I thought it was funny how the biologist dude was really scared of the *dead* corpses and other alien stuff they saw when they were wandering around, but just wanted to touch the *alive* alien that just popped up out of nowhere. Great job, dude.
You know something's off when a scene is supposed to be among the most intense, but you cringe pretty bad because the characters went to the Prometheus school of running away in straight lines.
There's a few things that bothered me about this movie; one scene in particular. In the beginning when all of them were sitting down watching the hologram of the old dude, they were all bickering and wondering why they were there in the first place. When the two scientists (Charlie and Elizabeth) told them why, they didn't believe them. Don't you think this is the sort of meeting you should have BEFORE spending trillions of dollars on sending a crew into space for 2 years, and not AFTER you've arrived at your destination. Also, how did the hologram of the old dude know where to point while referring to the scientists. If you remember he was asking the two scientists to stand up and speak, and he did this while gesturing to them. Did they all have names on their seats so that each of them had to sit in that specific chair so that it would seem more realistic when the hologram pointed at them?
The Nooby Worms not at all, it was great, touched on a lot of things, filled in parts of alien(s) and all the complaints are unfounded, mostly peoples answers to why they didn't like it are "cuz it sux"
The thing with this movie, was that it left so many unanswered questions that had so much build up toward answers. What was the black goo and why did it have different effects? Why did the engineers regret their decisions? Why were they led to a "WMD facility"? Etc. Plus, the few answers we had to the plot, were very, VERY vague. I don't think this movie had major plot holes as such, just ideas that didn't really get explained or shown to us as we were kept in the dark, whether this sets it up for a sequel I don't know. I for one hope it does, as I was left heavily intrigued.
I was laughing throughout the movie because I just couldn't relate to any of the characters. Why did this robot try to kill everyone and then help the girl? What was that baby alien? Why did the alien drink the goo? Why are they mad? Why are the scientists stupid?
Lucas Davey I respect your opinions, I agree with them. It's cliche, and you made some good points. But the robot didn't try to help the girl, I think she opened the door right when the man was trying to kill her, and alien attacked the closest thing, which was that man. spot on the rest.
Well most of us don't watch movies because we want to figure out what is happening. You need to look past the special effects to see that the movie is garbage.
Lucas Davey a movie isn't automatically garbage just because you're too lazy to use your brain. you have to understand that not all stories are going to spoon feed you the answers and its those movies that have a more lasting residue even after the credits roll.
It made me ask questions too. How does David know about the Space Jockeys having never been to space before, why does this movie break so much of the previously established lore, why are xenomorph eggs mixed into the pathogen spore eggs if the spore came first? All questions that don't do the movie any favors. Seemed like a bad attempt to reboot the series without giving up what previously made it good, but, Ridley Scott should know you can't have your cake and eat it too.
I believe I remember seeing a quote where Ridley said the Xenomorphs are weapons in a war. What if the Engineers and The Predators had a war the Xenomorphs were made as a weapon, it back fired and the Predators saw that this is a challenging prey and they decided to make more to hunt down.
***** fair and valid point and i can say the plot and most of the film does not have much to do with the alien franchise but if you dig deep enough you can find it is an alien prequel that gives an entirely new plot and story for the alien franchise, its original
Antichrist2000 I don't understand. If it shows the audience the origin and ancestry of the Xenomorph then how is it not a prequel? Makes no sense to me.
Antichrist2000 it is actually a full on prequel. Do people just decide to come up with answers on their own? Lmao. Just because you don't think it's an alien prequel doesn't mean it isn't.
I don't understand why you don't consider this a prequel jeremy, it IS a prequel, man, doesn't matter what you want to believe. It was created as such and it even has a xenomorph at the end, like what else do you need? Idk, your little disclaimer at the beginning doesn't have weight. It's similar to those who refuse to count the star wars prequels as part of the series, which is kind of immature.
+Gerardo Montalvo Was it a xenomorph though? It did look kind of different. I think it was some kind of ancestor of the xenomorph. Like, the species at the end is evolving in to xenomorphs.
This movie was originally written to be a prequel to the Scott's Alien but he wanted to do something original and different but added the little hint that it might be tied in with Alien with the alien like creature, it's design is to bring the two together but still keep them seperate
I know this comment is 9 years old but it's pretty evident throughout the movie that this is linked to Alien, because the Engineers are clearly the same race of dead Space Jockey seen in the first movie. There's a scene where the pissed off engineer sits in the ship piloting station thingy to lift off the ship and his gear/suit and the piloting thingy are an exact copy of said dead Space Jockey from Alien.
The problem with the film is that so much seemingly random shit happens with no clear explanation (although a clear explanation probably wouldn't have worked either). Personally, after reading up on the symbolism and the most likely theory (ridley himself pretty much confirms it in an interview) explaining many of the mysteries in the film, I like it way more. It goes from a run of the mill sci-fi horror to multi-layered and deep. with that said, some of the characters still do some really dumb shit, as explained in the video. it's not the greatest film ever, i just find it interesting.
I get your complain. I really do. It was a big letdown to end up with more questions than answers to me too, but then I started to discuss this movie with my friends and to really think about it. It pumped me up for the sequel, in which I also hope that we all get the answers! About Damon I did not know that he had rewritten the script. I don't know much about the guy or his work, but I did like seasons 5 and 6 of lost and I enjoyed Star Trek: Into Darkness, so I think he is OK. Cheers!
Prometheus is not great movie, but it's not terrible either. Ridley tried few things that worked in the past when he made one of the most awesome sci-fi horrors ever, but this time it didn't work as well as back then. Twice as much crew, caring about characters spread twice as much, some huge stupidity involved, ultimately not really bad, it was a good movie i enjoyed it, but ultimately nothing great. What id DID well however was setting up a sequel. We have a mystery, engineers trying to kill us for some reason and Shaw going to find why, without doubt there is a reason for everything that had happened and sequel will explain the reason. Whether or not it will explain well... we'll see in the future. Ultimately i will say that Prometheus was a great... trailer for Prometheus 2. I know i will watch the sequel to see these secrets uncovered, and in this Prometheus did really well.
Prometheus and the alien covenant movie gave us the answers that we were looking for from the movie alien. After all this time they gave us the answers about 20 something years later
Nearly everyone i know hates it. I thought it was too slow and boring the first time, but loved it the second time. So much that i spent $500 on an engineer statue by sideshow collectables. ..
I wonder the first time you watched maybe with a girlfriend or mates or something, so ur attention span wasnt completely focused. And I want to buy a engineer figure/statue but they only sell the 6-7in figures in shops.
Well yeah haha it was with my girlfriend. I have the statue and i will be posting a review soon. It is great. i will add the link to the comment when i do. Here is the link to buy one. www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/prometheus-engineer-sideshow-collectibles-400247/
I feel the same way. I watched this when I was in middle school. Now I watched but I'm in high school. The movie clearer and I was fascinated by the concept and questions the red head asked the engineer. It really made me think. The movie is about disease but the interesting thing is the motives of the engineers. The second time I watched I also noticed how many assholes are Prometheus. I enjoyed the movie and hope there is another.
stickydino All the way, the answers will be revealed eventually (but even the sequel will only reveal/answer some questions, not eveything. Will need a 3rd film to fully tell everything and truly link upto the SJ and Alien1979), we can only wait.
