prometheus!
(Actually, just as a side note, because I'm realizing this: if I'm going to put up more of the original fantasy fic, I could use more medieval/fantasy/fairytale icons...suggestions, people?)
So, I was feeling well enough to venture out for a couple of hours, and Awesome Husband and I went to see Prometheus. Random observations under the cut; not in ( Read more... )
So, I was feeling well enough to venture out for a couple of hours, and Awesome Husband and I went to see Prometheus. Random observations under the cut; not in ( Read more... )
1. Could have watched the opening shots for the whole two hours (well, okay, maybe not, but they were gorgeous!)
2. Oh god, the flip flops! And hell yes! to the foreign languages!
4. I really want it to be a real basketball! Also, I had the same reaction to the rim wobble as Awesome Husband!
7. I assumed either some kind of painkiller or antibiotic - however, I also felt that, with technology as advanced as that, there should have been some better anaesthetics to start with...
8. Or whether he had some horrible flashbacks... ;)
10. They look different to us because we evolved in a different environment? And he's homicidal because he's jealous of David's lovely shiny hair? (Yeah, I got nothing!)
14. You were looking at his legs? Ahem... ;) (More on this general point below, in a separate rambling!)
15. Why did they not just hire an old dude instead of resorting to prosthetic? (Yes, okay, there was that promotional vid when Weyland was young, but I feel like they should have been concentrating on what was best for the film first, and what they needed for the promotional stuff second...)
16. The humans are not displaying a terribly large amount of intelligence on this point, despite David practically spelling it out to Charlie at one point...
17. Not the same without face-melting! *g*
18. Yes, the android must always get dismembered in some way. And then you get...
19. David's head in a duffel bag! And a headless twitching android body! *eye roll*
20. What post-credits image? Are you guys getting things that us poor relations are missing out on again? *sulk*
Separate rambling re. point 14 and Michael's impressiveness as an actor - saw Shame at the weekend, and...WOW. Seriously, I wasn't sure how I was going to cope with it, but it turned out to be one of those films where you get to the end and know you've just witnessed an amazing performance and an amazing piece of film-making...
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2. I don't know what it is about the flip-flops! It's somehow...casually lovely, and yet just slightly unnerving because unexpected. (Sort of how I feel about the blond hair, too.)
4. It HAS to be, right? It looked like it had too much weight to be CG. One more impressive attribute, Michael.
7. Yes...and physically, she shouldn't have been able to do some of those flying leaps and running and so on. No matter what kind of adrenaline/stimulants you're on, the human body can only take so much!
8. ...hmm. I'm sure he's got some interesting stories, both good and bad!
10. Awesome Husband and I spent a good 20 minutes debating the first question (they practice some sort of body modification? they experiment on themselves?), and eventually gave up. I like your reasoning for the second one. (And what did David actually say to him, anyway? We didn't get a translation!)
14. Oh, there were other things to look at. Especially in the form-fitting suits...
15. Indeed! Like...Ian McKellan, perhaps? And that was kind of the conclusion we came to, about the promotional stuff, but that seems so...illogical! And I like Guy Pearce, but...no.
16. The more I think about it, the less I like ALL OF THE HUMANS in this movie. Except for maybe Noomi Rapace. She's somehow still likeable. (And that line about "why did you create me?" "because we could!" "wouldn't you be disappointed in a god who said as much?" ...lovely dialogue, but come on, characters, HOW THICK ARE YOU.)
17-19. It's an Alien film, so there must be flailing bodies! And, is David repairable, or is he just going to be a severed head for all eternity, since according to the Weyland Industries website he'll never run out of power? Also, that must've been very strange to film.
20. At the very end of the credits, the Weyland Industries logo pops up, with a date: 10.11.12. Here: http://www.mediastinger.com/prometheus-2012-extra-scene-after-the-credits/
Re: Shame...I still haven't managed to see it--though I might sometime this week, now that I'm lying around and being ill and lazy--but now I want to even more. I've heard nothing but spectacular things about Michael's performance, and although it's not my usual genre of interest, I am interested, for precisely that reason.
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2. Everything else he's wearing, particularly in that first scene, is very drab and uniform-like, and then suddenly - flip flops! (And the blond hair is much better when a stylist has actually got their hands on it! *g*)
7. Particularly that one where she jumps across the chasm as the ground is opening up and almost misses and slams into the side - the pain would have made her let go, no question!
