In 1979, the 42-year-old director Ridley Scott filmed the first "Alien", which tells the story of a human spacecraft that received a signal from a planet in the universe to land on the star and was attacked by an alien. The brand-new horror environment and imaginative art design created by the film at the time caused a great sensation. 33 years later, the 75-year-old director Scott regained his reputation in Hollywood. "Prometheus" is the story before "Alien" that the director told more about the universe and humans. .
The biggest theme pursued by the protagonist in the film is the exploration of the origin of mankind. In the words of "Wulin Biography", the people in the film are struggling to find "Where do I come from and where do I die? Why am I? Want to appear in this world? What does my appearance mean to this world? Did the world choose me, or did I choose the world?" The answer to these ultimate questions. A giant with high intelligence drank a black potion on the earth that could dissipate itself into a powder. The powder carried the DNA of a higher civilization attached to the cells of the earliest living creatures on the earth, so that human beings also possess wisdom and civilization. Tens of thousands of years later, humans discovered a group of planets worshipped by ancient humans on ancient murals. Until one day, human science and technology have the ability to explore those stars. A group of scientists set out with a dream of finding the origin of mankind.
The protagonists who set out with these questions are looking for the creation of their own civilization, and at the same time, they are also the creators of civilizations. The people created by humans finally find that they have surpassed the people who created them and betrayed and created them. Human beings were eventually swallowed by the army created by themselves to kill humans under the confrontation of humans, thus mating to form aliens that can destroy humans and their own two civilizations. From the beginning of the film, the "search for civilization" has been laid. The clue that the origin is destined to be fruitless", but still after the fierce battle, let the surviving humans continue to set out to find the higher civilizations who created the people who created humans. This is a road with no end and no answer, too. All civilizations in the universe are immersed in the path of travel. Such a far-reaching and philosophical subject is extremely eye-catching, and it has also aroused the audience's positive thinking. The various metaphors carried by different characters in the film, the philosophical plot that is not clearly revealed, and the "Prometheus" The secret connection with the previous work "Alien" has become a subject of active discussion among science fiction fans. However, what’s interesting is that although the deep connotation of the film brought about a general heated discussion similar to "Inception", the ordinary quality of the film itself made Ridley’s director not able to reap something better than his predecessor this time. Word of mouth.
The reason for the poor reputation is firstly because the plot of the film is full of loopholes. It seems that the director wants to express too many things. Therefore, everything must be said at the beginning or the end, so everything is said. There is no beginning and no end. Unless it is an audience who has a good understanding of the relevant culture, background and connotation of "Alien", after watching the movie, ordinary audiences have to walk out of the theater with at least 100 questions: Why did the creator fall into ashes and fall into the water at the beginning, so that humans It was able to inherit its DNA. Later, in the murals of mankind tens of thousands of years ago, it was repeatedly shown that the creators returned to the earth to develop human civilization. In the end, the creators were obstructed by mysterious forces on the way to destroy humanity? Why is there a holographic projection in the film that has been guiding the people on earth to the location of the alien army, but they are all asleep inexplicably? Why did the human-created robot David let humans drink the seeds that cultivated the alien after discovering the alien? Why do the various scientists, biologists, and geologists in the movie keep doing stupid things that cause trouble to the upper body? In short, because the director did not consider the level of understanding of "Alien" by most audiences when shooting the film, but instead focused on the niche group of fans of "Alien", so that ordinary audiences would have a kind of cloud when watching the movie. The feeling in the mist. Although many netizens who are familiar with the background and connotation of the film said that the film has a large amount of information and is enjoyable after watching it, it is really difficult for ordinary netizens who do not understand the content of "Alien" to understand the mystery.
In addition to the complex background of the plot and the limited acting ability of the starring role, the only thing that the film may make the audience feel enjoyable is probably the director's inheritance of the bloody drama of "Alien" disgusting Bala, but it is a pity that there are laparotomy, bursting and so on. The most anticipated scenes of the first-class movie fans have been cut drastically, and the cut is extremely jumpy, making people feel like watching the gun version. Originally gorgeous, dark, and full of Gothic and steampunk art design, it was also greatly reduced because the film was shot in 3D. I don’t know if it is the reason for poor theater equipment. In short, the whole film is immersed in the pain of darkness and not 3D. In, it wasted the gorgeous design of outer space that Ridley Scott is best at. Compared with the newly released "The Amazing Spider-Man", although the 3D effect is not good, at least it will not affect the mood of the movie. The 3D of "Prometheus" can only make people feel powerless to complain.
Although Ridley Scott is a very great science fiction film director, his "Alien" and "Blade Runner" are considered the greatest science fiction films of the last century. But sometimes, you have to admit that although the passage of time will continue to accumulate your knowledge of life and the universe, it will also make people lose the ability to advance with the times. Although "Prometheus" has the connotation, temperament, philosophy and ambition that surpasses any science fiction film nowadays, it is ultimately due to the procrastination of narrative techniques and the rigidity of the protagonist's performance, especially the inadequate use of 3D film methods, which makes the film The quality is greatly reduced, and it has become a movie with no philosophical ideas but no entertainment. Of course, this movie may be very suitable for hard science fiction fans, but it is not suitable for ordinary movie fans.
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