Last Noobn I'm talking about the editing, continuity inconsistencies, script writing and some of the performances. The film obviously had been cut down, Also... you should not rely on a sequel to flesh out your story, great films stand on their own.
Mikenactor First of all, Alien was a great film, and it left viewers with a lot of questions until Aliens came out. So no, that's not true. Infact, that makes the movies have a relevance and not just a worthless prequel. The acting was the same level as Alien. It was believable. Inconsistencies? Editing didn't have any issues from i remember, wtf.
I lost interest in the heroine and ended up focusing on David because she was so damn one-dimensional. Ridley did awesome with Ellen Ripley, so what the fuck happened with this woman?
It was Ancient Astronaut Theory inspired, not necessarily the TV show "Ancient Aliens" but just by the theory that humans were "engineered" by another race. The theory has been around WAYYY longer than the show.
Agree. Main problem is that lots of people argue about the fact that most of the stuff is not explained,literally "It doesn't make any sense"...a movie that engages you to think what is the "mistery" behind the story is positive for me,because it sticks with you after you watch the movie What I'm saying is that lots of people cannot switch their brain on and just make that thing work in order to understand what's going on Hail to Scott, his movies are so damn interesting, waiting for the sequel
Why can’t this be a prequel to Alien? I think that would make perfect sense after seeing it. Am I missing some big things here?? That curved alien ship could be the EXACT one from the first one! Maybe I’m sounding stupid, sorry! 🤷♂️
I wish David was the main character. The main character we did get was a complete dumbass with a strong survival quirk. Her insistence to hide behind her faith instead of confronting the scientific data given to her gave the movie a disgusting close-minded approach that gave genuine Christian scientists a bad name, and we're supposed to root for her? Ooooh! She can use an advanced surgery pod designed for men to get an alien baby out of her! She can run away from a rolling ship in a straight line even though running left or right was a better option! Such a strong female character lmao. Most of the characters were absolute morons; from the navigator who got lost to a scientist eager to touch a sperm snake with a vagina head. The plot was predictable and basic. The themes presented in a dumbed down manner. Beautiful scenery and good camera work. I really didn't like this movie. Wouldn't write death threats over it but yeah, I'm never watching it again XD
This is a prequel as it takes place before the first alien movie. If you notice the space jockeys ship the nostromo only crashed to where it is located in the first alien in the end of prometheus
This is my review of the film: This film looks amazing. A real credit to the cinematographers and costume set designers, and it might be worth a watch just for the visuals, but that's all it really has going for it. A movie of this genre can go in either of two routes: 1) the way of "intellectual big-ideas" type films (like say 2001: A Space Odyssey or the more recent Interstellar) or 2) a sci-fi thriller that would have you at the edge of your seat (Alien). This movie was neither. It tried to be both and ended up failing because you can't have it both ways. It starts off being like the former, with steady progress, done by epic visuals and dialogue introducing certain ideas that the movie might explore (evolution vs creationalism, what it means to be human and can AI ever be human, etc.). None of that is explored at all. In fact, what is explored instead are the completely irrelevant flashbacks of the female lead and her relationship with her boyfriend... And are they interesting? No. They're annoying, especially the female lead towards the end. At times, I felt like screaming at the screen out of how stupid she acted sometimes. What about the other characters? Just as uninteresting and slightly less annoying. The pilot, played by Idris Elba, I felt was inconsistent at times (it seemed as if he was a careless jerk in the beginning and then he was a hero at the end?) and throughout the film, I kept questioning |why was he even there?" The movie attempts to answer this by him saying "I just fly the ship." That's lazy writing. The biologist who could've been a way of exploring the ideas of evolution vs creationalism and "what it means to be human?" was wasted. Charlize Theron's character was consistent, but not in any way that helped the film, and you were supposed to hate her, but really, it didn't mean anything, cuz that isn't utilized at all. The only redeeming and entertainingly interesting character was the android played by Michael Fosbender, and on many occasions, he was the voice of logic from the audience to the other characters, because so often they acted like idiots. This is, however, not to discredit the actors, because they did a good job with what they were given. What about the other route - the way of the thriller? *Sigh. The humanoid alien looked awesome, and I really wish they had made use of him, but alas. And on the director's side, why on Earth would have have the thrilling part of the movie all the way at the end, when most people would've fallen asleep? Ow yeah, because you also tried to be a philosophical sci-fi at the same time. There are about a total of 5-10 minutes of thrill in the entire film and that's it. and when it is there, for some reason, it is filmed badly. There was probably a completely different cinematographer and camera man for the action scenes, because they were no where near as good as the rest of the films look. All in all, by the end of the film, you end up questioning why did you watch this, because it feels like there was no point to it. It didn't stimulate your mind with exploration of ideas, and it leaves you very underwhelmed in action.
Prometheus deserved a rating of Dogsh** badly. Even though Ridley made Aliens he ruined it in many ways Hollywood can. Prometheus, A:CM, and Resurrection should not exist on the face of this planet and this universe.
I personally love the first three Alien movies, but I disliked Resurrection, Prometheus, and A:CM. I like that people are still thinking about the Alien movies, but the Third installment ended the franchise in my book and really well. It is just my opinion and what I think. I don't want to break away your opinions because you say what you want to say.
@@TimWing23 yeah that fucker ruined the franchise with this one, Ressurection was so much better then this shit. I actually lost friends over how much i hate this movie. From alien to some stupid sci fi shit with funny quirky characters made for kids. Its pure dogshit and anybody who tries to argue otherwise is just brainwashed by good cgi and acting.
I loved the movie. Went in not having a clue of what it was or that I was watching anything related to Alien. It was strangely familiar and suddenly when the beast was born it all clicked! I can tell you, if they somehow could have produced that perspective for everyone, say, they sold it as a completely desperate flick and only upon seeing it did people realize it and the word spread, I promise you, you would have loved it! Alien was so far out of my mind I couldn't place why it was familiar and honestly wasn't trying until the beast was born and that "Ah-ha!" Moment amazed me and made me a huge fan. Plus the women are unbelievably stunning.
I pretty much felt EXACTLY the way you did Jeremy. It won me, then it lost me, then it won me, then it lost me over and over again. I think I gave up at the point when the Engineer just turned into a generic monster movie bad guy. I felt bad because everything should have led to it being a good movie. It just never did.
wait a minute…derelict ship...space jokies...parasitic alien life forms THIS MOVIE IS A RIP OFF OF THE CLASSIC ALIEN! (if they don't want it to be a prequel then theirs no point in including the xenomorphs if their trying to explain their origins then this is a prequel because thats what we wanted)
analothor It has been stated countless times by the team behind Prometheus that it's set in the same universe may it be a direct prequel or not (still a prequel no matter what Scott says). Therefore, it is not a rip off, a rip off would be like the Asylum films.
