Alien 2012.....

The Alien franchise is unique in a sense that all the earlier films were blessed with the presence of some greatly talented directors on board. While the 1st version was the creative child of Ridley Scott the others were directed by James Cameroon, David Fincher and Jean-Pierre Jeunet respectively. So when Ridley Scott decided to come home to his most coveted genre with Prometheus expectation rose to sky high. Now does he succeeds in that is a million dollar question. Well he is able to raise certain questions with his magnum opus al right but inexplicably remained silent while answering to them. Now Scott has been instrumental while handling science fiction stuff in the past but unfortunately this time his homecoming seems less convincing. Throughout the film it gives an impression that the ace director has a lot in his plate without even knowing how to gulp that. Now lets look at the questions the film raised in it's course.

Prequel to Alien

Prometheus has been widely rumoured to be a prequel of the 1979 classic hit Alien from the same director. Now is to so, I am not so sure. To me it is rather a modern updation of Alien or at best we can call it Alien version 2012. The story remains almost the same - the same mean android,the lone woman survivor at the end, the way the first alien infestation happens - everything seems so familiar to put it nicely.

Our Origin

The main aspect of this film is the interesting plot. It is supposed to be a search for our Origin as a human being or to say in other words a search for secret of our existence. That is one intriguing premise Scott bases his film on and full marks to him for that. But unfortunately that's it as far as the innovation goes. I mean instead of finding our origin through the voyage we actually find a set up for a sequel and that really sucks. He took like an eternity to ask the poignant question and finally left us all clueless about the answer.

Casting

Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth Shaw is the replacement for Sigourney Weaver here and she does full justice to the responsibility handed over to her. Michael Fassbender as David the android is brilliant as usual. He is so good in his role that I really feel he is an asset in this alien drama. But honestly I felt that Charlize Theron & Guy Pearce is wasted in two inconsequential roles. All in all a brilliant cast none the less but not a very effective one.



So in a nut shell Prometheus is a film that works in parts but disappointing in the end. While the cinematography just excels to the point of breathtaking at times the screenplay lets the film down. There is not much logic behind a lot of scenes and at the end instead of becoming a smart Science fiction that it aspires to be Prometheus is left being an Alien Action saga. I had expected a lot out of it specifically because of the intriguing set up it uses but in the end it is more like a summer blockbuster that has entertained me well enough but left me hungry in my belly.

I am going with 7 out of 10 for Prometheus, it scored largely on the merit of the plot it begins with and the sensational production value, but as I have already said I am entertained but not satisfied.