2. Prometheus (Dir. Ridley Scott)
The fact that Ridley Scott announced his return to sci-fi was a extremely exciting prospect in its own right, but once that trailer hit the internet – a trailer that might qualify as being one of the most assured and exciting trailers to have ever been made, like, ever – movie-goers everywhere exploded with joy, presumably unable to handle what appeared to be a defining work in genre cinema. Could this be the science-fiction film of the 21st century? I mean, look at it!
Alas, it wasn’t meant to be: Prometheus‘ visual splendor couldn’t excuse its bland, underwritten screenplay, one that asked too many questions, gave no answers, and made room for a number of seemingly easy-to-fix plot holes that served only to pull audiences out of the experience. You’re right: Prometheus wasn’t that bad, but I doubt anybody who genuinely got excited for this wasn’t at least a little let down. Here’s the crew of arguably the most important space mission of all-time, and they’re all acting like children. What happened to the world’s most accomplished scientific minds? Characters aside, Prometheus passed on the notion of itself as a true science-fiction film when it refused to be anything other than an action thriller, evoking to ignore the bold intellectual aspects of its plot.
With Damon Lindelof’s name on the script, we probably shouldn’t have expected so much. Ridley Scott, at least, gave up his half of the deal – it’s a visual masterpiece.
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