Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen
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Ridley ScottKamera:
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Marc StreitenfeldBesetzung:
Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Emun Elliott, Benedict Wong (mehr)Streaming (5)
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Nachdem weltweit die gleichen geheimnisvollen Zeichen in antiken Stätten und Orten aus vergangenen Tagen gefunden wurden, die alle auf ein bestimmtes Ziel im Universum hindeuten, macht sich im Jahr 2093 eine Forschergruppe um Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) und Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) auf den Weg. Sie erhalten von der Weyland Corporation, vertreten durch Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron), den Auftrag, an entlegenen Orten im Universum den Ursprung der Menschheit zu untersuchen. Mit an Bord des Raumschiffes "Prometheus" ist auch der Android David (Michael Fassbender). Das Klima ist angespannt, Vickers wird von den Wissenschaftlern aufgrund ihrer Machtausübung und bürokratischen Genauigkeit so weit es geht gemieden. Doch anstatt nur Erkenntnisse über die Vergangenheit der Menschheit zu gewinnen, werden sie im Laufe ihrer zwei Jahre dauernden Expedition in einen Kampf verwickelt, dessen Ausgang über die Zukunft aller Menschen entscheiden wird ... (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
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Besuchen Sie es als Alien vs. Predator 3 ohne Predators und Sie werden begeistert sein. Beide Drehbuchautoren stammen ja aus der Gegend… Das erste Drittel ist ein absoluter Science-Fiction-Orgasmus – aufregend, episch, überwältigend, visuell entwaffnend, schauspielerisch köstlich und vielversprechend. Jedes Stück ist hier perfekt, bis man vor Glück weinen möchte. In Dialogen (und Monologen) gibt es auch schöne Gedanken. Das zweite Drittel ist langsamer, es hat eine Kammerstimmung und möchte dem Publikum die Figuren vorstellen. Das letzte Drittel ist ein Action-Horrorfilm mit einem Scheiß-Schnitt, zu schnell und mit Abkürzungen; ohne das Bedürfnis, den ursprünglich dargestellten Themen Sinn zu geben, maximal mit Genre-Klischees und einem Emmerich-Heroismus. Die abschließende Brücke in die Fortsetzung des Unglücks dämpft die Enttäuschung ein bisschen. ___ Nach dem zweiten Mal bekommt der Film nur drei Sterne. Es ist ein fantastisch aufgenommener Drehbuch-Dreck. Und von Scott ein Betrug.
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Prometheus has landed! The critics have spoken at length about the illogical behaviour of the characters and the unresolved jumps in the plot, so I will write something in its defence. Yes, those complaints are undoubtedly warranted and that’s a real shame, without those issues this film would be almost perfect, because everything except the script is very good. However, part of those flaws in logic could be excused saying that instead of a “team of methodological, 100% reliable and careful scientist” the expedition features “scientists driven by an inner desire for answers and discoveries”; some of the unresolved motifs can be easily guessed and some of the incomprehensible behaviour and weird details aren’t actually that impossible to understand, it’s just the viewers who don’t understand them (e.g. the behaviour of David or the settings of the medical equipment). And I also think it’s good that there are things left unsaid about the mythology, because thinking about a mythology on your own is A LOT of fun (BTW, the often used combo “Scott ruined the mystery around Alien” + “Scott didn’t explain anything” is logically contradictory). What’s left, and can by no means be excused (the scientists getting lost in the mapped galleries, etc.)… well, how you see it will depend on the type of viewer you are. If you demand films should be 100% coherent, with a clear theme that is addressed properly, and where all the questions are answered and all the motifs are addressed, tough luck. If, in contrast, you like a more open text, where the interpretations of and the musings over the meanings (or, rather finding the meanings, in this case :-D) are just as important, if not more, than the film itself, then you will know how to forgive Prometheus’s mistakes. Fortunately, I’m in the second group. /// The visuals are intoxicating, the ideas about the creator-creation relationship (because we can) are interesting, and the mythology, which only peeks behind the curtains, is even more interesting. 8.5/10 and relative satisfaction (!!!), though it certainly had more potential. PS: I want an extended version on DVD and in two years I want a sequel not written by Damon Lindelof :-D PPS: From a certain perspective, this film, together with its advertising campaign, is a brilliant package because it gives the viewers an experience very similar to the protagonist. Elizabeth joins the expedition to find answers to important philosophical questions. Her motivations are not mundane, she expects something like enlightenment (figure out who we are, why we came to be and what is our purpose). The campaign and the film’s first act prepare the viewer for sophisticated and uncompromising science fiction – a genre milestone. Elizabeth gets to the planet and, instead of finding satisfactory answers, she and the entire crew have “their asses kicked” by angry extraterrestrials. The viewer goes to the cinema and, instead of the intellectual sci-fi that was promised, they get brutal horror with notes of B-movie. It’s hard to jump in joy at this, but as a joke it’s good :-D
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Spoiler impressionology! It's been exactly ten years, give or take a few days, since I saw the first Alien, the film that piqued my interest in cinema as a whole, and the question of what came before has actually been gnawing at me for a decade. So from a purely subjective point of view, I have no reservations about it because the film answered my questions. First of all, it confirmed that the aliens are a biological weapon that probably cannot be controlled by anyone. So far, so good. But when I look at it with hindsight, aided by a brief post-film debate, I don't quite understand why the writers had to break the film into survival horror in the second half, endowing the characters with the logic of incompetent teenagers. Visually, including Streitenfeld's excellent audio, there's nothing to fault it for (well, except for Weyland's mask, that's horrible) but there's not a single climactic scene, something that would draw me to the movie theater for a second screening. This is actually a huge shame because, for the first hour, Scott was creating a more interesting world than James Cameron has recently. After leaving the theatre I was ready to give it four stars, given that the marketing campaign had gone beyond me, but I thought about the film a bit too much during the twenty-minute journey home.
