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"The first reviews of Ridley Scott&amp;#039;s Prometheus have been released.  Many critics have praised the film&amp;#039;s visuals and use of 3D, although the reaction has overall been mixed-to-positive.  Digital Spy&amp;#039;s review will be posted this evening (May 30).   Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian): &amp;quot;Ridley Scott has counter-evolved his 1979 classic Alien into something more grandiose, more elaborate \u00E2\u20AC\u201C but less interesting. In place of scariness there is wonderment; in place of tension there is hugely ambitious design; in place of unforgettable shocks there are reminders of the original&amp;#039;s unforgettable shocks.  &amp;quot;There are also some shrewd and witty touches, and one terrifically creepy performance from Michael Fassbender, who steals the film with the chilling, parasitic relentlessness of that first gut-bound alien.&amp;quot; Tim Robey (The Daily Telegraph) &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s entirely too much to process in a first viewing of Ridley Scott&amp;#039;s Prometheus -- some of it good, some of it great, almost all of it mental. &amp;quot;This elaborate science fiction freakout takes gradual shape as a hot, writhing chop suey of ideas, not all of which necessarily belong in the same pot. Watching Scott slice and dice the ingredients -- and much of his cast, to boot -- is thrilling one minute, faintly deflating the next.&amp;quot; Justin Chang (Variety): &amp;quot;Ridley Scott&amp;#039;s first sci-fi since Blade Runner remains earthbound in narrative terms, forever hinting at the existence of a higher intelligence without evincing much of its own. Yet a key difference between this film and its predecessor is one of volume.  &amp;quot;Incongruously backed by an orchestral surge of a score, the film conspicuously lacks the long, drawn-out silences and sense of menace in close quarters that made Alien so elegantly unnerving. Prometheus is one chatty vessel, populated by stock wise-guy types who spout tired one-liners when they&amp;#039;re not either cynically debunking or earnestly defending belief in a superior power.&amp;quot; Todd McCarthy (The Hollywood Reporter): &amp;quot;A visual feast of a 3D sci-fi movie... Technically, Prometheus is magnificent. Shot in 3D but without the director taking the process into account in his conceptions or execution, the film absorbs and uses the process seamlessly... &amp;quot;[This is] a film that caters too much to imagined audience expectations, when a little more adventurous thought might have taken it to some excitingly unsuspected destinations.&amp;quot; Mark Adams (Screen Daily): &amp;quot;Prometheus should thrill, challenge and provoke audiences ready for [Scott&amp;#039;s] signature brand of intelligent and visceral film-making. &amp;quot;The effects are brilliantly woven into Scott&amp;#039;s film, with cinematographer Dariusz Wolksi delivering some beautiful moments... A Ridley Scott film is always perfectly shot, intelligently edited and easy on the eye, and Prometheus is no different.&amp;quot;  Robbie Collin (The Daily Telegraph) via Twitter: &amp;quot;Prometheus is, um, absolutely nuts. Not perfect by a stretch but there are ideas here you wouldn&amp;#039;t expect a studio to touch with a 10ft pole.&amp;quot; Steven Weintraub (Collider) via Twitter: &amp;quot;Prometheus is the type of big budget sci-fi that studios rarely make. Extremely well done. Don&amp;#039;t read reviews. Just go see it. AP Galaxy, who are collating all reviews released so far, stated: &amp;quot;29 out of 37 reviews are overall positive. The film currently holds a 78% fresh score with a 6.8 average rating. The rating is calculated on a base-5 rule along with unrated reviews (positive considered a 100%, mixed negative a 40%, mixed positive a 60%, and negative a 0%).&amp;quot; Watch Michael Fassbender talking to Digital Spy about Prometheus below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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