Interesting. I guess I feel that by the time I was given the information to grasp a lot of the things you've explained here, I possibly no longer cared or the information came so briefly and there was a need for so much of it that it all felt very passed over.
While I'm sure you have probably had enough of explanations of the movie, I have to recommend this LJ article from cavalorn whose studies into paganism (being a pagan himself) produced some interesting ideas. Worryingly though, his conclusion is that 'space Jesus' is the reason the Engineers are coming to destroy the human race. (I think you'll need to read the article to understand that point, though trust me, Cavalorn has a pretty thorough argument in place.) If you are at all intrigued, check out the article here. (It's quite entertaining.): http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html
Maybe slasher isn't the right word, but that was exactly the experience I had with the movie. Do you think there's a better genre to compare this to? Maybe just calling it a Thriller?
Personally I'd just say it's a horror movie. Though oddly a comparison coming to mind right now is "Black Swan" where there's that same sense of underlying doom all the way through, but there's no precise villain. It's just that the protagonist is surrounded by horrible stuff and horrible people in general.
Along the same line, I compared it to Star Trek because that was a strong vibe I had while watching it, but really it's sort of a typical sci-fi exploring movie, yes?
Yeah, I suppose in that sense it's more like the Star Trek series than the Star Trek movies. If they'd been responding to an urgent distress call with a greal deal at stake then it might be more like the Star Trek movies. (Then again, they do end up trying to stop a spaceship from flying to Earth to kill the human race, so that's pretty damn urgent, albeit late in the plot.)
I haven't seen Sunshine. Can I assume that anyone who liked it would also like Prometheus or vice-versa?
Well, personally I didn't like Sunshine at all. I've heard some people make the comparison because there's a religious allegory element to it and (according to the reviewer) they both go downhill in the second half. The problem with Sunshine was that it started off as a movie about a scientific team trying to re-ignite the sun that is dying, with these interesting ideas about sun worship in the background enhanced by some neat visual touches. However, towards the end it just turns into a full-on slasher movie where the crew is hunted down by some kind of space crazy lunatic.
If you are a big fan of all Danny Boyle's stuff you might like Sunshine more than me, but personally I wouldn't put it on the same level as Prometheus.
While I'm sure you have probably had enough of explanations of the movie, I have to recommend this LJ article from cavalorn whose studies into paganism (being a pagan himself) produced some interesting ideas. Worryingly though, his conclusion is that 'space Jesus' is the reason the Engineers are coming to destroy the human race. (I think you'll need to read the article to understand that point, though trust me, Cavalorn has a pretty thorough argument in place.) If you are at all intrigued, check out the article here. (It's quite entertaining.):
http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html
Maybe slasher isn't the right word, but that was exactly the experience I had with the movie. Do you think there's a better genre to compare this to? Maybe just calling it a Thriller?
Personally I'd just say it's a horror movie. Though oddly a comparison coming to mind right now is "Black Swan" where there's that same sense of underlying doom all the way through, but there's no precise villain. It's just that the protagonist is surrounded by horrible stuff and horrible people in general.
Along the same line, I compared it to Star Trek because that was a strong vibe I had while watching it, but really it's sort of a typical sci-fi exploring movie, yes?
Yeah, I suppose in that sense it's more like the Star Trek series than the Star Trek movies. If they'd been responding to an urgent distress call with a greal deal at stake then it might be more like the Star Trek movies. (Then again, they do end up trying to stop a spaceship from flying to Earth to kill the human race, so that's pretty damn urgent, albeit late in the plot.)
I haven't seen Sunshine. Can I assume that anyone who liked it would also like Prometheus or vice-versa?
Well, personally I didn't like Sunshine at all. I've heard some people make the comparison because there's a religious allegory element to it and (according to the reviewer) they both go downhill in the second half. The problem with Sunshine was that it started off as a movie about a scientific team trying to re-ignite the sun that is dying, with these interesting ideas about sun worship in the background enhanced by some neat visual touches. However, towards the end it just turns into a full-on slasher movie where the crew is hunted down by some kind of space crazy lunatic.
If you are a big fan of all Danny Boyle's stuff you might like Sunshine more than me, but personally I wouldn't put it on the same level as Prometheus.
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