Don't ask me how, but I managed to get a ticket to
the Cast & Crew Premiere of Prometheus at the Empire Cinema in
London's Leicester Square last night. Though it was disappointing not to see
director Ridley Scott or the cast, who are probably saving themselves for
tomorrow's red carpet Premiere (a part of me was hoping I'd get to sit next to
Charlize Theron, you can probably guess which part), the experience of going to
see a film with nothing but film fans and people who respect the art, in a
stunning cinema, was amazing, even if there was a bit of a post-movie crowd
crushing to retrieve handed-in phones afterwards. Plus, I saw it three days
before the rest of the general public, which makes me feel special.
In
2089 a group of scientists, led by Shaw and Holloway (Noomi Rapace and Logan
Marshall-Green) discover ancient cave paintings on the Isle of Skye depicting
giant humanoids reaching up to 6 orbs in the sky. The drawing matches others
found all over the world, and point towards a distant planet that may hold some
key to the origins of mankind. Four years later, the scientists arrive at the
planet LV223 as part of a 17-man crew aboard the Peter Weyland-funded ship
Prometheus. Once there, the crew find traces of alien life, but are the answers
they receive the ones they were hoping for?
