Prometheus

Finally! The first of the massive movies has arrived at the Summer blockbuster party. But unusually this Summer blockbuster has loftier ideas, while some are tackling what would it be like to see robots hit each other in the mouth and be racist, Prometheus is looking at the grander picture of where we came from and does God exist.

Sci-fi is a genre of ideas. People I've spoken to about Prometheus whom didn't enjoy it, mainly didn't, it seems, because it didn't provide what it had promised. I mostly agree, mostly. The trailer promised some epic ideas on the nature of God, creation and why-we-are-here. Of course I didn't expect the movie to come out and lay out the meaning of life for me but I did expect some cool, interesting or even just fun sci-fi ideas. The film sets up some cool stuff but with dialogue so plodding and in one particular scene, completely nonsensical, it feels like they just needed an excuse to get on the planet to do some gnarly shit but didn't bother to give some sufficient explanation as to what is going on.  

That is not to say I hated Prometheus. Actually I really enjoyed it. It hits a high mark on the yuck-o-meter about half way in that made this old fool smile. The final shot, which seemed to enrage some people had me squealing with delight even if it made little to no sense. Nods to the original Alien movie had me excitedly pointing, saying 'wooooah look at that one' to the interest of no one. Michael Fassbender is an absolute star too! There is something so fantastically creepy about him as he wanders around staring at things and owning the flick's best dialogue. Then there is the scenery. Holy moly, there is one thing you cannot possibly fault Prometheus on is how utterly stunning it looks. The landscape is vast and beautifully rich in detail. Everything is so wonderfully epic!

This might all sound great (and it is) but there is still a little part of me that wishes its themes and ideas could have been a little more epic. But hey, who I am to knock some slimy gore. No one, that's who.