I've seen it, and I own it on Blu-ray and love the movie, but why I think people are on the edge or they hate it, is because, they're comparing it to the Alien movies, which is fair enough, but Prometheus is a stand alone movie, not a prequel or a sequel. More answers will be revealed when the sequel comes out. Only then will we know how it is or if it is connected to Alien. Ridley Scott is a genius, I wouldn't under estimate him just yet, we might be in for a treat when Prometheus 2 comes out!
They had the Alien in the middle of the sculpture of the egg/whatever room. This movie is bullshit. Ridley should have been the one to jump from the bridge.
Well you probably shouldn't be watching movies like this, and commenting about them. No offense intended but some people need to stick to their simple action/horror, and the rest can enjoy our intriguing and complex movies.
Rok Fish I actually have watched it, and if you actually pay attention and think about it. You will notice many scenes that just seem odd and unanswered. And after a second viewing it can become very complex. Im not bullshitting you, just because I have a different opinion than you doesn't mean I didn't watch it
The planet Prometheus took place on was abandoned for I believe they said 20,000 years. So the bioweapon was still the original kind left pure in storage, and the Xeno in the movie is first mutation of its lifeform. Xeno's change over time depending on what lifeform they nest in. So... in the time that planet was abandoned the Engineers could have done way more tests with the weapon creating the Xeno's we now know.
My God, Scott should have made this a separate film with no connection to Alien. It still would have sucked, but at least it wouldn't have tarnished the franchise even more.
It didn't tarnish anything. Are you seriously going to debate that Resurrection and Alien 3 was better than this movie? It wasn't a bad movie. Please tell me why it was so bad aside from giving pathetic nitpicks and a subjective opinion.
I recently rewatched this movie as I felt I gave it an unfair ruling the first time around. I remember watching this movie when it was first released only to be displeased with a slow buildup to plot holes. After watching it the second time around, I felt the exact same way as I did the first time. I suppose your first instinct is correct most of the time. Maybe they'll make some sequels that'll tie in the plot holes of Prometheus. If they never make sequels, Prometheus will forever be slow boring movie with plot holes. In case you're reading this Ridley, you've got to admit Prometheus is a mess. We expect better from a legendary director as Ridley Scott has become. Just my opinion.
Ridley Scott did try to take it bk to the original elements that were in Dan O'Bannon's screenplay from Alien 1979. O'Bannon had a "Temple, Urns" and his original vision of the Alien was a Squid-like thing. People should look up these things before they go hating on it entirely.
"Prometheus" is a stupid, boring, sterile and poorly-written movie involving characters that I just didn't care about. It is Ridley Scott's EPIC FAILURE.
No offense intended but seriously, If you thought this was boring then your attention span is way to short to watch complex movies like this. Prometheus isn't a simple Alien murder fest like Ridley Scott's other movie. Prometheus is a gem that we don't get to see to often because of commenters like you. The gem of prometheus is an intriguing Sci-fi film that leaves you asking questions and gets you doing critical thinking, this is what more movies should be like. (Discounting the space zombie, the only issue I had.)
*****"No Offense" ~ But who are you to tell me what my opinion is? I watched this movie all the way through. Your need to assume that I have no successful attention span is both insulting as well as unwarranted.
***** Actually, the "intriguing" questions the movie leaves in our heads are just the fruits of left overs by script rewrites. They should have just kept the original script. Instead, they just gave us a poor rewrite as a simple horror slash movie with a lot of left over gaps from the original ideas. Dont get me wrong, I still enjoyed the movie as I like the universe. But man, its pretty poor comparing to the original Alien. It just has more stunning visuals, thats all.
This actually makes sense . If u watch the first movie called alien the ship was in it and the alien helmet was in it as well . so i like how they told the story that ppl were wondering about since the first movie came out . What is the ship and who were the beings they saw on the ship in alien . Alien covenant answered the rest of the questions. The biggest question was always where did they come from.
I find most of the reviews of this film funny in a way. Most of them are a mixed bag. some hate, some love, but in the end this is the exact same feedback the original Alien received. A lot of people hated that movie mainly for the fact that, like this movie, it almost never answered the questions is posed. But that's whats great about these movies. they force you to answer the questions yourself rather than spoon feeding the answers to you. I would highly recommend Chris stuckman's explainer video to find out more on that. although unlike most, I actually feel this movie does tie into the original alien. perhaps not directly but the information is all there that points to it. I have a running theory that the planet they are on is the same planet. think about it, when new planets are discovered, the names of existing plants that are nothing more than sequential numbers have to change to accommodate the new planets in sequence. this is why I think in the timeline this planet's number changes and by the time the Nostromo makes it way there its now a higher number in the nomenclature (for those that dont know latin, that means name system.) This is why I think most of what we are seeing is the origin of the xenomorph.
I completely agree with you! Everyone just wanted to be feed the answers! The answers to the alien questions are there you just have to look for them. The Engineer answers not so much but I was glad they didn't answer those.
The proto-alien at the end of the film wasn't at all the first alien. They only showed it to explain where they came from (the engineer's uptight uterus:)
Reading the wiki page about the production of the movie, the screenwriting process for this was a cluster fuck. It could have been really good had there not been so many re-writes and cooks in the kitchen.
Prometheus is a prequel to Alien to me. First that in Prometheus we saw the same ship that crashed, secondly in the end Shaw sent a warning signal telling everyone no to come here, in Alien Weaver got the signal from Shaw
The original Alien was truly magical with technology of it's time and even started that "In space, no can hear you scream" thing. i guess people we're just hoping for some of that old Ridley Scott style. Movie was still good anyways.
I enjoyed the movie. It was basically one huge experiment as a viewer to see the different kind of effects that black thing had on the "subjects", lol. It didn't reach the Alien level, but that would be hard to pull of, Alien is a classic for a reason. It was good :)
this is my reason for why this is an alien prequel (spoilers): 1. Same company [wayland] 2. the main character sends the distress signal at the end, which the crew from alien pick up and investigate 3. the queen alien was born at the end of the movie 4. same director. yes, it is not a direct sequel but there are events in the movie that causes the events in alien. i loved it and i dont care what anyone else says. prometheus is awesometacular.
just one question people..in Alien when they find out the space ship the alien was suposidly in the chair flying..but in prometheys he got out to kill shaw
Actually all the sets are props. Everything except the Hammerpedes and such were all built, Ridley Scott said himself. This was done to keep the movie real and not fancy computer generated animation like CGI, although there is some, it's confirmed all the set (yes the ship and everything) was physically built and there, thus raising a higher budget than maybe needed but looked awesome. Even the Space Jockey was legit make-up effects and a real guy, not CGI.
Peter Weyland is only concerned about one thing, his desire to become Immortal. If you watch the viral of his TED con appearance, that shows a big insight into this type of man. One of the virals reveals he used long range scans, technology obtained by a rival company Yutani and picked up the beacon, and only he and David 8 knew about this. It was only the naive theories of Shaw that gave him the chance coincidence and further influenced him to push forward the Prometheus Project.