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Prometheus is a pretty decent sci-fi, but at times it has almost fatal sci-fi related flaws. It begins at an amazing pace. The story is timeless, imaginative and it has a great pace due to the strange atmosphere. The second half is much weaker, everything begins to be a routine and the worst of all is, spoiler alert, the alien finale. That really pissed me off. Prometheus was supposed to be pure sci-fi with everything it entails and not the prequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien. The whole time it made a completely different impression and in the finale he turns it into this and thinks I will fall on my butt… I feel really sorry for that. Visually, it is absolutely amazing, and that also counts for something.
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Alien war ein auf einer einfachen Prämisse beruhender Film (Erschrecken vor etwas Unbekannten), sowie auf der Art und Weise, wie Scott es schaffte, eine einzelne Emotion in meisterhafter Form auszuspielen - paradoxerweise hat gerade die Einfachheit des Films den Raum zur Erfahrung eröffnet, dass das hiermit zusammenhängende Erlebnis keine Sekunde älter wird - Horror und Panik werden hier in einer klaren und virtuosen Form eingefangen. Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen beruht auf ungefähr drei Prämissen (auf der Beziehung Schöpfer-Schöpfung / Glaube / Angst vor Unbekanntem), jedoch nichts davon vermag er wenn auch nur bis zum embryonalen Zustand zu bringen. Um es ganz klar auszudrücken: Das Drehbuch ist einfach schrecklich. Die Hälfte der Charaktere verhält sich so, als ob sie sich gerade einer Lobotomie unterzogen hätten, metaphysische Überschneidungen werden durch Wiederholung des Wortes "Glaube" angegangen, wobei die menschlichste und am besten geschriebene Rolle ein Android ist. Die Erschreckungsszenen muten billig an, ebenso wie die Genre-Requisiten (Mazeraten sowie der Krabbenmann, ja was soll das denn?). Es mangelt vollends an Finesse, mit welcher sich im Alien das Erschrecken aus einem deftigen Soundtrack sowie einem meisterhaft komponierten Bild zusammensetzte (einige Actionszenen sind das reinste Routine) ... Auf der anderen Seite weiß ich zu schätzen, dass Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen trotz der Tatsache, dass Ridley bereits spürbar an Atem und Ideen verliert, immer noch eine großartige künstlerische Lösung parat hält und sich bei den Riesenszenen unser Kopf nur so dahindreht. Am Ende fragte ich mich, ob dieser Film aus dem blickwinkel der "Aliens" Serie denn notwendig war - die Antwort lautet "ungefähr das Gleiche wie alles nach Aliens". Also wenig oder gar nichts. Die wenigen Fragen werden hier mit Hilfe eines Klischees beantwortet, eröffnet werden wiederum keine neuen (auch wenn man es wirklich möchte). Die tiefe Enttäuschung kann dadurch erklärt werden, dass die Erwartungen auch im Hinblick auf in Anbetracht der Filmemacher anderswohin ausgerichtet wurden, als auf einen "Action-Horror-B-Film mit einer A-Bearbeitung sowie der Facon eines Philosophen bei Mc Donald´s.“ Bis Juli trauere ich noch durch ... [50%]
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When white and white together give birth to black, the result is Alien without an Alien, like Jára Cimrman’s “Hamlet" without Hamlet. It’s not compatible with the Alien mythology but it overflows with today already cult and specific “Alien" atmosphere more than anything else made after 1979, you have to give it that. Just a shame that it pretends to be cleverer than it really is (even though it’s hard to say, because it’s just the first half) and double shame for the surplus of unnecessary characters. Visually captivating in some of the scenes it’s without exaggeration impeccable (David’s space routine, birth giving through abortion, fall from the heavens), but as a whole so far (at least till the director’s cut or a sequel is made) it just damn good.
