I bet you
had begun to wonder where this one had got to. After reviewing the entire
“alien” series with semi-religious fervour, it would be downright odd of me to
have skipped Prometheus. Well, I hadn’t. I just hadn’t got round to it yet.
Well, that and a million other things in my life, but that’s the topic of
another blog post all together. I seriously need lessons or something in
planning my life but anyway. The point of this particular post is that I have
got round to Prometheus. I have watched it. I desperately need to talk about
it.
Ok, so as
you know this is the “prequel” to the whole series we have all ranted on about
all these years. This is the story of “how it all began” in more senses than
one. Allow me to explain.
“How did it
all begin” is the precise two archaeologists in 2093 claim to be able to
answer. The answer lies in a planet system far, far away from Earth, and this
connection seems to go back thousands and thousands of years. The only way of
finding out the rest of the story is, however, to check out this planet system.
Of course, the mission, founded by “the company” takes off and at the far end
of the universe, mysteries and secrets begin to get uncovered? So who are the
“alien”s? How did they become what they are? What started that entire story
anyway? And possibly, the origins of
life on earth… Our friends – and indeed, we ourselves- will
discover the answer to all these questions and more. But the thing is, in
discovering these, they will inadvertently unleash unthinkable terror on the
planet… Think Pandora’s box, only bigger… Much bigger…
Ok, so
there’s no surprises about the storyline and the way it all goes, right? And as
you can guess, yup, aliens, chases scenes, some horrendous and messy deaths
(that caught me completely by surprise as far as timing goes by the way) all
the classics, all there. The only thing I will “tut tut” a bit about is the
slight reliance on jump-scares. It’s a cheap scare to be honest; I much prefer
a steady build-up of terror. But then again, if they are particularly
well-done, I can forgive them. And they were particularly well-done, especially
since I was watching it in the middle of the night. I nearly jumped out of my
skin. And it isn’t like the film is completely devoid of atmosphere, quite the
reverse, but Scott chooses to use the tool in a completely different way.
And the
origins? Well, you get an answer as far as that is concerned. But, ok, there
are two different ways of looking at this. My boyfriend complains that the
explanation is too vague, and that basically, a film that claims to “explain”
something should have a bit more meat on its bones as far as explanations go,
which is a fair point. Another fair point is that the explanation, well, it’s
nothing we couldn’t actually piece together ourselves. And the details of the
explanation have very much been substituted by an impending sense of doom –
understandable as we know what’s coming next. I agree with these points but I
reckon it’s just a different way of doing it. I mean, it’s a typical horror trope,
some things are much better left to the imagination as far as being terrifying
is concerned – not least because everyone will imagine what is more terrible
for them and be EVEN MORE scared if you get what I mean. So yes, this is very much a showcase of
amazing special effects and slick camera-work. And, incidentally a prequel to
the Alien franchise. I mean, I have got to add one point, the film very obviously has religion as its center-piece (oh come on, you knew that. I mean, they are looking for how life on earth began for God's sake, the connection is staring you in the face waiting to be made). And as we all know, religion is one of those topics that... You know. It's a sensitive issue. However, the question to ask is, does it entertain? Does
it go down well when you kick back of an evening with that extra helping of
ice-cream you really shouldn’t be eating? YES. So go ahead, watch it. You know
you want to.
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