So we watched Prometheus last night. If you don't want it spoiled, then stop reading.
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Alright then.
I was looking forward to seeing Prometheus; I would count the original Alien as one of my ten favourite movies. And from the previews this *looked* really good – really sharp, really big and clamorous and electric.
And it continued to look good, all the way through. But then there was the soundtrack, which sounded like Lord of the Rings Unleashed, and would not shut up, and let me think about anything. Which might have been intentional, as a means of distracting me from the way that the plot went sideways at about the two-thirds mark, when all sorts of strings started to drop all over the place. And then it turned that corner, that bad corner that a lot of movies turn these days, where it seems to end about four or five times, until we can't stand it.
Too bad. If you want something better, or a few things that more accurately capture the promise, then check out these viral marketing videos, which include a facetious TED Talk.