Prometheus * *

The legend returns. No not Nolan as we still have 42 days to go for that. We are talking about the Alien fame Ridley Scott. But apparently the 75 year old director is suffering from dementia as he forgets to answer the many questions which starred as the USP of the marketing campaign. People bored with Darwinian theories were expecting an innovative answer as they thronged the theaters on the opening day but were only flooded with more questions.

The first frame goes back thousands of years where a human-like creature drinks some toxic liquid degenerating his body and possibly sowing the seeds for the evolution of life on planet Earth. Then in 2089, humans discover some pre-historic inscriptions pointing to a distant planet at various places on Earth. Out of no where, the diggers start to believe that these creatures termed 'engineers' created humans and have left signs so that we can reach our creators some day. They could have just stayed you know. It seems even they had a close connection with our 'Riddley' Scott.

Sponsored by a rich old psycho, a human crew along with a humanoid start off a journey on a ship 'Prometheus' to this planet with the so called answers about the origin of life on Earth. The initial screenplay and the resulting tempo is breath-taking. The idea of witnessing a new theory of origin of life is fascinating. The part where Prometheus lands on this alien planet and when humans go scouting inside the puzzling cavities is full of thrills and gives you a high. The first half of the movie takes our expectations sky high and the latter part is like the upcoming bond flick. Sky fall. Meanwhile humans discover dead bodies of creatures which resemble human beings. Later on, the DNA match confirms the link between the two. But we have made our ancestors angry for some reason and now they want to destroy the human race with a fleet of biological weapons. But somehow we humans always manage to survive irrespective of the magnitude of alien forces.

Apart from raining questions on the viewers, Scott also manages to show a lot of Chutiyaaps. A bunch of scared nerds who cried all the way, find the alien funny when they confront it. When a ship is failing down why would you run in the direction of it's falling head. Then, what the hell was the cave all about? Why our creators wanted to destroy us? Who created them? Why did they leave Earth? And blah blah. How can you end a movie on such a note without a promise of a sequel. Forget sequel, you should have given some closure to the audience. All the grandeur and fanfare about being alien savvy is fruitless without a closure. With all due respect Mr. Scott, if you die before Prometheus 2 (which is nowhere on the cards) we will rescue you from the grave. We want fucking answers!