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Prometheus was a pile of poo
I just watched this again and things that come to mind 1. Scientific expedition with a crew full of stupid. 2. Lots of dumb stuff happens that just shouldn't happen To be fair if none of that happened we'd not have a movie. 3. Android likes to mindrape one particular character and watch her dreams. 4. 2093 or thereabouts we have a cheat for FTL or near light speed drive. 5. How did Shaw know the exact part of Scotland to go digging? How did she know that exact cave was the one with the drawings inside? 6. It was kind of fun till all the stupid stuff started happening. 7. They can map all the tunnels but manage to get lost. smh By this point in the movie I wanted to break the DVD in half, but there's just so much bad stuff happening ..... And let's not forget the alien abortion scene..... And running around the ship moments after having one's stomach stapled. Did Ridley Scott actually have any control of this movie or was he just there for the cash? Jul 04 14 11:04 pm Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
Jul 04 14 11:12 pm Link DEP E510 wrote: Well... and how the heroine runs away in the path of the slow rolling part of the ship... instead of just stepping aside! Jul 04 14 11:19 pm Link I turned my brain off, and watched a rather entertaining movie. It's a movie... just watch it. Jul 05 14 01:07 am Link I REALLY wanted to like this movie but I just didn't get it or understand any of it. I thought it was one of the laziest scripts of the year. Jul 05 14 01:22 am Link -JAY- wrote: +1 Jul 05 14 03:03 am Link It really is terrible. I tried so hard to like it. It's so visually stunning, and the atmosphere is very cool. But the characters are just so insanely stupid, I just can't ignore it. Someone posted the "Honest Trailer" parody. Here is the CinemaSins take, that show's all the stupidity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BWnTW4rL0U Jul 05 14 03:36 am Link I liked it simply because it was a completely different addition to the franchise yet fitted. The idea of Prometheus construct was good, the characters good, and the visuals in terms of atmosphere stunning. You have to suspend belief for the sake of drama sometimes. I could answer some of the ops questions but would take ages. So just to say it's entertainment. I just watched another movie, Argo this morning. The end was complete rubbish Iranian police cars chasing a plane down the runway. It never happened, and wouldn't. But it was entertaining. So Prometheus wasn't a pile of poo. It may have disappointed if you expected something different but the clue to what it was is the title. You want to see a pile of poo watch The Great Gatsby remake. The only thing that kept me watching was the costumes. Otherwise it was cringeworthy. Jul 05 14 04:07 am Link Very disappointing given the high expectations! Having said that I watched it again on Blu Ray recently, and it seems a bit better on the second viewing. Still, so many things that could have been done better! Jul 05 14 04:24 am Link I grew up reading old school science fiction, and one thing you could count on was the author getting the science mostly right. Did anyone run the script by a science advisor, or is Ridley Scott such an 800 pound gorilla that no one dares question his vision? There are just so many things wrong with Prometheus that it would make a great alcohol poisoning inducing drinking game. All the characters are beyond stupid: getting lost despite having a 3-D holographic map of the alien ship's interior; playing with the alien penis snake; running in a straight line; spending one's entire career seeking alien life and upon finding it, moping around and getting drunk (partying and getting happy drunk would make more sense); not noticing that a woman is covered in blood with staples holding her belly together; hostile aliens have killed all your crewmates, yet you go searching for their home planet alone - it goes on. That said, Prometheus is gorgeous. I own it on Blu-ray, and despite the mind numbing stupidity of the movie, I enjoy looking at the pretty pictures. Jul 05 14 05:14 am Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: Wanna talk about stupidity? Who's the stupid person that wasted their money in outright paying to own the DVD or to shell out money in renting it? Jul 05 14 05:40 am Link The original Movie "Alien" is a classic ................there will never be another. Jul 05 14 05:59 am Link The reason that I don't pay attention to critics is that they look for things to criticize about a movie. I have enjoyed movies that the