“I expected them to have red shirts on under their spacesuits.”
:D
I liked Men in Black III. I won’t waste money on this one.
The Engineers were on that backwater planet to safely
hold the spores which became the "monsters" and then the
well known alien AFTER it passed through the
Engineer (a species which created life on Earth,
and then for some still unknown reason got
really upset and decided to whack Earth entirely).
IMHO, it is a good film.
I can’t believe that this was the best script available for this story. I was really looking forward to see this film and it was a huge waste of time.
Well, I liked it. The only real fault I found with it is that they didn’t really give any of the characters other than the android and Dr Shaw any depth, or any reason to give a crap when bad things happened to them. As far as I know, the answer as to why they wanted to kill all humans will be answered in the sequel, when the protagonist reaches the engineer’s home-world for some answers, as indicated by the storyline.
For what its worth, the music and soundtrack by Marc Streitenfeld is every bit as haunting and beautiful as Jerry Goldsmith’s was for “Alien”...
Who needs a plot when you have really expensive special effects?
Have not seen it but couple friends did and they thought it was good.
I liked it. But it’s not a movie that spoon feeds you, you actually have to think about it. If you think about it then you realize it gives 90% of the back story for the Alien franchise and sets the first movie almost to the frame. But you gotta think. Maybe that’s why this guy didn’t like it.
It has been over 50 years since we landed on the moon and I am still waiting for my flying car.
This movie is the latest proof that movies have been given-over to looks over everything else.
Now, the bad. This movie has been given over to CGI and FX. The plot is incoherent and the characters act so stupidly that it is impossible not to laugh at what are supposed to be the most dramatic scenes.”
This problem is as old as Aristotle’s Poetics.....
Sucked!!!
It’s not great but not as bad as this makes it out to be. One of the great things about Blade Runner was some of the deeper open-ended questions the movie probed and didn’t answer. It made you think. I believe Ridley was going for that again here but didn’t quite pull it off. A plot hole is not a deep metaphysical question - it’s just a plot hole and this flick leaves too many of them hanging out there unaswered. I wouldn’t be surprised if I watched it again on DVD I’d see some really obscure clues in the background which would help but which no person could really be expected to pick up on the first time watching this special effects extravaganza. I give Ridley props for trying but I hope next time the execution is better script wise. I’d give it a 6 or 7 out of 10.
To each his own I guess. I loved it. Saw it twice.
We were picking a movie to see today and we watched to trailer form this movie and the one for the Marigold Hotel. I was shocked that hubby wants to see Marigold Hotel. After awhile all these big blockbuster 3D all start looking the same. We decided to pass.
The critics reviews called Prometheus “Brilliant”, “Stunning”, “Ground Breaking”, etc.
Well, it was certainly none of those things. But it was an ok movie overall. I don’t regret watching it.
The 3D effects were brilliant. It is an amazing movie visually.
But the script was marginal at best, the acting was sub-par (even the talented Charlize Theron seemed to be mailing it in), and the dialogue was very weak.
It was definitely not the movie event of the summer (”Avengers” all the way on that one). But it was a decent enough movie. If people are into the creepy Alien genre, I would recommend seeing the movie on the big screen.
I thought it was a really good movie, I enjoyed the heck out of it, so did my friend. I intend to see it again.
And to everyone who can’t figure out why the creator alien wanted to whack mankind...if you created mankind, what would you want to do with it at this point?
I tell you I’d be mixing me up some black goo and packing it on my earth bound ship right about now, and if any of ‘em came along and tried to stop me, I’d beat ‘em just like he did in the movie.
i thought so anyway... tried watching it several times but seeing Frashier's brother Niles every time i looked at the android didn't help eitherI’m still going to see it, and I give this snarky review two thumbs down. Who wrote it, Rachel Maddow?