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No one promised a prequel to Alien or a Space Odyssey. The trailers promised me stunning visuals, a generous dose of tension, and an unreadable enemy. The movie delivered on all of that and added an unpredictable David, determined Elizabeth, and a breathtaking story where the answers to questions must be sought, not just heard. Prometheus thus became a surprisingly delicate sci-fi, which will continue to mature for a good few years.
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Visuell perfekt, aber inhaltlich hohl. Prometheus ist in vielen Dingen ungelöst und wirft neue Fragen auf, anstatt sie zu beantworten. Das Marketing hat offensichtlich übertrieben, da die großen Erwartungen des Zuschauers nicht vollständig erfüllt werden können. Und das ist wirklich schade, denn Scott konnte das Drehbuch einfach nicht beherrschen (das unterscheidet es nicht von anderen B-Movies der Sci-Fi-Reihe), daher leidet das Ergebnis des Films schmerzhaft darunter. Was wirklich toll ist, ist die Erforschung und Zerstörung des Raumschiffs, die Leistung von Fassbender, der Hintern von Theron und die Operation von Rapace. P.S. Es hat viel Arbeit gekostet, herauszufinden, wen Pearce und Wilson eigentlich gespielt haben. (65%)
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I'll be polite, and I'll only say yuck! Prometheus, whether it's the work of the director who started the Alien saga, a very clever online advertising campaign with well-timed videos and interviews, or speculation about its accessibility, promised a lot and managed to get genre fans hyped up to the highest level of expectation. The initial reactions were lukewarm, but I attributed that to unrealistic inflated expectations. So, what can I say about what I saw? It's really hard to describe because you really need to see this film to understand. I honestly can't attribute my disappointment to high expectations, as I was prepared for an imperfect film. However, if you want to enjoy this film, forget about any associations with the original Alien. It is, in fact, a spiritual sibling to Aliens and Predator - with an unbelievably, and I mean unbelievably, stupid script, terrifyingly dumb dialogue, and completely illogical behavior from practically everyone involved. The film is saved by the great visuals - the level of special effects has of course improved fantastically since the late 70s, and Scott had a more than decent budget, which is evident in Prometheus. Because there are very few high-budget sci-fi films made, Prometheus doesn't have much competition. It's a shame that the director settled for such a mess and didn't even try to achieve some sort of compromise because this really isn't a compromise, it's an absolute resignation to the original essence and atmosphere of Alien. You'll find everything here from aliens to mutants to alien babies, grand spaceships, action, and dying, but the result is pathetic. This is a summer blockbuster that doesn't expect any brain activity from its viewers. Noomi Rapace won't become the new Ripley, not so much because she lacks acting potential, but rather due to the incompetence of the character, thanks to the lobotomy performed by the screenwriting team. The previous four Alien films were different in every respect, but each was unique and despite the fluctuations in quality and certain logical lapses, none of them disappointed me. Prometheus is a disaster, mainly due to its terrifying inconsistency, with dozens of motifs that the screenwriters slapped together strangely. Overall impression: 25% for the stunning visuals and quality marketing. I have some things to add a week later in response to the ongoing Prometheus discussion and numerous comments... I have to admit that when I visit the movie theater in the summer months, I always come a little late, to skip the advertising bombardment of the blockbusters that are being mass-promoted at that time. They are so stupid that even the trailers make me feel depressed. Before watching Prometheus, I was forced to watch the American president jumping around like a monkey and killing bloodthirsty vampires left and right. Immediately after, a mutated piranha tried to attack me from the sink drain, and I eagerly awaited something that made sense. Ridley Scott never made great art, and his early films, like Alien or Blade Runner, didn't have the same intention as Tarkovsky's Stalker or Solaris. However, he had one huge merit - he showed that genre films (specifically sci-fi, but you can project it onto any genre) can be entertaining and at the same time smart, and can appeal to the widest masses of audiences. Scott started from scratch, but he turned it into a masterpiece. Several decades later, he humbly returned to that scratch, because he made a really stupid film. When I look at the Alien saga in retrospect, the best film is definitely the second one, although Cameron's militaristic drama is not as close to my spirit as the atmospheric first one. Aliens has a quality script, attractive characters, a dynamic plot, and capable actors. Compare the last soldier designated for extermination in the first action scene with the losers presented to us by Prometheus as crew members. In the first case, even the minor characters have developed personalities, while in the second case, you hardly learn anything about the main characters. Right after