10. As you say, possibly we shouldn't be asking these questions (And I have decided that he obviously must have said "Take me to your leader." ;))
14. And that grey t-shirt - I'm sure there was a plot point in that scene, something about pregnancy? I may have been distracted... *g*
15. Maybe one day they'll actually be able to come up with a prosthetic that doesn't look like a prosthetic, and then it will be fine. Right now, we're not quite there.
16. Idris Elba was pretty cool too :) (and they are VERY THICK.)
19. I assume since she took his body too she's hoping he can be fixed somehow (which would be good, as I don't want him to be a disembodied head all the way through any potential sequel! Also, that is now my question I'm going to ask him if I ever meet him: what is like playing a disembodied head? *g*
20. It's possible I just didn't wait long enough if it's at the very end of the credits...
And really can't recommend Shame highly enough now. It's not my usual genre either, but I'm really glad I gave it a go. I tend towards the opinion that watching a film should be an enjoyable experience - which doesn't mean I don't watch serious or sad movies, but ultimately I'm still enjoying the experience of watching them. I was worried that Shame would be a grim slog, and therefore not enjoyable in any way, but it wasn't at all (unlike Hunger which very much was!)
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2. It's the absurdist quality of that, I think--the movie constantly reminds you that he's not quite human. Same with the hair. It's too ridiculously like someone's idea of perfection. Which makes complete sense, of course, but I can't help thinking about elves...
7. SERIOUSLY. Maybe we should just assume she's not human, either?
10. Maybe...maybe he said whatever it was on purpose, to make the Last Survivor angry. Because the humans shouldn't get to know their god.
14. There was a plot development? I was watching the arms. And the waist. Dear god.
15. Agreed. A while ago, Awesome Husband was watching the Face/Off reality show (about makeup artists) and they kept saying that old age makeup was the trickiest one to do, worse than monsters, because it had to look real. And here, well, evidently it WAS tricky.
16. Oh, I should've mentioned him! That was one of the unanswered questions that I did like leaving open-ended: why is he there, and what does he want?
19. Please ask him that, if you ever get the chance! And then relate the answer. (Also, he probably knows how to repair himself, given the time/tools; he can maybe talk her through it...?)
20. yep, very end! It's just that quick logo/date flash, so you didn't really miss anything except the curiosity about what's happening in October.
. I tend towards the opinion that watching a film should be an enjoyable experience - which doesn't mean I don't watch serious or sad movies, but ultimately I'm still enjoying the experience of watching them ...me, too: I can handle unhappy endings (though I might need to go watch something fluffy afterward) but I need it to be a good film, the kind that draws me in and makes me care about the characters/story regardless of the ending. (Another good example: Last King of Scotland.) If I fundamentally can't care about either the plot or the people involved, then I probably will give up. Might attempt to watch Shame tomorrow, then. I probably can't convince Awesome Husband that he wants to see it--I've tried once--so I'll have to do it when he's not around...
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2. I can't help thinking about elves... Actually snorted with laughter! Shame he's not been cast in The Hobbit!
7. Either that or she's Superwoman in disguise!
10. Ooh, that's an intriguing idea! It's not like anyone else would have known what he was saying, after all...
14. AMEN! *swoons*
15. Am trying to think of any instance of old age makeup that's actually looked properly realistic, and somewhat failing...
19. I absolutely will! :) (I think I kind of assumed he could talk her through it - or at least through a crude enough fix that he could then do the rest of the finetuning himself...?)
20. And now I have the curiosity anyway, so it all comes to the same thing!
If I fundamentally can't care about either the plot or the people involved, then I probably will give up.
Yep, those are the films that make me annoyed that I wasted two hours of my life on them! (I think I watch films through to the end even if I'm not enjoying them terribly in the hope that they'll somehow get better, though, so I suppose it's really my own fault if I've wasted the time on them!)
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10. Yeah, that thought only occurred to me later, but it's very possible. We never get subtitles, and of course they told him to say certain things, but he's certainly capable of saying other things...
15. ...I can't come up with any, either! Hmm. Maybe Bilbo, at the end of Return of the King? But they're already starting with an older actor...
20. Excellent, you can suffer with the rest of us!
I think I watch films through to the end even if I'm not enjoying them terribly in the hope that they'll somehow get better, though ...I tend to also leave the film on, because I hate unfinished stories, but I'll start doing something else at the same time, like grading, or reading a for-fun book, so that I can glance up occasionally and keep an eye on the movie while not completely wasting the hours!
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