The audience is taken back to the origin of how human kind was created and by who, possibly. There is the underlining AI theme that we so love in the original Alien as well as female characters who are smarter and stronger than the ensemble of male characters, mostly there to be disposed of by an alien. I went in with low low low expectations based on Star Wars, Clash of the Titans and Tron.
To my surprise the movie was way better than any of the above. I felt the writing was extremely thoughtful and well developed. My biggest dislike is Guy Pearce in some gross, awful and terribly fake old ass man make-up. His part is so small, important yes, but such a small amount of time on film so why not hire a real old ass man actor and save some money on that hideous make-up job? Hmm?
Anyway, aside from that, this movie is thought provoking, character driven and kicks ass. I give this movie a totally rad!
Go see it and see it in IMAX 3D.
Hopefully the projector will over heat when one minute of the film is left and not only will you finally get to see the final minute of the movie ( which is kinda the point of the whole movie) but you'll get free passes to any IMAX 3D screening in the future!
SWEET!