Its because people just am not ready for this movie, its kinda like Dalton's take on James Bond bk in the 80s, people were not ready for that bk then, but everyone luvs Craig for just doing the same thing that had been done before. People will look fondly on this movie in time, and it will go dwn as a classic.
To me this film was my favorite of 2012. And I saw alot of movies in 2012. I just loved the exprience of it all. I like to think of it as a prequel to Alien. But thats me. And it was a masterpiece. Visually and the score was phenomenal. Alot of people hated the fact that it left them "hanging" or "empty" but I loved that about it. The mystery left me more satisfied than the usual start middle closure films. Its refreshing I'll wait for that in the third movie. If they go foward with a trilogy.
@@whatyoudo9773 LOL this is a 9 year old comment. Also I still stand by what I said. It’s a great movie that doesn’t get the credit it deserves. I shouldn’t make movies because I liked it? Hell Ridley Scott literally made this movie and he has made good movies, bad movies as well as excellent movies that will go down in history as one of the most iconic movies of all time. Ridley Scott made this movie and made multiple legendary sci fi films that has changed cinema and it’s genre.
@@Burningdaylighter dont ask yourself why it dosent get the credit as you say...you would have to face the fact that most people thought it sucked and will go down as Ridley's fading skill era. Due to this movie and Covenant the fans do not want him making another...tell you something?
@@whatyoudo9773 No it’s a good movie. And your comment is weird. Ridley Scott is an amazing director. He literally made an Oscar contender film AFTER making this movie. So your whole logic of me not making a film just purely based on me liking this film when the actual filmmaker who wrote and directed this film has literally made some of the most praised films of all time. You’re kidding me right?
I wish I could scrub my brain and forget Prometheus ever existed. It wasn't just a bad movie, it was bad for Aliens, Ridley Scott, James Cameron and everything cool about the 80's. It was an acid which tarnished gold.
I actually loved it but I can understand why some people would hate it.. Its very polarizing in that aspect but I think i love it for the character David, and the amazing scenery and how realistic it really looks. Even though Ridley Scott said it wasn't all the way a prequel he did say it somewhat was. That being at the very end looks too similar to Ridley Scotts Alien. I hope they make a sequel to answer many unanswered questions
I wonder if you could do a review/thought video of the new Sequel "Alien: Covenant" trailer. And after you've seen the deleted scenes and the documentary on the blu-ray, this movie makes sense and is pretty badass.
I would give Prometheus 9/10 stars. In my opinion it's underated, and I think it has the third best movie soundtrack of 2012, only surpassed by The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers.
Thank you, the "Damon Lindelof" explain a lot, since Lost, then Cloverfield(both with JJ Abhrams) i have a feeling that everytime one of their names pops out, i will watch a movie with a lot of things unanswered.
It IS a prequel, even though it's on a different planet, still you see a giant facehugger and a first generation Alien Drone at the end... so YES Prometheus is linked to the alien movies!
There's a difference between questions the audience has, and the questions that the film deliberately brings up. If the film asks a bunch of questions but never resolves them, the movie has a strong lack of focus. If WE are asking questions about the movie it's a different story because things are deliberately kept from us sometimes and that's part of the mystery or interpretation. But if a film doesn't answer it's OWN questions, it's different.
I thought it was funny how the biologist dude was really scared of the *dead* corpses and other alien stuff they saw when they were wandering around, but just wanted to touch the *alive* alien that just popped up out of nowhere. Great job, dude.
yes it is an alien prequel
I think he left before he saw the ending.
It was PROMOTED as an Alien prequel. It's actually an Alien pre-pre-prequel (which is annoying as HELL).
It's not.... ALIEN CONVENANT IS THE PREQUEL
@@amananand1553 Covenant takes place after Prometheus.
@@megaman15ish yes ik that
The cinematography in this movie was outstanding!
You know something's off when a scene is supposed to be among the most intense, but you cringe pretty bad because the characters went to the Prometheus school of running away in straight lines.
+JuanLeTwnz LOL, I thought that scene was a bit dumb too :)
+Antichrist2000 Only likable characters were the Captain and two pilots who got killed off just before this scene.
#RickonStark
Nice Cinemasins reference! :D
I ran sideways and failed at the Prometheus school of running away from things
There's a few things that bothered me about this movie; one scene in particular. In the beginning when all of them were sitting down watching the hologram of the old dude, they were all bickering and wondering why they were there in the first place. When the two scientists (Charlie and Elizabeth) told them why, they didn't believe them. Don't you think this is the sort of meeting you should have BEFORE spending trillions of dollars on sending a crew into space for 2 years, and not AFTER you've arrived at your destination. Also, how did the hologram of the old dude know where to point while referring to the scientists. If you remember he was asking the two scientists to stand up and speak, and he did this while gesturing to them. Did they all have names on their seats so that each of them had to sit in that specific chair so that it would seem more realistic when the hologram pointed at them?
Because Weyland was actually not dead. He was alive so it was probably a live feed and could see them. Weyland was pretending to be dead.
Other thing that bothered me was when they brought the alien head inside the ship they didn't take any safety measures
not even masks
@@TimWing23 But Weyland disappeared with he rest of the hologram.
@@bennycop well, they decided pretty quickly that masks are for suckers when first entering the unknown alien cave 🙄
@@bennycop most of the movie they didn’t wore masks to protect themselves from alien bacteria 🦠
i feel like i am the single person in the entire world who likes this movie
The Nooby Worms don't worry you are not.
The Nooby Worms I couldn't even finish it. It was so stupid.
The Nooby Worms Same I loved it.
The Nooby Worms not at all, it was great, touched on a lot of things, filled in parts of alien(s) and all the complaints are unfounded, mostly peoples answers to why they didn't like it are "cuz it sux"
But you're not 😊
The thing with this movie, was that it left so many unanswered questions that had so much build up toward answers. What was the black goo and why did it have different effects? Why did the engineers regret their decisions? Why were they led to a "WMD facility"? Etc. Plus, the few answers we had to the plot, were very, VERY vague.
I don't think this movie had major plot holes as such, just ideas that didn't really get explained or shown to us as we were kept in the dark, whether this sets it up for a sequel I don't know. I for one hope it does, as I was left heavily intrigued.
I was laughing throughout the movie because I just couldn't relate to any of the characters. Why did this robot try to kill everyone and then help the girl? What was that baby alien? Why did the alien drink the goo? Why are they mad? Why are the scientists stupid?
Lucas Davey I respect your opinions, I agree with them. It's cliche, and you made some good points.
But the robot didn't try to help the girl, I think she opened the door right when the man was trying to kill her, and alien attacked the closest thing, which was that man. spot on the rest.
I predict a tie in with X-Files (referring to the black goo lol)
I actually liked Prometheus, It did what I think a sci fi movie is supposed to do, it made me ask questions after watching it.
