Movie - "Prometheus"

In between The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, this was one of the movies I was most looking forward to seeing this summer. The only thing was, it was kind of hard to figure out in advance what it was all about. With that being said, once it did come out, I didn't read any reviews so I could go into it blindly. So consider this a minor spoiler warning.

It essentially starts out very similar to "Alien," in which a ship is traveling through space and then the ship's android wakes everyone up out of their hibernation units. It's not due to a distress call, but they've reached their destination. A planet that may hold the key to how the universe was created. Yeah, a lot of mumbo-jumbo about a species, called "engineers" who may have created the earth and all that. But hey, this is science "fiction," it didn't do anything to shake my beliefs.

They check out the planet and find for the most part what they are looking for but aren't sure what it all means (is this where humanity began). Not a slow moving movie at this point, but not necessarily fast paced either. A windstorm hits the planet and a couple of the explorers get left behind on the planet while the others are safely back on the ship. Not sure how the movie is going to progress and then BAM! There's a little parasite the explorers check out, which turns out not to be a good idea and thus brings on quite the squirm inducing scene. It's kinda like that scene in "Alien" where the monster bursts forth from the guy's chest, comes out of nowhere.

Ah, speaking of "Alien," the director of "Prometheus" is Ridley Scott, who also directed that one. It was rumored before release that this was indeed a prequel to "Alien." So, is it? Well, kinda. It's not a prequel in that you will suddenly come across the grandmother of Sigourney Weaver's character. However, if you have seen (and remember) "Alien" you will recognize some things. If you haven't seen "Alien" then you won't be lost seeing "Prometheus" but you won't be privvy to the significance of some plot developments (and some very recognizable sights, especially during the concluding sequences).

Not really any major stars. Charlize Theron would be the biggest one. Also has Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace. Rapace's character is pretty laid back, then she has a do it yourself surgery scene that is squirm inducing scene #2 in this movie. This brings out the action movie heroine in her (as she displayed quite well as the original Lizbeth Salander).

Worth checking out, but I can understand it would not be for all tastes. I saw the 3D version, and this was very much worthy of the effect. Be forewarned, the two squirm inducing scenes I mentioned really are that.