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Prometheus *SPOILERS FROM POST 1538*

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    #1202
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    bullvine wrote: »
    Theres a positive review on Rotten Tomatoes!!

    Don't read it, very spolierific.
    Says technically the film is outstanding but should have been braver with story, trying to please everyone.


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    #1203
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Bullseye1 wrote: »
    2-3 days to go and still no review.

    Loads of French & German reviews plus viewer reactions from Monday's screening in Paris.

    General consensus from them being that it's good (If average) but not a great sci-fi and far from being an adult film people were expecting.

    Everyone agrees it looks stunning (3D has gotten good marks) and that Rapace & Fassbender are great in it but everything else from the plot to the soundtrack have been pointed out as being weak, even from those who liked the movie.

    Official UK and Irish screenings are today.


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    #1204
    Arciphel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,836 ✭✭✭Arciphel


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Official UK and Irish screenings are today.

    Nope not till tomorrow morning ;)


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    #1205
    bullvine
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    Rabidlamb wrote: »
    Don't read it, very spolierific.
    Says technically the film is outstanding but should have been braver with story, trying to please everyone.

    Did Alien have a great story though? I mean really at the end of the day, it was a simple enough story, I think Aliens had a much more detailed story.

    The soundtrack issues are very annoying though.


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    #1206
    Duggy747
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    Arciphel wrote: »
    Nope not till tomorrow morning ;)

    Herp-a-derp, my mistake :pac:


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    #1207
    bullvine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭bullvine


    Interesting that the Interweb tells me that Alien got mixed reviews, were Aliens got Universal praise.


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    #1208
    Sad Professor
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    Yeah, there's a good blog post here about all the mixed reviews Alien received on release.

    http://alienseries.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bad-alien-reviews.html


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    #1209
    bullvine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭bullvine


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Yeah, there's a good blog post here about all the mixed reviews Alien received on release.

    http://alienseries.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bad-alien-reviews.html

    Thats just amazing!


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    #1210
    Paul1979
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    Guardian Review 3 stars "grandiose and muddled but highly watchable"


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/30/prometheus-review


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    #1211
    Sad Professor
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    Reviews from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are up now and they are fairly mixed as well.

    WARNING: Both reviews contain SPOILERS!

    http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947665?refcatid=31

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/prometheus-review-ridley-scott-charlize-theron-michael-fassbender-330414


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    #1212
    Handsome Bob
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    I'm sure that I'll still enjoy the film, but going by the mixed reviews, it seems like we have another case of being suckered by hype and marketing. :o


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    #1213
    Sad Professor
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    I'm actually encouraged by the Bradshaw review. He generally hates genre films, so the fact that he has anything good to say about Prometheus bodes well.


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    #1214
    Zubeneschamali
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Yeah, there's a good blog post here about all the mixed reviews Alien received on release.

    http://alienseries.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bad-alien-reviews.html

    Wow, they completely missed all the stuff that annoyed the hell out of me!


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    #1215
    Bullseye1
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    Total Film 4/5
    http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/prometheus-1


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    #1216
    Sad Professor
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    The Telegraph have given it very positive review also

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9300098/Ridley-Scotts-Prometheus-first-screening-review.html


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    #1217
    helimachoptor
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    Just read the wiki entry...


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    #1218
    JTR
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    This looks absolutely amazing, really looking forward to seeing it.


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    #1219
    Handsome Bob
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    Bullseye1 wrote: »
    Total Film 4/5
    http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/prometheus-1

    Interesting that they say it's not as frightening as Alien as the one thing I've taken from all the footage released is that it looks genuinely unsettling.


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    #1220
    OldeCinemaSoz
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭OldeCinemaSoz


    ALIEN in The Savoy.

    ALIENS in The Ambasadsor.

    I think i can take PROM... whatever it's called in The Gaiety.

    :)


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    #1221
    McGrath5
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    I just booked it for Vue Cinema on Friday, really looking forward too seeing this.


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    #1222
    Raekwon
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    Empire 3/5

    Fairly poor review. The marketing budget mustn't have included a 15 page spread with behind the scene access and a 3D holographic cover option ;)


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    #1223
    klose
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    helimachoptor wrote: »
    Just read the wiki entry...


    God damn you! Just hadta have a gawk :D sounds right to me cant wait to see it now..


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    #1224
    Handsome Bob
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    Only 3 stars from Empire? That's poor. The lack of suspense claim is worrying too.


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    #1225
    Oafley Jones
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    Despite being a huge Batman fan, this is still the movie I'm most looking forward to this year. I have been trying to temper my expectations for a while by reminding myself of a few things ... Lindelof, GI Jane, Robin Hood, Hannibal.


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    #1226
    FlashD
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    Handsome Bob wrote: »
    Only 3 stars from Empire? That's poor. The lack of suspense claim is worrying too.

    Yeah, it sure is. And normally Empire are that bit more positive towards the blockbusters.

    Could have an Alien Resurrection on our hands, all style no substance.


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    #1227
    stateofflux
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    Handsome Bob wrote: »
    Only 3 stars from Empire? That's poor. The lack of suspense claim is worrying too.

    empire is a joke....like the daily sport reviewing 'lawrence of arabia'...im not worried


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    #1228
    Cokeistan
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭Cokeistan


    Heading to the midnight screening of this in Blanchardstown tonight. Does anyone think I should pre-book the tickets or would it be alright to get them at the cinema tonight?


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    #1229
    Handsome Bob
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    But there's no getting away from the total lack of any cumulative sense of dread, nor from the essential emptiness at the film's core. Like Fassbender's discomforting robot, Prometheus is stunning to look at and initially intriguing, but in the end fatally lacking a soul.

    http://www.digitalspy.ie/movies/review/a384564/prometheus-review-ridley-scott-returns-to-his-alien-sci-fi-roots.html

    3 Stars from Digital Spy. Regardless of what you think of the likes of Empire and DS, the criticisms I've been reading are saying more or less the same thing.


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    #1230
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,107 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Surprised that the script seems to be being singled out as a weaklink. You'd think after all the time and effort seemingly poured into it they'd have crafted something interesting!


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    #1231
    Handsome Bob
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    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Surprised that the script seems to be being singled out as a weaklink. You'd think after all the time and effort seemingly poured into it they'd have crafted something interesting!

    Ambiguity seems to be one criticism of the script, you'd swear a Lost co-creator wouldn't know a thing about what that means. :pac::pac::pac:


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