I liked Prometheus quite a bit, but a lot of people didn’t. Quentin Tarantino, it turns out, is one of the non-likers, which is saying something considering some of movies he’s on record as liking. Just saying, you can usually predict his favorite movies of the year by just checking out what’s playing at the 3-dollar cheap seats.
Quentin’s main criticism of Prometheus, expressed on a recent episode of Craig Ferguson, was the same one many people had — the characters were often really goddamn dumb…
“There was a lot of dumb stuff in it. When it got to the point where they’re on another planet and then a space cobra literally shows up, opens up its hood and the guy who’s in charge of alien creatures goes, [adopts girlish dumb voice] ‘Hey, little fella! How ya doin?’ I was like, uhhhhh…. It’s a space cobra!”
Also, why didn’t the camera focus more on Noomi Rapace’s feet as she was running around the ship in her gauze bikini? Come on, if you want Quentin Tarantino’s approval, there’s certain prerequisites that need to be met.
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\(╬ ಠ益ಠ)/ Why don’t you do a sci-fi if you’r so smart Quentin.
That would be pretty damn rad, wouldn’t it?
I would watch Reservoir Dogs Meet The Predator. I would watch the hell out of that.
So just because Tarantino likes bad movies, that means his complaints aren’t especially valid? Every character except for Noomi and Fassbender’s were complete idiots. The BIOLOGIST, who STUDIES LIFE runs from an obviously dead alien head but goes practically balls deep all over A FUCKING SPACE COBRA. There is nothing wrong with liking the movie, it was beautiful, but there is absolutely NO way to defend the incredibly stupid characters and Frankenstein plot assembled from multiple scripts. ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY NO GOD DAMN WAY.
Space weed is a hell of a drug.
@ Tony Stair – quoted 4 truff.
all my life i have automatically judged people on their opinion of prometheus, admittedly that only became relevant quite recently, but it is as follows:
liked prometheus = scum.
did not like prometheus = decent human being who i would lend small amounts of money to and not really care if i got it back or not.
Tony… Thank you.
Thank you. God it was bad! I still can’t believe that anybody liked it anywhere.
I liked Prometheus, too, but (a) Tarantino is right on that point, and (b) I love how he just says whatever the hell he wants about other people’s movies. Tarantino ain’t care.
I hate when I’m watching a movie about aliens in the future and someone bitches about things not being “realistic”
There’s a difference between the world not being realistic and the character motivations not being realistic. Like, Star Wars* is set in a much *less* realistic world, but everyone’s motivations make sense.
* Obviously only referring to the original trilogy here. And maybe only the first two.
The characters in Prometheus really were fucking retarded, and it felt like huge chunks of the script were missing. But at least it looked pretty.
Oh, the man got a valid point, I agree with him about the stupidity of some characters. I remembered that part of the space cobra (and automatically could hear the girlish voice) and I had to laugh. It was so surreal and dumb.
I saw the interview in question. He didn’t really blast it that badly, he just didn’t like it and Ferguson prodded him into saying why.
Craig Ferguson… prodding. Is that code?
True, but really aren’t most people in horror movies (and Prometheus was a horror movie) by law really dumb? They have to be for the plot to move forward.
I feel like when something like The Thing existed as far back as 1982, where it was horrifying and inspired a real sense of dread, all while have characters act like, god forbid, human beings who can function and feed themselves, there’s not that much excuse now. At least something like Cabin in the Woods gave a reason that everyone acted like a cliched moron.
Prometheus is a wonderful 20 minute silent movie, it’s a terrible actual movie.
Please god give us a Tarantino sci-fi movie so I can die happy
Based on how Kingdom of Heaven was an awful, disjointed mess in theaters and surprisingly good as a four-hour director’s cut, I have reason to believe there’s deleted Prometheus footage showing those two guys going insane while stuck inside the space cobra hatching station. I just have to believe.