if you took the worst possible aspects of Alien 4, then told the writer of LOST to write write a mid-season cliffhanger based on the cover art, then edited it down to a movie.

That said, it sure was pretty.

By: Cybornetics

Cybornetics — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:26:04 +0000

Watch Cybornetics instead! http://youtu.be/DHvrrTwbh4g

By: Girish Menon

Girish Menon — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:07:55 +0000

It was a great experience, even though the movie is flawed. If you have liked the first 4 Alien films, then this is a must-see. As you would expect from many Ridley Scott films, the look and feel of the film is better than the storytelling. And with the script by ‘Lost’-man Damon Lindelof, you can be sure that there are more questions than answers. The movie really felt like part 1 of a two-parter. I definitely felt they could have made the movie about 10-15 minutes longer to make some of the scenes more ‘logical’ or ‘realistic’. But to be honest, all these ‘issues’ come to mind mostly after watching the movie. While it is on-screen (I watched on IMAX 3D), I was really captivated by the images and the atmosphere.
Here’s a review I wrote a few days ago with my thoughts on it:-
http://chronophlogiston.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/prometheus-a-religious-pilgrimage-for-devotees-of-alien/

By: Jules-Pierre Malartre

Jules-Pierre Malartre — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:58:30 +0000

I saw it in AVX 3D and paid quite a premium for it. Since this was my first AVX movie, I felt it was worth it. I’m not certain I want to ever pay extra for AVX again, but I enjoyed the experience. Prometheus was somewhat disappointing for me. Except for the interesting mytho, what else did it offer? If you disregard its big production value, I felt it was no better than the score of critter movies the original Alien inspired. The creatures are seriously boring. In some scenes, it looks like the characters-turned-critters don’t even know what to do. To me, those are signs of overused clichés, and it’s sad to see that in a Ridley Scott movie. Blu-Ray would probably have been sufficient for me.

By: Bell

Bell — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:16:59 +0000

Watch it for the visual spectacle alone. The plot is rather… problematic.

It’s a shame that this astounding picture should be so hindered by terrible, terrible writing.