The Official Movie Thread

[Krigloch the Furious]

Cant wait for Prometheus. Gonna own!
Iron Man II was good...

Looking forward to Spiderman

 

[Psychonaut]

Goon - Not bad. Nice to see a subdued Stiffler for a change.

 

[Einherjar86]

Really guys? I thought Prometheus was disappointing.

Granted, I do have some ideas that might justify (or at least rationalize, for me) what I saw as its weaker moments. The script particularly I felt was muddled and weak, and didn't offer much in the way of philosophical ideas, which was what it marketed itself as providing.

As far as action and effects go, it was transcendental.

 

[Psychonaut]

I still need to see The Avengers. wtf

 

[The Emptier]

From what I've heard Prometheus is fucking incredible.

 

[Zephyrus]

I read some reviews that completely trashed it as insubstantial CG wankery and based on the plot synopsis it looks like a cross between AVP and Event Horizon.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

The plot is complete shit.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Prometheus was pretty bad. Wow

 

[Master_Yoda77]

http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2012/06/prometheus.html#more

I enjoyed Prometheus actually. But I can enjoy things that aren't exactly "good."

 

[unknown]

I liked Prometheus, but it's certainly a completely different film from Alien. Whereas Alien was subtle and relied very much on atmosphere, Prometheus is about as subtle as a brick. That being said, it creates some very interesting questions that relate to the rest of the Alien canon. I think Ridley Scott should've stayed away from some of the deeper, religious philosophical stuff and just focused on a tight narrative. That would've been better.

 

[i.am.grey]

I was wondering if you could make this equation: ALIEN vs ALIEN vs PREDATOR vs PROMETHEUS as class war vs America by Sir Ridley Scott *again

But you'd have to read the article

http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/grey-matters-alien-vs-predator-vs-alien-vs-prometheus

 

[arg]

sure its "philosophical ideas" were at teenage-level existentialism bullshit and the plot wasnt exactly brilliant. but for me it was all about the intense action sequences / special effects, as well as slimy aliens and bodily horror stuff and the movie definitely delivered in those areas. also, Fassbender and Rapace were great

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I didnt care about a single character.
those scientists were fucking stupid and boring.
special effects cant carry a movie that far

 

[MasterOLightning]

I wasn't disappointed at all with Prometheus. It was visually amazing, and quite a few of the setpieces were breathtaking. To watch a movie about travelling a trillion miles to encounter aliens, and then complain about scientific inconsistencies... I'll just say I've found a lot of the internet reaction to be quite baffling. And it's not like it turned into a Michael Bay movie in the third act.

I can actually see now why everyone involved said this wasn't an Alien prequel. It doesn't set up the events of Alien at all, and it very much is just another story in the same universe. I'm guessing a lot of the negativity is from people who wanted this to be as good or better than Alien or Aliens, and that's just not all that realistic.

 

[Zephyrus]

sure its "philosophical ideas" were at teenage-level existentialism bullshit and the plot wasnt exactly brilliant. but for me it was all about the intense action sequences / special effects, as well as slimy aliens and bodily horror stuff and the movie definitely delivered in those areas. also, Fassbender and Rapace were great

This parallels your views on sexuality entirely.

 

[arg]

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[Einherjar86]

Well, I went nuts over the weekend and made little blog post about Prometheus. Some people will probably hate me for it, but hopefully some find it interesting.

 

[Zephyrus]

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc will always be one of my favorite films. Anyone else a fan?

 

[Der Morgenstern]

It's great. Some of the subtle humour in it is superb.

 

[Zephyrus]

I love Dustin Hoffman's role in it so much.