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  Review by single white femalien ★★★★ 40

  alien abortion still my favorite scene in all of feminist film herstory

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  Review by Florin Scanlon ★★★★★ 145

  "Sometimes, to create one must first destroy."

  Why do we watch movies? Some would say it's just a way to pass the time. Others would say they watch movies for their entertainment values, the spectacle and escapism they provide. Others would say a good story is the reason. Others would say it's because of the artistry and craftsmanship that goes into putting together a movie, the process through which a movie is created, the work and effort required to bring all individual elements together and make them function as one, complete and flowing piece of work. Others would say it's because of the themes and messages movies can transmit, the existential questions movies dare to ask or the contrast with…

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  Review by Emma Stefansky 3

  everyone: david, don't touch it
  david: oops

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  Review by Lucy ★★★½ 8

  the characters in every sci fi movie: Let's spend an unfathomable amount of dough to go find fuckin unknown alien shit or whatever and uhhhhh like poke at it until we die?

  me: why the fuck not... how bout in the sequel you fly a spacecraft to hell to shoot lasers at the grim reaper or some shit... for research... might as well

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  Review by Dan ★★★★½

  my mom was like "oh, dan, that's how I had you!" when shaw was getting a c-section to get the baby alien removed like thank you mother,,

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  Review by ♦️•Lily•💋 ★★★½

  Ridley Scott: i want to make a prequel to Alien lol

  producer: oh so a film that explores the origin of the aliens

  Ridley Scott: [hurriedly sketching a dick shaped spaceship] sorry what did you say

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  Review by Tentin Quarantino ☭ ★★ 37

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  My issues:

  -The movie takes a while to get rolling. In ALIEN, the movie pretty much started with the crew waking up. In this film, that happens about 15 minutes in, violating the 'arrive late, leave early' rule.

  -What was the point of leaving star maps in ancient cave paintings if they lead to a defense installation where the one remaining ambassador is just going to roid out and body slam his guests?

  -What was the point of Fassbender poisoning the one scientist dude? That subplot wasn't really explored at all.

  -Also not sure of the purpose of having the alien baby. Rapace runs from everyone and nobody follows her. She cuts it out and is sore a bit afterward.…

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  Review by David Sims ★★★★½

  God designed humans for squid-birthing, nothing more :)

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★ 4

  God created us in his image, too bad God is a dumbass warmonger.

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  Review by IHE ★★★ 12

  Production is immense, shame about that script…

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  Review by Jamelle Bouie ★★★★ 2

  Because of its mixed reception — and my own ambivalent attitude toward the Alien franchise — it’s taken me awhile to see this movie. But quarantine has meant a little more time for movies, and I’ve been using the opportunity to catch up on blockbusters I missed in the last decade.

  My verdict on PROMETHEUS?

  It fucks.

  That’s not to say it is a perfect or flawless film — it has deep problems, including inexplicably stupid behavior of key characters and a muddled and inconsistent tone. But I think the movie’s failures are outweighed by the many things it gets right, chief among them its beautiful cinematography capturing a fully realized science fiction world, and its thematic ambition, as represented…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★★ 1

  If you didn't want or couldn't face the life you created. Still not really bothered by how narratively sloppy this is.