Well most of us don't watch movies because we want to figure out what is happening. You need to look past the special effects to see that the movie is garbage.
Lucas Davey a movie isn't automatically garbage just because you're too lazy to use your brain. you have to understand that not all stories are going to spoon feed you the answers and its those movies that have a more lasting residue even after the credits roll.
maxwell Honack Yea thats how I feel about it
It made me ask questions too. How does David know about the Space Jockeys having never been to space before, why does this movie break so much of the previously established lore, why are xenomorph eggs mixed into the pathogen spore eggs if the spore came first? All questions that don't do the movie any favors. Seemed like a bad attempt to reboot the series without giving up what previously made it good, but, Ridley Scott should know you can't have your cake and eat it too.
yeah like why was the acting such garbage
There was a deleted scene where the they some other creatures that were friendly, hence why the guy didn't think the other thing was a threat.
I believe I remember seeing a quote where Ridley said the Xenomorphs are weapons in a war. What if the Engineers and The Predators had a war the Xenomorphs were made as a weapon, it back fired and the Predators saw that this is a challenging prey and they decided to make more to hunt down.
Would Idris Elba make a good John Stewart Green Lantern? What do you guys think?
i think he is too old
And that was 5 years ago..
@@ashish_sunny lmao hed be perfect but maybe hes old now
it is 100% an alien prequel
***** fair and valid point
and i can say the plot and most of the film does not have much to do with the alien franchise but if you dig deep enough you can find it is an alien prequel that gives an entirely new plot and story for the alien franchise, its original
LIE LUNAR you were right
Antichrist2000 I don't understand. If it shows the audience the origin and ancestry of the Xenomorph then how is it not a prequel? Makes no sense to me.
Antichrist2000 it is actually a full on prequel. Do people just decide to come up with answers on their own? Lmao. Just because you don't think it's an alien prequel doesn't mean it isn't.
Exosphere people just like to come up with shit out of nowhere
I hate Prometheus solely for that running in a straight line scene.
At least it gave Cinema Sins a new argument though .
Then Shaw rolled over twice and was out of the way XD
Saturn 😂😂
its really a stupid thing to hate movie for. and i hate you for it
Look that is just a silly reason to hate the movie. If you get your head out of your ass and overlook it, you will see that this movie is great!
I don't understand why you don't consider this a prequel jeremy, it IS a prequel, man, doesn't matter what you want to believe. It was created as such and it even has a xenomorph at the end, like what else do you need?
Idk, your little disclaimer at the beginning doesn't have weight. It's similar to those who refuse to count the star wars prequels as part of the series, which is kind of immature.
+Gerardo Montalvo Was it a xenomorph though? It did look kind of different. I think it was some kind of ancestor of the xenomorph. Like, the species at the end is evolving in to xenomorphs.
+Arjen they look different depending on the host,the regular ones are from humans
+Sam Maclintock Ah cool, didn't know that :)
+Arjen like the xenomorph in the prison, it looks very different because it's host was a cow.
+Sam Maclintock stop being xenophobic u racist
This movie was originally written to be a prequel to the Scott's Alien but he wanted to do something original and different but added the little hint that it might be tied in with Alien with the alien like creature, it's design is to bring the two together but still keep them seperate
I know this comment is 9 years old but it's pretty evident throughout the movie that this is linked to Alien, because the Engineers are clearly the same race of dead Space Jockey seen in the first movie. There's a scene where the pissed off engineer sits in the ship piloting station thingy to lift off the ship and his gear/suit and the piloting thingy are an exact copy of said dead Space Jockey from Alien.
The problem with the film is that so much seemingly random shit happens with no clear explanation (although a clear explanation probably wouldn't have worked either).
Personally, after reading up on the symbolism and the most likely theory (ridley himself pretty much confirms it in an interview) explaining many of the mysteries in the film, I like it way more. It goes from a run of the mill sci-fi horror to multi-layered and deep. with that said, some of the characters still do some really dumb shit, as explained in the video. it's not the greatest film ever, i just find it interesting.
Loved it right from the minute I sat down in the cinema chair! .. And I have grown to love it even more, for every time I watch it.
I get your complain. I really do. It was a big letdown to end up with more questions than answers to me too, but then I started to discuss this movie with my friends and to really think about it. It pumped me up for the sequel, in which I also hope that we all get the answers!
About Damon I did not know that he had rewritten the script. I don't know much about the guy or his work, but I did like seasons 5 and 6 of lost and I enjoyed Star Trek: Into Darkness, so I think he is OK.
Cheers!
Until May of next year, it's not an Alien prequel
It's the eggnog of movies
***** I can never make my mind up on it
I love Eggnog! 🥳🥳
Watched it a week ago. I liked it. Watched the sequel "Alien: Covenent" tonight. Liked it, too.
Prometheus is not great movie, but it's not terrible either. Ridley tried few things that worked in the past when he made one of the most awesome sci-fi horrors ever, but this time it didn't work as well as back then. Twice as much crew, caring about characters spread twice as much, some huge stupidity involved, ultimately not really bad, it was a good movie i enjoyed it, but ultimately nothing great.
What id DID well however was setting up a sequel. We have a mystery, engineers trying to kill us for some reason and Shaw going to find why, without doubt there is a reason for everything that had happened and sequel will explain the reason. Whether or not it will explain well... we'll see in the future.
Ultimately i will say that Prometheus was a great... trailer for Prometheus 2. I know i will watch the sequel to see these secrets uncovered, and in this Prometheus did really well.
I honestly liked the movie, but I hope they will make a sequel about it, because there are just too many questions unanswered.
How's it not a prequel the ending had a alien come out of that big dudes body
Funny how he didn't mention the two MAIN CHARACTERS of the movie.
because they sucked ballz
That's not what doublespeak means in the Orwellian sense
The Orwellian term is "Doublethink", not "Doublespeak".
Prometheus and the alien covenant movie gave us the answers that we were looking for from the movie alien.
After all this time they gave us the answers about 20 something years later
Nearly everyone i know hates it. I thought it was too slow and boring the first time, but loved it the second time. So much that i spent $500 on an engineer statue by sideshow collectables. ..
I wonder the first time you watched maybe with a girlfriend or mates or something, so ur attention span wasnt completely focused. And I want to buy a engineer figure/statue but they only sell the 6-7in figures in shops.
Well yeah haha it was with my girlfriend. I have the statue and i will be posting a review soon. It is great. i will add the link to the comment when i do. Here is the link to buy one.
www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/prometheus-engineer-sideshow-collectibles-400247/
Radd Titan
Hey thanks :))
I feel the same way. I watched this when I was in middle school. Now I watched but I'm in high school. The movie clearer and I was fascinated by the concept and questions the red head asked the engineer. It really made me think. The movie is about disease but the interesting thing is the motives of the engineers. The second time I watched I also noticed how many assholes are Prometheus. I enjoyed the movie and hope there is another.
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All the way, the answers will be revealed eventually (but even the sequel will only reveal/answer some questions, not eveything. Will need a 3rd film to fully tell everything and truly link upto the SJ and Alien1979), we can only wait.
