This film flattened me! It had a little bit of everything that blows my skirt up. On top of being immaculately produced, the story digs deep into the human soul and our desire to know about our origin. This movie is generally about the creation of life, the pain of life while we are alive, and ultimately the power of free will and the questioning of existence. It really gives me the chills just thinking about it. It was so wonderful to see Ridley Scott approach the sci-fi genre in this brooding manner.
A quote from one of the main characters, Peter Weyland (Guy Pierce), that is actually a quote from Lawrence of Arabia says a lot about the films intent, but also remains a little mysterious. A young Weyland is sitting at a table extinguishing matches with his thumb and forefinger without flinching. He says to the men spectating the exhibition, "The trick is to not mind that it hurts." I interpret this as pushing the viewer in the direction of understanding that, "Life is hard but it's all we have. You'll get more done if you waste less time crying about the things that only hurt superficially." A broad generalization, but also the impression that is left on me.
Although the film had a few loose ends and a few character actions that just seemed a little tough to be believe, I think Ridley Scott did an excellent job with Prometheus and even left an opening for a sequal. I don't think, however, that it will happen as there are not enough people willing to entertain a concept this science fiction as science possibility.
