National Review summed up the value of Prometheus perfectly - a movie deserving an A for its stellar cast, brilliant cinemetography, and haunting themes. Yet, also a movie deserving a C for its cramped plot, unsatisfying characters, and silly contrivances. Perhaps what is most perplexing about the movie is its unclear message. The story has so many large ideas - the origin of life, the significance of the soul, the meaning of faith - and yet fails to harmonize them into a single theme. I appreciated the heroine's understated Christian faith, yet was uncertain as to its significance. Ultimately, I left the cinema with the images of the heroine's botched-alien-abortion-attempt swirling in my mind, greatly disturbing my thoughts. Ah well, that's what you get when you see a sci-fi horror flick.
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