Prometheus
I wanted to like Prometheus, I really did. The trailer and cast looked great and contained the promise of a well written, action packed adventure. The critic reviews have been good and even the guy who sold us the tickets said we'd love it.
Sadly, no.
I don't know where to begin. 80 or so years from now a wealthy eccentric man finances a trip to space to see if an archeological find will lead the team to find our creators. This for no other reason than to ask "why?" Millions of dollars spent on the finest spacecraft and off goes Prometheus with what has to be the lowest IQ group of specialists on earth. Seriously, if I was the aliens that created humans and saw this lot, I'd want to get rid of that offspring too.
Everything bad that happened was a direct result of a stupid action. Take off your helmet, poke your finger in the goo, bring back disembodied heads to the ship, play with a snake and expect a kitten. Slugs in your mouth, slugs in your stomach, slugs getting big, mayhem.
I don't think I can go on. But the movie sure did. On and on and on. And the DVD is going to have 30 minutes of deleted scenes. I can only thank Ridley Scott for deleting because if I had to endure that movie any longer than it's running of an eternity (124 minutes) I would have gone Alien at the movie screen.
Luckily, I held back.
What's still out there that you can see instead? MIB3 wasn't horrible, I enjoyed moments of it. The Avengers was fun. Even The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was pleasant. Sorry that I'm behind on reviews. Any of the last three mentioned are worth seeing if you are in the demographic for that movie.
Next week: Rock of Ages. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Sadly, no.
I don't know where to begin. 80 or so years from now a wealthy eccentric man finances a trip to space to see if an archeological find will lead the team to find our creators. This for no other reason than to ask "why?" Millions of dollars spent on the finest spacecraft and off goes Prometheus with what has to be the lowest IQ group of specialists on earth. Seriously, if I was the aliens that created humans and saw this lot, I'd want to get rid of that offspring too.
Everything bad that happened was a direct result of a stupid action. Take off your helmet, poke your finger in the goo, bring back disembodied heads to the ship, play with a snake and expect a kitten. Slugs in your mouth, slugs in your stomach, slugs getting big, mayhem.
I don't think I can go on. But the movie sure did. On and on and on. And the DVD is going to have 30 minutes of deleted scenes. I can only thank Ridley Scott for deleting because if I had to endure that movie any longer than it's running of an eternity (124 minutes) I would have gone Alien at the movie screen.
Luckily, I held back.
What's still out there that you can see instead? MIB3 wasn't horrible, I enjoyed moments of it. The Avengers was fun. Even The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was pleasant. Sorry that I'm behind on reviews. Any of the last three mentioned are worth seeing if you are in the demographic for that movie.
Next week: Rock of Ages. Keeping my fingers crossed!
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