Topic: Latest Movie You Watched

[goldshirt*9]

It isn't an "effects" movie. It is a "story" movie.
Avatar (for example) had a so-so story with magical effects, Prometheus is an interesting nearly-back-story to a well-loved and well-regarded bunch of movies, and the effects are barely noticeable. They are staggeringly well done, but you don't "see the join" so to speak: they definitely don't get in the way of, or detract from, the storytelling.
Ergo anyone wanting a whizz-o effects driven extravaganza is bound to be disappointed.
Charlize Theron is gorgeous by the way. (I don't consider that a spoiler)

i'm glad of that .

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So the meaning of where we came from , why the "Nasty Alien's" have been made , what that monstrosity of a  Alien in the main ship is doing / All the little hints referring to the oiginal movie , all pan out to explain everything.
Well i believe nearly everything as Ridley Scott has a couple of more Alien movies in the pipe line.
All depends on how this movie does in the box office and peoples opinions.

I still cannot get time to go though 

[townie2]

would love to see it, but, unfortunately, will have to wait until it comes "out" on DVD.

[smokester]

....a pretty mediocre sci-fi tv series.

Grrrrrr!

[dweez]

Angry yes.  But I notice you didn't refute my statement.

[chekovsulu]

You're cracked. 

Heh, yeah, possibly! )

Seriously though, when I go to the cinema, it has to be worth the effort.  Films like Star Trek, they're fun films whilst they're playing, but only during that period.  I took nothing from it, I just left the cinema wondering what the heck just happened.  Maybe I just like quiet stories more.  I know the film went too fast for me, I find that happens with a lot of films.  I'm simple, I want the pacing to reflect a nice country walk.  The characters were well done, it reminded me that I hate Kirk (I don't understood him).

I did like first ten minutes were awesome.  They seriously should have made the whole film about Captain Robau, and then used the first ten minutes as the end of the film.  Captain Robau was awesome!  Then the next film could've worked on that reboot.

Don't watch :
Voces inocentes (2004)
it may put you off
El Salvador

Mind you that was the 80's

I'm going to have to watch it now, damn it!

[xtopave]

But I notice you didn't refute my statement.

He knows your right.

I watched Prometheus today. I liked it!! It got me hooked for the 2hrs. and that doesn't happen to me frequently.
I saw the chestburster scene from Alien at the theater when I was around 10 yrs old. I'm glad I'm a grown up now or that Noomi Rapace scene would have marked me for life. 
Rapace and Fassbender are fantastic. Charlize Theron is the ultimate ice queen (although plays a secondary character that imo it only exists to make you doubt about things).
One observation and one question.
- Who sets up such a mission with people who don't know each other? It'd jeopardize the mission.

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Even when Peter Weyland's goal on the mission is different it still isn't realistic.

- The holograms: Do they trigger by themselves? I didn't understand how that happened.

Btw, I see another movie coming up.

[Nobby]

Ridley said it would take a couple more (IE a Trilogy)
To return to Acheron = LV-426

[xtopave]

Ridley said it would take a couple more (IE a Trilogy)
To return to Acheron = LV-426

A trilogy?!! I'll watch them.

I'm going to have to watch it now, damn it!

Nah, believe what Nobby says. I also watched it and it breaks your heart.

[smokester]

Angry yes.  But I notice you didn't refute my statement.

Oh I refute it alright.  Ironically I am re-watching the TOS with my son as we speak and he adores it just as much as I did back then.  I find it incredible that with all the advanced special FX and CGI jiggery-pokery these days, a 9 year old can be as awe inspired by something made in the 60s.  If that's "mediocre", I'm learning another language.

[xtopave]

I find it incredible that with all the advanced special FX and CGI jiggery-pokery these days, a 9 year old can be as awe inspired by something made in the 60s.

I do believe that since two of my daughter's favorites are "The Three Stooges" and "El chavo del 8" (which is a Mexican TV show from early 70's)

[redlandslide]

I find it incredible that with all the advanced special FX and CGI jiggery-pokery these days, a 9 year old can be as awe inspired by something made in the 60s.

He's probably amazed by how long a man can keep his gut sucked in for.

[smokester]

He's probably amazed by how long a man can keep his gut sucked in for.

Pfftt! He's seen his old man do that for 9 years without coming up for air.

[dweez]

Ha, I didn't say it wasn't enjoyable, just mediocre as a sci-fi series.

[Nobby]

Your mention of Mexico and all this nostalgia
Brought to mind :
"Don Gato y su pandilla (2011) aka Top Cat"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821680/
which has not been well received
even by kids who liked the old toons

[smokester]

Your mention of Mexico and all this nostalgia
Brought to mind :
"Don Gato y su pandilla (2011) aka Top Cat"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821680/
which has not been well received
even by kids who liked the old toons

I had that quite a while ago and all 4 of us bailed on it after 15 minutes.  It was weird compared to the original series.