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- tejastech08
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Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
polluxlm wrote:Prometheus was abysmal.....Ridley Scott has officially lost it....The script makes Alien Ressurection look like a Shakespeare play.....
Holy shit! That bums me out SO much.
Bono wrote:shit. Guess I'll totally pass on Pprometheus then considering I've not heard a single positive review yet
Same here. It's not even that I haven't heard anything positive it's that everything is as bad as the above.
Goddamnitsomuch. I wanted this to be great.
It has a 79% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes after 56 reviews. The response hasn't been completely negative for the film. Sounds like one of those "love it or hate it" movies. If you were looking forward to it, you should still probably give it a chance. Who knows, maybe you'll love it despite some of the complaints you've heard about it.
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Just back from Prometheus
Fuckin brilliant.
Loved it.
Fassbender, already legendary, is terrific.
It's nowhere near as funny as Aliens & lacks the tension of the 1st. But it ticks all the boxes on its way to the inevitable sequel. Tip-top sci-fi & mega cool Alien shit.
Story is a little muddled w/plenty of flashes of brilliance (the opening scene for one - I won't mention any other deets for fear of spoilers).
Great entertainment. Ridley still brings it. Kinda actually looking forward w/confidence about Blade Runner 2 now!
I coulda watched Prometheus again now...
(am totally geeking out. great fun.)
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Prometheus was abysmal. Ridley Scott has officially lost it and is now basically reduced to a technical savvy studio shill. And there needs to be a law so we can prosecute people like Lindelof. The script makes Alien Ressurection look like a Shakespeare play.
Theron is hot and bitchy, Fassbender is kinda interesting and there's a few nice pictures. That's about it.
Just back from Prometheus
Fuckin brilliant.
Loved it.Fassbender, already legendary, is terrific.
It's nowhere near as funny as Aliens & lacks the tension of the 1st. But it ticks all the boxes on its way to the inevitable sequel. Tip-top sci-fi & mega cool Alien shit.
Story is a little muddled w/plenty of flashes of brilliance (the opening scene for one - I won't mention any other deets for fear of spoilers).Great entertainment. Ridley still brings it. Kinda actually looking forward w/confidence about Blade Runner 2 now!
I coulda watched Prometheus again now...
(am totally geeking out. great fun.)
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i dont wanna say too much for fear of influencing peoples perceptions or leaking spoilers...
i am a massive Alien fanboy.
it & Blade Runner are prob comfortably in my top 10 fave films of all time. but i'd really disliked Ridleys recent out put.
that coupled w/the review i read, had kinda dampened my expectations.
& i mean, it's not like the first Alien. it's more homogeneous an action blockbuster than the suspense/scares/thriller of Alien.
i was surprised @ how enjoyable that aspect was. & then there was a lot of payoff for the fanboy in me too.
it worked out very well. for me.
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polluxlm wrote:If you want somebody to slam that new jacket of yours you just bought, my door is always open. 
I think Aliens and Gladiator are terrible films, though very enjoyable on a blockbuster level. So it's not that I can't stand those type of films even though I wish them eternal damnation. This however was more like Robin Hood. Fail on every level. Forced and cheap homages to the previous films, token black men and a crew that doesn't seem to care at all when somebody dies. Seriously, they don't even mention it, like it never happened.
That being said, a proper directors cut (+45 to 60 mins of extra footage) could make this a decent flick. As it is it just feels extremely rushed.
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I think Aliens and Gladiator are terrible films, though very enjoyable on a blockbuster level. So it's not that I can't stand those type of films even though I wish them eternal damnation.
holy fuck haha excellent
Forced and cheap homages to the previous films
well... yea. it is a prequel. to be expected & not a major crime as far as i could tell. there's a lot of homages to other films too, that use of cinematic language is something i love in films.
That being said, a proper directors cut (+45 to 60 mins of extra footage) could make this a decent flick. As it is it just feels extremely rushed.
jesus, another hour?!
i do agree it felt rushed but noway it needs that much extra material. certain things like the
coulda been expanded upon but i dont see where there'd be benefit from so many more mins..
a crew that doesn't seem to care at all when somebody dies. Seriously, they don't even mention it, like it never happened.
i found this very refreshing actually.
i was so relieved they didn't expend energy & time on character development & their relationships.
i mean one of the guys who
& that sorta thing helped keep up the quick pace.
sure stringer bell even has a bit of a chuckle when the
asif he knows they're done for. the acceptance of the predicament is refreshing & enables them to dispense w/insignificant stuff quickly. they get to the point & move on swiftly to the next. i don't care when they die, i just like seeing them die. it's good not to be weighed or slowed down by mourning. for the living it's solely about survival - which is kinda the way it's been since Alien tbh. nobody mourned harry dean stanton (to their shame!)
tho "having said that"
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lol defo & see where u come down on this debate
it is flawed & it's not gonna change ur life, but it's worth spending a few quid on.. it's worth the risk - u mite be entertained or at least u can bitch about it, typical film really..
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This however was more like Robin Hood. Fail on every level. Forced and cheap homages to the previous films, token black men and a crew that doesn't seem to care at all when somebody dies. Seriously, they don't even mention it, like it never happened.
That being said, a proper directors cut (+45 to 60 mins of extra footage) could make this a decent flick. As it is it just feels extremely rushed.
Agreed 100%
