Prometheus is more of a summer blockbuster than a satisfying, thought provoking modern sci-fi classic. Could it have been both? For certain the elements that make this a blockbuster blocked it from becoming a classic... and what a shame.... what a shiny, awesome, special effects filled shame.
This flawed adventure is an 8/10 on scale which is as confusing as its character motivations and storyline progression scenarios. It's great to watch, but you’ll feel disappointed when you trip over a plot hole - of which there are plenty - and many will mistake as smart story pieces that were meant to get you thinking.
Here’s a good exercise: If you’ve watched the movie, try and recount all of what happened. Jam packed? Yes, prometheus is filled to the brim and has a steady pace that picks up half way through and rockets you to the end where some bits are too fast.
Very much a big part of everything is that ponderous question about our origins to which the movie throws countless examples of parent/child type relationships in such directionless fashion that you’ll come back to Prometheus’ opening lesson about beliefs. That is that everyone’s got a belief about our origins and we all think ours is right ((Subtext warning!)... and that's what divides us). Look, if I wanted to wonder about life and make connections with the abstract, then I’d have stayed home and re-watched Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life”
The Prometheus plus here is that there’s good acting but only on the surface as most of the characters are weak or broken at their foundation. Both Fassbender and Rapace shine especially, but performances are undermined by this movies fatal flaw at plot and character ground level.
Here’s a good exercise: If you’ve watched the movie, try and recount all of what happened. Jam packed? Yes, prometheus is filled to the brim and has a steady pace that picks up half way through and rockets you to the end where some bits are too fast.
Very much a big part of everything is that ponderous question about our origins to which the movie throws countless examples of parent/child type relationships in such directionless fashion that you’ll come back to Prometheus’ opening lesson about beliefs. That is that everyone’s got a belief about our origins and we all think ours is right ((Subtext warning!)... and that's what divides us). Look, if I wanted to wonder about life and make connections with the abstract, then I’d have stayed home and re-watched Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life”
The Prometheus plus here is that there’s good acting but only on the surface as most of the characters are weak or broken at their foundation. Both Fassbender and Rapace shine especially, but performances are undermined by this movies fatal flaw at plot and character ground level.
Like Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” panel on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, if only Adam (and Prometheus) might have tightened form and have confidently extended in one direction, there might have been an awesome connection... but there wasn’t.
-Josh
-Josh
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