The Prometheus film, rather than an alien prequel, is closer to another of Ridley Scott's classics in terms of theme and narrative: Blade Runner (Blade Runner). If you go back further, the theme even boils down to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Prometheus asks the same questions as these two films: where do we come from, and what makes us a human being.
In a summer blockbuster, it’s okay to ask such frustrating questions. The most terrible thing is that none of the questions asked are satisfactorily answered in the film. Ridley Scott seems determined to leave these questions to the audience (or to the sequel). It is precisely because of the heavy philosophical/theological factors in the film, as well as various ambiguous issues, that a large-scale discussion was launched on major websites immediately after its release. There are too many unsolved mysteries in the film, too many cryptic hints, too many clues, and they are intertwined but cannot find the end.
I am very satisfied with this film.
The first is Michael Fassbender's creation of the robot "David". I've always known Michael Fassbender to be a good actor, but David still blows my mind. He expresses David's childlike purity and cruelty, his forbearance of anger, jealousy and contempt for human beings, and his admiration for Engineers to the fullest. This film can be said to be Dr. Shaw's exploration of the origin of human beings, and it is also David's reflection and attempt on his own personal value and positioning.
The second is the overall design of the movie, whether it's the shape of the ship or the clothes of the Prometheus crew, it looks very uniform. The alien environment is also well designed. Faint mist, oppressive pyramids and giant heads, alien technology, black liquid. . . Everything feels eerie. Although there is no particularly terrifying monster running out, it always makes people feel that something is wrong, as if all this hides a terrifying mystery, waiting for people to discover.
Of course, this mystery has not been solved in the end. If I have to talk about the problems of this film, I think the plot is too loose, too many questions are raised, there is no focus before each other, and there is a lack of a running theme. The movie seems to jump between several themes, unable to decide what exactly it wants to talk about. As a result, none of the topics were discussed particularly clearly. Then leave all kinds of unsolved mysteries, waiting for the next episode. However, given Ridley Scott's dislike of sequels, it feels like the unanswered questions in Prometheus may never be answered.
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