tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647643150524702025.post4675061302361942372..comments2021-04-26T15:38:19.781-07:00Comments on The Pope's Picks: PROMETHEUS (2012)The Popehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00589665623217699184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647643150524702025.post-67516046873849446462012-06-14T10:30:54.488-07:002012-06-14T10:30:54.488-07:00A cogent review as always. I can only add that I ...A cogent review as always. I can only add that I found the film to be profoundly illogical yet paradoxically predictable, i.e. the various "surprises" made no sense within the realm of averagely competent and sane human behavior (or programmable android behavior) and yet because of that, you could see the next "surprise" a mile off by just considering what's the most implausible thing that someone would do now. I've read a blog where the writer analyzes the mythological symbolism of this and that and tries to explain away the inconsistencies... he has to resort to fairly wild speculation to patch up the huge story holes (with black goo of course), and where his postulations are plausible, one has to consider that yes indeed, it's not only a stupid movie, it's a jaw-droppingly pretentious one at the same time: a dumb horror film that actually takes itself seriously. (As for the actors, I fault them not as they had nothing to work with... which only points to just how exceptional a screen presence Michael Fassbender is.)Gogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704130375455055175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647643150524702025.post-89298563503693942122012-06-14T08:12:10.028-07:002012-06-14T08:12:10.028-07:00Eloquently put, Brian. I wish I had been sober wh...Eloquently put, Brian. I wish I had been sober when I agreed to see this movie (and drunk when I actually saw it). I was, frankly, insulted by how blatantly they ripped off characters, plotlines and sections of dialogue from Alien, and then couched it in a contrived creation story - didn't you just love the sweeping score? Supposedly they can't hear you scream in space, but they can hear you and the rest of the audience laughing in the theater at all the ridiculousness in this film. AlisonAlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16873793934043116421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647643150524702025.post-88812460219846285932012-06-14T01:43:03.521-07:002012-06-14T01:43:03.521-07:00This film was so stupid it made me angry. I’m gla...This film was so stupid it made me angry. I’m glad you feel similarly. I don't know where to start with the stupid moments in this awful movie. Here's my favorite, which isn't a spoiler: A team of supposedly smart scientists having only been on an alien planet for all of six hours enter an area where the otherwise toxic air appears breathable. What does the lead scientist do? Take his helmet off. Because, as long as the air reads as breathable, there should be no need to worry about other toxins, airborne disease, parasitic creatures, radiation, acidic humidity, let alone a raft of things we might not even be able to imagine, this being an alien world and all, let alone not even knowing the source or reliability of the breathable air. And these are supposedly the smart people in the room. God, this film was stupid. And it was stupid over and over and over again.<br /><br />Good review, by the way.Cardinal Smith E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05518905750592241279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647643150524702025.post-21723689620007449942012-06-13T23:38:56.826-07:002012-06-13T23:38:56.826-07:00Damn, you're good. (Maybe, I've said that ...Damn, you're good. (Maybe, I've said that before...)Prosperohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180786110923971149noreply@blogger.com