I liked Prometheus, but the film had serious structural problems.
Like what? Everything will be explained in the next movie. That's how the original Alien movies behaved.
Last Noobn I'm talking about the editing, continuity inconsistencies, script writing and some of the performances. The film obviously had been cut down, Also... you should not rely on a sequel to flesh out your story, great films stand on their own.
Mikenactor First of all, Alien was a great film, and it left viewers with a lot of questions until Aliens came out. So no, that's not true. Infact, that makes the movies have a relevance and not just a worthless prequel.
The acting was the same level as Alien. It was believable.
Inconsistencies?
Editing didn't have any issues from i remember, wtf.
"Let's just say edible cheeseburger, why not?"
Laughed my ass off so hard.
liked it, including all the unexplained made me think
I lost interest in the heroine and ended up focusing on David because she was so damn one-dimensional. Ridley did awesome with Ellen Ripley, so what the fuck happened with this woman?
I just saw this movie for the first time and I loved it.
Prometheus 2 coming 2015, hopefully.
Nope
The most important aspect I hated of this movie was its "Ancient Aliens" inspired plot.
It was Ancient Astronaut Theory inspired, not necessarily the TV show "Ancient Aliens" but just by the theory that humans were "engineered" by another race. The theory has been around WAYYY longer than the show.
I loved this movie, it's too bad they never made a sequel to it.
Covenant isn’t a sequel? I haven’t seen it yet
@@DannyCosmos It pretends to be, so I pretend it doesn't exist. 😇
@@Dragonangel426 it’s bad? I’m watching Romulus today so I’m watching all of them
@@DannyCosmos It's worse than Resurrection IMO. Romulus is worlds better than Covenant.
I still think "Groundhog Day" is a better movie ;)
BLADE RUNNER REVIEW
Yeah. He should review it as one of his older movie reviews.
Agree.
Main problem is that lots of people argue about the fact that most of the stuff is not explained,literally "It doesn't make any sense"...a movie that engages you to think what is the "mistery" behind the story is positive for me,because it sticks with you after you watch the movie
What I'm saying is that lots of people cannot switch their brain on and just make that thing work in order to understand what's going on
Hail to Scott, his movies are so damn interesting, waiting for the sequel
are u missing the point that aliens created us... ? kinda large ideas to be ignored in the review...I guess.
2012?
I fucking loved it!!!
Why can’t this be a prequel to Alien? I think that would make perfect sense after seeing it. Am I missing some big things here?? That curved alien ship could be the EXACT one from the first one! Maybe I’m sounding stupid, sorry! 🤷♂️
I like the movie. It wasn't that bad at all.
I wish David was the main character.
The main character we did get was a complete dumbass with a strong survival quirk. Her insistence to hide behind her faith instead of confronting the scientific data given to her gave the movie a disgusting close-minded approach that gave genuine Christian scientists a bad name, and we're supposed to root for her?
Ooooh! She can use an advanced surgery pod designed for men to get an alien baby out of her! She can run away from a rolling ship in a straight line even though running left or right was a better option! Such a strong female character lmao.
Most of the characters were absolute morons; from the navigator who got lost to a scientist eager to touch a sperm snake with a vagina head.
The plot was predictable and basic. The themes presented in a dumbed down manner. Beautiful scenery and good camera work.
I really didn't like this movie. Wouldn't write death threats over it but yeah, I'm never watching it again XD
This is a prequel as it takes place before the first alien movie. If you notice the space jockeys ship the nostromo only crashed to where it is located in the first alien in the end of prometheus
This is my review of the film: This film looks amazing. A real credit to the cinematographers and costume set designers, and it might be worth a watch just for the visuals, but that's all it really has going for it. A movie of this genre can go in either of two routes: 1) the way of "intellectual big-ideas" type films (like say 2001: A Space Odyssey or the more recent Interstellar) or 2) a sci-fi thriller that would have you at the edge of your seat (Alien). This movie was neither. It tried to be both and ended up failing because you can't have it both ways. It starts off being like the former, with steady progress, done by epic visuals and dialogue introducing certain ideas that the movie might explore (evolution vs creationalism, what it means to be human and can AI ever be human, etc.). None of that is explored at all. In fact, what is explored instead are the completely irrelevant flashbacks of the female lead and her relationship with her boyfriend... And are they interesting? No. They're annoying, especially the female lead towards the end. At times, I felt like screaming at the screen out of how stupid she acted sometimes. What about the other characters? Just as uninteresting and slightly less annoying. The pilot, played by Idris Elba, I felt was inconsistent at times (it seemed as if he was a careless jerk in the beginning and then he was a hero at the end?) and throughout the film, I kept questioning |why was he even there?" The movie attempts to answer this by him saying "I just fly the ship." That's lazy writing. The biologist who could've been a way of exploring the ideas of evolution vs creationalism and "what it means to be human?" was wasted. Charlize Theron's character was consistent, but not in any way that helped the film, and you were supposed to hate her, but really, it didn't mean anything, cuz that isn't utilized at all. The only redeeming and entertainingly interesting character was the android played by Michael Fosbender, and on many occasions, he was the voice of logic from the audience to the other characters, because so often they acted like idiots. This is, however, not to discredit the actors, because they did a good job with what they were given.
What about the other route - the way of the thriller? *Sigh. The humanoid alien looked awesome, and I really wish they had made use of him, but alas. And on the director's side, why on Earth would have have the thrilling part of the movie all the way at the end, when most people would've fallen asleep? Ow yeah, because you also tried to be a philosophical sci-fi at the same time. There are about a total of 5-10 minutes of thrill in the entire film and that's it. and when it is there, for some reason, it is filmed badly. There was probably a completely different cinematographer and camera man for the action scenes, because they were no where near as good as the rest of the films look.
All in all, by the end of the film, you end up questioning why did you watch this, because it feels like there was no point to it. It didn't stimulate your mind with exploration of ideas, and it leaves you very underwhelmed in action.
Prometheus deserved a rating of Dogsh** badly. Even though Ridley made Aliens he ruined it in many ways Hollywood can. Prometheus, A:CM, and Resurrection should not exist on the face of this planet and this universe.
Thanks for correcting me. I surely meant to say was Ridley Scott made ALIEN not Aliens. Even though he started the ALIEN Franchise
I personally love the first three Alien movies, but I disliked Resurrection, Prometheus, and A:CM. I like that people are still thinking about the Alien movies, but the Third installment ended the franchise in my book and really well. It is just my opinion and what I think. I don't want to break away your opinions because you say what you want to say.
Ahead of it’s time for sure.
Loved it, and bought it! Waiting for sequel...Ridley Scott better not bitch out!
He bitched out.
@@TimWing23 yeah that fucker ruined the franchise with this one, Ressurection was so much better then this shit. I actually lost friends over how much i hate this movie. From alien to some stupid sci fi shit with funny quirky characters made for kids. Its pure dogshit and anybody who tries to argue otherwise is just brainwashed by good cgi and acting.
