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[sacramentalist]

I watched Prometheus on Netflix, today. Basically out of curiosity of all the strong opinions. I tried to have an open mind, but I didn't like it. The CG and makeup took me out of the movie. The characters were all unenjoyable, except for the robot.

Hokey science aside, there wasn't enough action to be an action movie. There wasn't enough suspense to be a thriller or horror. Meh.

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[(Anonymous)]

Very serious. I am wondering if I missed something, but usually everybody tells me I'm overly picky and negative about movies. I wouldn't put it in a top ten list or anything, but I enjoyed the concept and thought the execution was good. The script seemed a bit shallow (for lack of a better word), but it wasn't stupid.

[quickly-9.livejournal.com]

Oops. That was me.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

It felt like they threw in a bunch of obscure things to make the viewers do the work of creating a coherent mythos.

They obviously put in a lot of work and money into the movie.

[clevortrevor]

I really enjoyed it too. It could be that forcing the viewers to do the work was part of what I liked - I'd rather be trusted to do that, than have it forced down my throat. Especially since I don't think the plot demanded symbolism to make the movie work - so it was more of a layer than a crutch. It's been a while, but as I recall, I appreciated the overall mood, which did remind me of Alien, and I liked that I never had any idea which way the plot would turn. I thought the ending was satisfyingly non-Hollywood - as in, non-triumphant, yet not entirely void of hope. I liked the open-endedness of it, which (dare I say?) echoed 2001 at least in my mind. I wouldn't call it GREAT, and I think seeing it in a cinema made a difference, but I'm still surprised at the negative reactions.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

I think some of the reaction is a little unjustified. I see people don't know how DAVID infected the other guy? It was pretty obvious.