critics didn't like! Jul 05 14 06:25 am Link I came into this with expectations since this was billed as "the prequel to alien" and that we might find out where they came from and why.... What we got was gorgeous visuals suspended in poo. A couple more points I noticed.. AvP takes place closer to our time so Weyland Corp. knows about the Predators and Aliens from this adventue I imagine. I think David knew a hell of a lot more then was let on in the film.... He clearly had been given an agenda to run by the old guy. Oh and on that why couldn't they have hired a proper old dude to play the part of Weyland? The makeup on Guy Pearce was horrid... I don't outright hate the movie, but I don't like it either..... I just hope the sequel shows us what happens to Elizabeth and that the same actress plays her. Jul 05 14 06:40 am Link It's fucking garbage Jul 05 14 06:50 am Link That shit came out two years ago, you guys are still mad? Go watch Transformers and come back with some new problems. Jul 05 14 06:53 am Link Eliza C new portfolio wrote: The idea was stupid, the characters were stupid, the action was dull, and the premise was stupid. Jul 05 14 08:31 am Link After I read lots of explanations of the movie online, and re-watched it, I saw that it did in fact have some merit as a movie. But they tried to cram so much stuff into so short of a movie that without all the extra material on the internet I never would have figured it out. Jul 05 14 09:59 am Link Jerry Nemeth wrote: I can tell you love these Classics that Critics Hated. Jul 05 14 10:08 am Link DOUGLASFOTOS wrote: sorry, no time for those cinematic classics, I just scored the Jul 05 14 10:23 am Link DOUGLASFOTOS wrote: Smart*@#! Jul 05 14 10:41 am Link I'm also going to cut Prometheus a little slack because it looked so good. Jul 05 14 10:44 am Link Motordrive Photography wrote: Did it really look that good? Jul 05 14 10:54 am Link Jul 05 14 01:36 pm Link I hated it. There was just zero redeeming qualities. Not to mention: Oh, just having a 3 month gestation Cesarian abortion then getting up and RUNNING AWAY. Jul 05 14 02:10 pm Link -JAY- wrote: If you have to turn your brain off to enjoy something, are you really enjoying it at all? Jul 05 14 02:11 pm Link *looked at thread title* Thought "Well, I had guessed that was pretty well established already.." I have a terribly hard time watching stupid movies - where the characters spend all their time doing stupid things. and using the same logic that James Fenmore Cooper's characters used - (which were written as delusional - or brain damaged - or miracle workers) Jul 05 14 02:42 pm Link Can we also talk about how THAT happened instead of del Toro's Lovecraft movie? He talks like he's pretty determined to still make this movie, but no one wants it because of Prometheus. Jul 05 14 03:40 pm Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: Thank you for this! I completely agree. This is why shitty movies keep happening! XD Jul 05 14 03:43 pm Link After reading all this bile, I am so intrigued and may just watch it after all. Question is, shall I take my Ritalin for it or rather not?!  Jul 05 14 05:24 pm Link Amadea T wrote: Whatever you do, try to see it for free. Jul 05 14 05:26 pm Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: Oh absolutely. I think it's still on HBO or one of those. Jul 05 14 05:27 pm Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: Don't twist words. Movies are entertainment, they provide a brief escape from reality. Jul 05 14 07:36 pm Link Rudy Joggerst wrote: It's called a question. I use them to gather information. Jul 05 14 07:37 pm Link Schlake wrote: But as a movie goer you shouldn't have to track down extra information. It should all be there in the film for you. Jul 05 14 07:46 pm Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: If that's the intent, like viral marketing, then it's fun. But that wasn't the intent here. Jul 05 14 07:48 pm Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: Absolutely! Do i need to nit-pick the fact that if Red Matter would turn a planet into a black hole from the core it could absolutely turn it into one from the surface, so the drill was unneccessary (Star Trek 2009) Jul 05 14 07:48 pm Link Motordrive Photography wrote: I have read tons about it but you have to tell us what you think. Wasn't that movie really expensive to make? Jul 05 14 07:49 pm Link -JAY- wrote: Choosing to let things go in the name of fiction and "turning off your brain" don't read as the same to me. Jul 05 14 07:50 pm Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: Fair point Ms Crowley Jul 05 14 07:50 pm Link |