Aliens, I rank Scott's original film Alien, which has been slightly affected by time in terms of the special effects and the development of the genre, but thanks to its visuals, cast, and atmosphere, it is still deservedly a legendary work. Alien 3 was marked by a lack of funds, which resulted in less grandeur and the choice of a script set in an unattractive prison environment, but let's admit it openly, the fans' disapproval was also caused by moves that led to the loss of beloved characters from the previous installment and the death of the main heroine. Otherwise, it is still a clever and very well-directed film, which is a gem in its genre. The fourth one, which was so far the weakest, was marked by the choice of a director who aimed at something else from the very beginning and made a film that ironizes and turns the Alien mythology upside down. It's like letting Michael Bay direct "Hamlet," John Woo direct The Ballad of Narayama, or Tarkovsky direct A Nightmare on Elm Street. However, if you were willing to join the director's game, it was still an above-average film that, in addition to the creatures, still had something in common with the original Alien, but had a different tone. In Prometheus, not only does the second half fail, but it's also stupid with its mythology, dialogue, literalness, lack of imagination, casting (except for Fassbender and partially Noomi) - basically, everything except for the visuals and music. The subsequent discussion, which tries to find meanings that the film simply doesn't have, is a reaction to the fact that the images don't make sense due to the stupid script. Prometheus is the ultimate example of big-budget trash with well-crafted visuals. It surpasses many B-movie productions in its cleverness. As can be seen, there are quite a few viewers for whom the cleverness of the film is not a significant element in their evaluation. After all, with a silly film, you can easily stroke your ego. Scott, as a co-producer, had disproportionately greater creative freedom than his predecessors and committed a cinematic crime. A-grade sci-fi is nowadays like Cinderella - it requires a large budget but usually cannot appeal to the so-called family audience and those who prevail among viewers, i.e., teenagers. It is no coincidence that dozens of comic book adaptations with superhero characters are being made, while dozens and hundreds of significant literary works in the sci-fi genre remain on the sidelines. They require a more educated audience and are commercially less appealing. Only twice have directors had the chance to make a sci-fi film without compromises, and in both cases, they messed it up. Besides Prometheus, it was both sequels to The Matrix...
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I think that there’s about an hour of film missing. An hour to work on the relationships, to say where they found out certain things or else somehow to show that these are just assumptions, to take their time a bit and not to hurry on ahead at breakneck speed. In some places I prayed to be have the time to rummage about in the environments presented. I have no gripes about the story, looking for an answer to the question that has no answer (that guy died immediately in the first scene) is just a catalyst for investigating possibilities and space. An attempt to go further. Visually, it’s top-notch, Ridley made sure of that. Similarly, he took great pains over the casting, each actor fits their role perfectly. Noomi is really fine, but Michael Fassbender easily dominates the picture. It’s a shame too that Guy Pearce made such a brief appearance. The ending was rather surprising the way it broke down into a regular massacre. I have the feeling that Alien DNA harms this movie, the same as the hype and trailers revealing too much. I look forward to the director’s cut.
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A film that will make a real mess in your head. In my opinion, there are several ways to perceive it, and it is difficult to say which one is the right one. Is Ridley Scott really beyond his peak, and did he really mean this empty script seriously? Does he need to give illogical explanations in the second part to squeeze out more money? The film has plenty of unanswered questions, also its intention? It all seems strange, just like the rating, which is very lukewarm. I have the impression that Prometheus will end up like Blade Runner over time, it is also technically timeless, equally ambiguous, perhaps more ethereal and iconic (tears in rain, doves), but it has many common elements. Yes, at first glance, the script seems rushed. Because the first hour is pure sci-fi orgy, meticulously executed down to the last detail, brilliantly acted, with a stunning main musical motif, and technically flawless. In the middle, the film turns into a survival drama, which is effective but divides the audience in two. Probably only in the director's cut, we will truly find out what Ridley means – or Blade Runner for the second time. I’m not afraid to say that over time it will become a timeless film that needs to mature. Just unlike Blade Runner, there are too few key answers and too many questions, and the bridge in the form of philosophy and figure it yourself is slightly missing. For that reason alone, a lower rating for the so far most controversial film of the last months or years within the genre.
