“The Martian,” when it succeeds, does so despite itself. It is a survival-in-space movie almost entirely free of tension, its tone set always to comic relief, its grand imagination and serious plot almost completely ruined by its own sarcasm. The film stars Matt Damon as Mark Watney, an astronaut in dire straights. After the crew […]
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Damon Lindelof’s script for “Prometheus” (co-written with Josh Spaihts) was filled with questions, but not many answers. What were the capsules full of black goo, exactly? What were the aliens from “Alien” doing there, anyway? Presumably, both entities related to the planned destruction of Earth, but the audience wasn’t given anything specific beyond that. Every
Given its pedigree and hype, one would expect “Prometheus” to have Great Film written all over it. This is an even more important label than Oscar Material, because Great Films are the ones that set the standards and populate the coffee table books, becoming the currency of Best lists and endless debates about what works
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As nearly every prognosticator predicted, “Madagascar 3” went on to take the weekend away from Friday’s #1, “Prometheus,” by a wide margin. Chalk it up to the kid-friendly Saturday and Sunday matinees, but both films dropped more than expected on Saturday and Sunday. “Prometheus” was bound to be front-loaded given that hoards of fanboys showed
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Just as I predicted in this week’s Box Office Beat, Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” and DreamWorks Animation’s “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” both opened well yesterday, separated by a margin of less than a million dollars. “Prometheus” took the day, but it’s clear now that “Madagascar” should take the weekend, being that kid-oriented films perform best
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It’s Thursday evening, meaning it’s time for me to once again hopelessly predict the tallies of this weekend’s box office stars. Two openers that could not be more different, Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” and DreamWorks Animation’s “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted,” are vying for the top slot. Let’s crunch some numbers. If one was to pay
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It seems that Ridley Scott recently realized that new film concepts haven’t really been working out for him. Sure, Black Hawk Down and American Gangster were terrific motion pictures, but think of all the screw-ups surrounding them on Scott’s resume (Kingdom of Heaven, A Good Year, Body of Lies, Robin Hood). Apparently determined to buck the negative career
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Another day, another “Prometheus” viral video from Fox. If they haven’t spoiled the movie for you yet, well, you just may be an alien yourself. This one allows director Ridley Scott to talk about the project and its creations.
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I hear that this new United Kingdom trailer for Prometheus, which drops stateside on June 1, is much more plot-heavy than the elegiac, style-driven prior releases. I say “I hear” because I’m already sold on seeing the Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi film, so I’m not watching this. But don’t let me stop you from doing so! In
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Fans of the Alien universe formed by Ridley Scott and James Cameron, among many others, have already been drooling at the marvelous trailers for this summer’s Prometheus. But viral marketing has also been playing a key role in building hype and anticipation for the film.
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