I was able to enjoy it. I didn't have a lot of expectations and I did enjoy the whole idea of the aliens seeding worlds. I also thought Michael Fassbender's performance was excellent. There were a lot of plot holes and very little (if any) character development. It's not a good sign when the non-human character is the most interesting. That said, I took the movie, and the characters, as more allegories or symbols rather than something that needed fleshing out, so I was able to let a lot go and not be annoyed as I was watching it. I saw it in the theater, and it was visually very beautiful and held me because of that as well.
It's not a good sign when the non-human character is the most interesting.
That very much reminds me of HAL in 2001, a movie I think is brilliant but that also (as is typical of most of Kubrick's stuff) was really lacking in the humanity department.
As for the visuals, the next time I see something in 3D, I'm going to make sure I see it in a real IMAX theatre. I rather suspect a lot gets lost when they show it on a standard screen.
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That very much reminds me of HAL in 2001, a movie I think is brilliant but that also (as is typical of most of Kubrick's stuff) was really lacking in the humanity department.
As for the visuals, the next time I see something in 3D, I'm going to make sure I see it in a real IMAX theatre. I rather suspect a lot gets lost when they show it on a standard screen.
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