I loved the movie. Went in not having a clue of what it was or that I was watching anything related to Alien. It was strangely familiar and suddenly when the beast was born it all clicked!
I can tell you, if they somehow could have produced that perspective for everyone, say, they sold it as a completely desperate flick and only upon seeing it did people realize it and the word spread, I promise you, you would have loved it!
Alien was so far out of my mind I couldn't place why it was familiar and honestly wasn't trying until the beast was born and that "Ah-ha!" Moment amazed me and made me a huge fan. Plus the women are unbelievably stunning.
I pretty much felt EXACTLY the way you did Jeremy. It won me, then it lost me, then it won me, then it lost me over and over again. I think I gave up at the point when the Engineer just turned into a generic monster movie bad guy. I felt bad because everything should have led to it being a good movie. It just never did.
the best sci fi ever
wait a minute…derelict ship...space jokies...parasitic alien life forms THIS MOVIE IS A RIP OFF OF THE CLASSIC ALIEN! (if they don't want it to be a prequel then theirs no point in including the xenomorphs if their trying to explain their origins then this is a prequel because thats what we wanted)
Its not a ripoff
Caleb Mayfield yea it is
analothor It has been stated countless times by the team behind Prometheus that it's set in the same universe may it be a direct prequel or not (still a prequel no matter what Scott says). Therefore, it is not a rip off, a rip off would be like the Asylum films.
Basty135 so is is a prequel i better see some proper xenos by the end of the next film (s)
analothor You probably wont
I've seen it, and I own it on Blu-ray and love the movie, but why I think people are on the edge or they hate it, is because, they're comparing it to the Alien movies, which is fair enough, but Prometheus is a stand alone movie, not a prequel or a sequel. More answers will be revealed when the sequel comes out. Only then will we know how it is or if it is connected to Alien. Ridley Scott is a genius, I wouldn't under estimate him just yet, we might be in for a treat when Prometheus 2 comes out!
i just seen this, and it remind me of the movie. i would say i forgot about it in t-minus couple of minutes. really, ir was kind of boring.
dont waste your money on this movie
Seeing Jeremy without a beard is so wild
They had the Alien in the middle of the sculpture of the egg/whatever room. This movie is bullshit. Ridley should have been the one to jump from the bridge.
I had no idea what was going on during the whole movie. It's just SOOOOOO fucking boring
Well you probably shouldn't be watching movies like this, and commenting about them. No offense intended but some people need to stick to their simple action/horror, and the rest can enjoy our intriguing and complex movies.
I'm also going to assume that you hate the original Alien because very little happens for the first half of the movie.
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Lol I know you are bullshitting because this movie was anything but intriguing let alone complex lmao I bet you haven't even watched it
Rok Fish I actually have watched it, and if you actually pay attention and think about it. You will notice many scenes that just seem odd and unanswered. And after a second viewing it can become very complex. Im not bullshitting you, just because I have a different opinion than you doesn't mean I didn't watch it
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The planet Prometheus took place on was abandoned for I believe they said 20,000 years. So the bioweapon was still the original kind left pure in storage, and the Xeno in the movie is first mutation of its lifeform. Xeno's change over time depending on what lifeform they nest in. So... in the time that planet was abandoned the Engineers could have done way more tests with the weapon creating the Xeno's we now know.
My God, Scott should have made this a separate film with no connection to Alien. It still would have sucked, but at least it wouldn't have tarnished the franchise even more.
It didn't tarnish anything. Are you seriously going to debate that Resurrection and Alien 3 was better than this movie?
It wasn't a bad movie. Please tell me why it was so bad aside from giving pathetic nitpicks and a subjective opinion.
I recently rewatched this movie as I felt I gave it an unfair ruling the first time around. I remember watching this movie when it was first released only to be displeased with a slow buildup to plot holes. After watching it the second time around, I felt the exact same way as I did the first time. I suppose your first instinct is correct most of the time. Maybe they'll make some sequels that'll tie in the plot holes of Prometheus. If they never make sequels, Prometheus will forever be slow boring movie with plot holes. In case you're reading this Ridley, you've got to admit Prometheus is a mess. We expect better from a legendary director as Ridley Scott has become. Just my opinion.
Ridley Scott did try to take it bk to the original elements that were in Dan O'Bannon's screenplay from Alien 1979. O'Bannon had a "Temple, Urns" and his original vision of the Alien was a Squid-like thing. People should look up these things before they go hating on it entirely.
one of the worst movies I have seen in my life
OSMADO On of the best I've seen :)
+Broyale26 Wat.
Then you need to start watching more movies.
Not even close for me but it could have been far far better, I leave it with that.
how? lmfao
this film was crap
Ridley scott didn't write the script or the screenplay. He merely directed it and he did a great job at it.
"Prometheus" is a stupid, boring, sterile and poorly-written movie involving characters that I just didn't care about. It is Ridley Scott's EPIC FAILURE.
No offense intended but seriously, If you thought this was boring then your attention span is way to short to watch complex movies like this. Prometheus isn't a simple Alien murder fest like Ridley Scott's other movie. Prometheus is a gem that we don't get to see to often because of commenters like you. The gem of prometheus is an intriguing Sci-fi film that leaves you asking questions and gets you doing critical thinking, this is what more movies should be like. (Discounting the space zombie, the only issue I had.)
*****"No Offense" ~ But who are you to tell me what my opinion is? I watched this movie all the way through. Your need to assume that I have no successful attention span is both insulting as well as unwarranted.
TheRootsMan Alright, alright I apologize
***** OK ~ Thank you ~ Peace to you.
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Actually, the "intriguing" questions the movie leaves in our heads are just the fruits of left overs by script rewrites. They should have just kept the original script. Instead, they just gave us a poor rewrite as a simple horror slash movie with a lot of left over gaps from the original ideas.
Dont get me wrong, I still enjoyed the movie as I like the universe. But man, its pretty poor comparing to the original Alien. It just has more stunning visuals, thats all.
This movie absolutely sucks
That's because you understand it
I thought it was crap but I then started to think until finally I understood it
I was suppose to say because you don't understand it
Trust me, I do
Caleb Mayfield
It does suck though. It really really does. As a HUGE Alien fan I expected more from Ridley...a lot more.
This actually makes sense . If u watch the first movie called alien the ship was in it and the alien helmet was in it as well . so i like how they told the story that ppl were wondering about since the first movie came out . What is the ship and who were the beings they saw on the ship in alien . Alien covenant answered the rest of the questions. The biggest question was always where did they come from.
I find most of the reviews of this film funny in a way. Most of them are a mixed bag. some hate, some love, but in the end this is the exact same feedback the original Alien received. A lot of people hated that movie mainly for the fact that, like this movie, it almost never answered the questions is posed. But that's whats great about these movies. they force you to answer the questions yourself rather than spoon feeding the answers to you. I would highly recommend Chris stuckman's explainer video to find out more on that.
although unlike most, I actually feel this movie does tie into the original alien. perhaps not directly but the information is all there that points to it. I have a running theory that the planet they are on is the same planet. think about it, when new planets are discovered, the names of existing plants that are nothing more than sequential numbers have to change to accommodate the new planets in sequence. this is why I think in the timeline this planet's number changes and by the time the Nostromo makes it way there its now a higher number in the nomenclature (for those that dont know latin, that means name system.) This is why I think most of what we are seeing is the origin of the xenomorph.
