Ridley Scott is one of my favorite directors (ALIEN, BLACK HAWK DOWN). Via Netflix, saw this tonite and it was terrific. To me there are two genres of movie that can DO NO WRONG: SUBMARINE MOVIES and SCI-FI SPACE MOVIES, like Avatar, Start Trek, et al.
Fans of ALIEN will see lots of similarity, but indeed this functions as the PREQUEL for the entire ALIEN series. What follows is an excerpt of the Wikipedia entry. James Cameron was involved in the early days of the film's development. Good for Halloween. Click the Greek god: Prometheus
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Prometheus (film)
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| Prometheus | |
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| Directed by | Ridley Scott |
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| Music by | Marc Streitenfeld |
| Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski |
| Editing by | Pietro Scalia |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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| Running time | 124 minutes[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $130 million[3] |
| Box office | $402.48 million[4] |
Prometheus is a 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Jon Spaihts andDamon Lindelof. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron. The story is set in the late 21st century and centers on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus as they follow a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. The crew, seeking the origins of humanity, arrive on a distant world and discover a threat that could cause the extinction of the human race.
Development of the film began in the early 2000s as a fifth installment in the Alien franchise. Scott and director James Cameron developed ideas for a film that would serve as a prequel to Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film Alien. By 2003, the development of Alien vs. Predator took precedence, and the project remained dormant until 2009 when Scott again showed interest. Spaihts wrote a script for a prequel to the events of the Alien films, but Scott opted for a different direction to avoid repeating cues from those films. In late 2010, Lindelof joined the project to rewrite Spaihts's script, and he and Scott developed a story that precedes the story of Alien but is not directly connected to that franchise. According to Scott, although the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak", and takes place in the same universe,Prometheus explores its own mythology and ideas.
Prometheus entered production in April 2010, with extensive design phases during which the technology and creatures which the film required were developed. Principal photography began in March 2011, with an estimated US$120–130 million budget. The project was shot using 3D cameras throughout, almost entirely on practical sets, and on location in England, Iceland, Spain, and Scotland. It was promoted with a marketing campaign that included viral activities on the web. Three videos featuring the film's leading actors in character, which expanded on elements of the fictional universe, were released and met with a generally positive reception and awards. Prometheus was released on June 1, 2012 in the United Kingdom and on June 8, 2012 in North America. It grossed over $400 million worldwide. Reviews praised both the film's visual aesthetic design, and the acting, most notably Fassbender's performance as the android David. However, the plot drew a mixed response from critics, who criticized plot elements that remained unresolved or were predictable.
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