Prometheus 3D 2012 Movie: Review

Here Is The exclusive review of PROMETHEUS 3D
"There is nothing in the desert and no man 


needs nothing"

This quote from Lawrence of Arabia (1962)


 features in Prometheus. It is one of my very 


favourite films. It so happens that I share this 


with David, the android who is the caretaker 


of the


 ship, Prometheus, during the 2 year journey. Michael Fassbender is so good here you could 


almost miss his facial sorcery while the film blind-sides you with more pertinent questions like: 


Who created us? Where did we come from? Oh yes, and the magnificent 3-D. This film stands 


alongside Avatar (2009), Hugo (2011) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011) as the films that 


actually use 3D aesthetically while several others were busy showing off. The old-schoolers 


show us how it's done.

Prometheus begins with a prologue that is rather confounding but sets up what is to come later.


 Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) discover


 ancient 


cave paintings which has a link with what we saw in the prologue. The conception of humanity 


and the large looming answers may be within the reach of Weyland Corporation that has 


funded this mission. Once they land, we loyally tread the blueprint of the original Alien (1979). 


Shock, slime, wonder, gore, shock again, slime again, wonder turns to nightmare. The findings 


aren't ones that will necessarily restore your faith in life. Ridley Scott's sci-fi universes aren't the 


most hopeful ones. Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982) are as bleak, dark and dreary as 


they come. Enter Prometheus. They are more concerned with the vices of humankind than its 


virtues. Any ending is a happy ending. But then we have the female heroine and I absolutely 


love a strong unconventional female protagonist. Elizabeth Shaw is the Ellen Ripley of 


Prometheus, even donning the same clothing in a scene (or the lack of it).

There are numerous stunning action spectacles that fulfill you summer blockbuster appetite. But 


there is equal bouts of horror that demands a strong stomach. This is horror that makes you 


cringe. There is a staggering scene where Elizabeth is forced to perform a surgery on herself. 


This takes Hitchcockian suspense to a whole new level. This is cinema, not just horror cinema, 


at its best! Later, David remarks "I didn't know you had it in you". Damon Lindelof, the 


screenwriter juggles clever dialogue and B-movie dialogue. The film is definitely problematic. It 


indulges in its excesses when the audience should be getting a more substantial experience


. But by then you don't care. You've either fallen in love with this film or started hating it.

Alien has been rebooted in all its quasi-prequel glory. The epilogue wraps up the Alien


 connection and a sequel is implied. Keeping all the reservations in mind (or rather ignoring 


them), I'm sure I will be watching this film again. Remember, in space no one can hear you 


scream.


Watch Trailer: