Thursday night dose of Prometheus

Disclaimer, some spoiler elements could appear in the is entry.  If you want Prometheus to be a total surprise, skip today’s entry.

So last night when I got home my game plan was pretty much the same as most Thursdays since I have been flying solo, get some stuff done. I cleaned Tuki’s cage and did all the laundry I had in the baskets.

Somewhere during this process an odd idea popped into my head.  I should go to the movies.

I had been wanting to see the new sci-fi thriller Prometheus.  I had asked my mom and Ali if they had any interest in seeing it, neither of them did.  Well I have an established track record of not minding going to a theater with me, myself and I.

By the time the idea entered my head it was already too late to see the earlier showing at Silverspot.  My only option was the 9:30 show.  Hmmm.  I hopped on the Silverspot website to see how presold the show was, there was exactly one seat sold at that time so crowds would definitely not be an issue.

I was already feeling a bit sleepy at 7PM.  The prospect of seeing a late movie that would see me getting home after midnight on a Thursday sounded pretty daunting.

I didn’t commit either way mentally right away.  A little before 8 I decided I would go for it.  A 9:30 movie on a Thursday night is something I am pretty sure I never did before, that means I need to do it.

I hopped in the shower and into the SSR shortly after that.  It was a beautiful night for some top down driving.  I was glad to see the check engine light did not return.  I noticed something interesting while driving topless at nights, concrete is a huge heat emitter.

The air felt comfortable as I cruised along however I noticed every time I drove under an overpass I could feel the heat emitting from the structure above like a heat lamp.  The sun was already hidden behind the horizon at this point.  It’s just was a weird thing I never noticed before.

I was unsure how late DD was open, I was hoping to score a late night cup of coffee to hold off the sleepies.  I pulled in about 8:45, 15 minutes before they close, whew.

So I got to the theater about 15 minutes before show time.  Mercato, the happening night spot where the theater is located seemed very dead.  The parking garage was very sparsely populated.

This was the first time I actually paid for a seat on site, normally I handle the transaction via their website ahead of time so I can lock up a good seat.  Getting a good seat wasn’t an issue last night.  I got top row, dead center.

The theater was not full at all, there might have been around 15 bodies in there total.

So let’s talk about the movie.  I was in the 3D showing.  3D has definitely lost some of it’s gee whiz impact with me.  Yea it’s cool but I don’t know that it does much at all to significantly enhance my enjoyment of the flick.  Plus, theaters still charge you a premium to see 3D.  I would rather see 2D and spend 3 or 4 bucks less.

I came into Prometheus not knowing much background except it was a sci-fi thriller that was directed by Ridley Scott, the guy who did Aliens.

Visually the movie was epic as epic can be, it looked GREAT.  It didn’t hurt that you got to also see Charlize Theron in nothing but skin tight body suits the entire movie and another lead female cast member in her underwear for another long time period.

I found the storyline very interesting, a search for our ultimate creators.  The road that storyline traveled had a few bumps in the road and some head scratchers that you just had to not dwell on.

I saw tons of parallels to the original Aliens series, slightly crazy/evil android, hot chick being the main character and several other things that made me think they should have just called the film Aliens 4 or 5, (dont recall how many there were)

Well it didn’t become crystal clear for me that it should have actually been called Alien:The Prequel until the very end.  It wasn’t until then that I realized all of the other similarities were intentional, duh.

The film had plenty of grab on to your seat moments as well as “that is fckn gross” scenes.  Frankly I enjoyed them.

There were a few issues plot wise that I would have liked answers to but all in all I liked the movie and would give it an A-.  I didn’t walk away feeling like my $17.50 was a waste.

By the time I got home it was after midnight as I predicted.  My eyes didn’t shut until probably 12:30.  I don’t feel all that awful today, yet…