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Bei keinem anderen Film von Scott ist es so offensichtlich, wie viel von der Handlung fehlt. Deshalb hoffe ich, dass es von Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen einen Director’s Cut geben wird, in dem vor allem Captain Janek mehr Raum bekommt und der in die Handlung auch die jüngere "Version“ von Peter Weyland eingliedert. Ansonsten müsste nämlich die Besetzung von Guy Pearce, der sich unter einer (zwar perfekten) Latexmaske eines Greises versteckt, nicht jedem gefallen. Deswegen gebe ich dem Film nur vier Sterne… Und ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn ich nach der längeren Version den fünften Stern hinzufügen kann. Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen hat nämlich fünf Sterne verdient. Es handelt sich um keinen außergewöhnlichen Film, es ist kein neuer 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum (auf den er am Anfang verweist). Es ist aber ein verdammt solider Science-Fiction-Film, welcher in der Filmlandschaft sehr lange gefehlt hat. Ridley Scott ist immer noch in einer hervorragenden Form. Wenn man all die schönen Bilder beobachtet, muss man lächeln, weil man sieht, wie viel Mühe dahintersteckt. Mit den digitalen Effekten ging Scott maßvoll um. Die Action, die bei anderen Regisseuren sicherlich verwackelt, voller Schnitte und Stroboskop-Blitze gewesen wäre, hat Scott übersichtlich und spannend gedreht. Dasselbe kann man über die Szenen, in denen die Pyramide erforscht wird, und natürlich über zwei Delikatessen (die Begegnung mit der "Schlange“ und die "Selbstoperation“) sagen. Das sind so tolle Momente, dass ich Scotts Namen skandieren wollte. Nun zu den Schauspielern: Michael Fassbender ist wirklich erstklassig, er spielt sehr souverän. Gleichzeitig zieht er aber nicht die ganze Aufmerksamkeit auf sich. Noomi Rapace mag ich immer mehr (eine großartige Leistung), Charlize Theron ist in der Rolle der kalten Leiterin hundertprozentig überzeugend. Was die Musik betrifft, so sind natürlich weder Marc Streitenfeld noch Harry Gregson Williams Jerry Goldsmith, obwohl sie zu zweit gearbeitet haben. Dennoch haben sie eine gute Stimmung geschaffen. An ihrem Soundtrack kann ich eigentlich nicht viel kritisieren. Also vier und ein Stück. Und jetzt noch den Director’s Cut!__PS: Das Alien-Universum ist unproblematisch. Ich habe viele neue und interessante Dinge erfahren… Im Endeffekt hat es mich gar nicht gestört, dass die Geschichte nicht direkt vor Alien - Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt spielt.__PPS: Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass es in Prometheus - Dunkle Zeichen so viele Anspielungen auf meinen Lieblingsfilm Lawrence von Arabien geben wird._PPPS: Ich glaube langsam, dass das Rätsel mit der Besetzung von Guy Pearce kein Zufall sein kann… Und dass da Scott irgendeinen Streich ausgeheckt hat.
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It's true that script-wise it's quite peculiar in some ways (considering the laws of the Alien universe), but that would be about the only criticism. Ridley Scott is simply a whiz when it comes to visuals, and such impressive and juicy imagery of the spaceship and its surroundings (especially in the first half) must aesthetically work on just about everyone. As a standalone film, Prometheus is another impressive piece in Scott's filmography. Still, I can't help but feel that my impressions of possible references to the Alien saga were a bit awkward.
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Im Voraus muss ich sagen, dass ich nach anschauen des Trailers nur die höchsten Erwartungen hatte, die aber nur zum Teil erfüllt wurden. Zunächst einmal würde ich die atemberaubende Optik und die Filmkulissen loben, die im Vergleich zu anderen Filmen überdurchschnittlich gut sind. Die verschiedenen Drehorte wurden perfekt ausgewählt. Von den Schauspielern würde ich auf jeden Fall Charlize Theron und Fassbender hervorheben, obwohl ich denke, dass vor allem seine Rolle mit einem besseren Drehbuch viel mehr hätte zeigen können. Und das ist das größte Problem des Films: das Drehbuch. Man kann endlos wiederholen, dass der Film dem Kino wegen wahnsinnig zusammen geschnitten wurde, aber Filmemacher von Ridleys Kaliber sollten dazu stehen. Leider war dies bei Prometheus nicht der Fall. Obwohl die Geschichte von Anfang an deutliche Lücken aufweist, ist sie doch in sich schlüssig. In den späteren Momenten fällt jedoch auch das auseinander, und was übrig bleibt, ist reiner Schrott. Die abschließende Anspielung auf den Alien (der ja gar nichts damit zu tun hatte) kann dann nur noch als sehr dummer Scherz erklärt werden.
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