I completely agree with you! Everyone just wanted to be feed the answers! The answers to the alien questions are there you just have to look for them. The Engineer answers not so much but I was glad they didn't answer those.
for me it left too many questions unanswered, i hope they do a sequel it'll be interesting to see where it goes.
Always wondered if it was actually the engineers that left the maps.
Those crude stick figure drawings in a cave? You think they might have been drawn by somebody other than the people who lived in the cave?
It is an alien prequel for sure tho.
The proto-alien at the end of the film wasn't at all the first alien. They only showed it to explain where they came from (the engineer's uptight uterus:)
Reading the wiki page about the production of the movie, the screenwriting process for this was a cluster fuck. It could have been really good had there not been so many re-writes and cooks in the kitchen.
The script for Prometheus 2 was finished in October 2013
Prometheus is a prequel to Alien to me. First that in Prometheus we saw the same ship that crashed, secondly in the end Shaw sent a warning signal telling everyone no to come here, in Alien Weaver got the signal from Shaw
If you read the original script of it it used to be a complete prequel and this still is technically a prequel as its the creation of the Xenomorph.
The original Alien was truly magical with technology of it's time and even started that "In space, no can hear you scream" thing. i guess people we're just hoping for some of that old Ridley Scott style. Movie was still good anyways.
I enjoyed the movie. It was basically one huge experiment as a viewer to see the different kind of effects that black thing had on the "subjects", lol. It didn't reach the Alien level, but that would be hard to pull of, Alien is a classic for a reason.
It was good :)
it is a prequel, watch the ending. and plus why was there an engraving of the alien queen on the ships wall
this is my reason for why this is an alien prequel (spoilers): 1. Same company [wayland] 2. the main character sends the distress signal at the end, which the crew from alien pick up and investigate 3. the queen alien was born at the end of the movie 4. same director. yes, it is not a direct sequel but there are events in the movie that causes the events in alien. i loved it and i dont care what anyone else says. prometheus is awesometacular.
A good general term is "set-pieces", or "mise en scene" if you wanna be all French about it...
just one question people..in Alien when they find out the space ship the alien was suposidly in the chair flying..but in prometheys he got out to kill shaw
Actually all the sets are props. Everything except the Hammerpedes and such were all built, Ridley Scott said himself. This was done to keep the movie real and not fancy computer generated animation like CGI, although there is some, it's confirmed all the set (yes the ship and everything) was physically built and there, thus raising a higher budget than maybe needed but looked awesome. Even the Space Jockey was legit make-up effects and a real guy, not CGI.
How is this not a prequel!?
The friggin xenomorph was born!
he tells you in the annotations if you turn them on.
Peter Weyland is only concerned about one thing, his desire to become Immortal. If you watch the viral of his TED con appearance, that shows a big insight into this type of man. One of the virals reveals he used long range scans, technology obtained by a rival company Yutani and picked up the beacon, and only he and David 8 knew about this. It was only the naive theories of Shaw that gave him the chance coincidence and further influenced him to push forward the Prometheus Project.
Its because people just am not ready for this movie, its kinda like Dalton's take on James Bond bk in the 80s, people were not ready for that bk then, but everyone luvs Craig for just doing the same thing that had been done before. People will look fondly on this movie in time, and it will go dwn as a classic.
To me this film was my favorite of 2012. And I saw alot of movies in 2012. I just loved the exprience of it all. I like to think of it as a prequel to Alien. But thats me. And it was a masterpiece. Visually and the score was phenomenal. Alot of people hated the fact that it left them "hanging" or "empty" but I loved that about it. The mystery left me more satisfied than the usual start middle closure films. Its refreshing I'll wait for that in the third movie. If they go foward with a trilogy.
please dont ever make a movie sir
@@whatyoudo9773 LOL this is a 9 year old comment. Also I still stand by what I said. It’s a great movie that doesn’t get the credit it deserves. I shouldn’t make movies because I liked it? Hell Ridley Scott literally made this movie and he has made good movies, bad movies as well as excellent movies that will go down in history as one of the most iconic movies of all time. Ridley Scott made this movie and made multiple legendary sci fi films that has changed cinema and it’s genre.
@@Burningdaylighter dont ask yourself why it dosent get the credit as you say...you would have to face the fact that most people thought it sucked and will go down as Ridley's fading skill era. Due to this movie and Covenant the fans do not want him making another...tell you something?
@@Burningdaylighter by the way...are you a grown man that types LOL?
@@whatyoudo9773 No it’s a good movie. And your comment is weird. Ridley Scott is an amazing director. He literally made an Oscar contender film AFTER making this movie. So your whole logic of me not making a film just purely based on me liking this film when the actual filmmaker who wrote and directed this film has literally made some of the most praised films of all time. You’re kidding me right?
I wish I could scrub my brain and forget Prometheus ever existed. It wasn't just a bad movie, it was bad for Aliens, Ridley Scott, James Cameron and everything cool about the 80's. It was an acid which tarnished gold.
I actually loved it but I can understand why some people would hate it.. Its very polarizing in that aspect but I think i love it for the character David, and the amazing scenery and how realistic it really looks. Even though Ridley Scott said it wasn't all the way a prequel he did say it somewhat was. That being at the very end looks too similar to Ridley Scotts Alien. I hope they make a sequel to answer many unanswered questions
I wonder if you could do a review/thought video of the new Sequel "Alien: Covenant" trailer. And after you've seen the deleted scenes and the documentary on the blu-ray, this movie makes sense and is pretty badass.
I would give Prometheus 9/10 stars. In my opinion it's underated, and I think it has the third best movie soundtrack of 2012, only surpassed by The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers.
Thank you, the "Damon Lindelof" explain a lot, since Lost, then Cloverfield(both with JJ Abhrams) i have a feeling that everytime one of their names pops out, i will watch a movie with a lot of things unanswered.
It IS a prequel, even though it's on a different planet, still you see a giant facehugger and a first generation Alien Drone at the end... so YES Prometheus is linked to the alien movies!
BETWEEN THE SNAKE ARM DISLOCATION, AND THE SQUID C-SECTION, THIS MOVIE SCARRED ME FOR LIFE.
the guy in alien also didn't back off seeing the eggs
There's a difference between questions the audience has, and the questions that the film deliberately brings up. If the film asks a bunch of questions but never resolves them, the movie has a strong lack of focus. If WE are asking questions about the movie it's a different story because things are deliberately kept from us sometimes and that's part of the mystery or interpretation. But if a film doesn't answer it's OWN questions, it's different.
Had a mixed impression though there are things fascinating about it. Hard to believe it came out nearly 10 years ago.