Prometheus: The Art of the Film Hardcover – June 12, 2012

(i promise this gets to why the book is worth it)Well it is likely the only movie of its kind, i went in wanting to hate it, was unsure, indifferent,But loved the chemistry between the two main Shaw and David.Watched a couple more times, loved it for being indirect, character and plot driven.Sequel scott has been verbally told needs to be made.... He says it will be more like alien...half listening to us, plan to lash out more..Disappointing as i liked the chemistry wanted to see this indirect character and plot driven sequel...Verbally lash out or this book will be the last smart movie that's visually beautiful in the series.My only complaint is I wish they would release another book nothing but pics of the chars, interesting set not concepts, with little info sections.I love that this book does have lovely Shots Of The Cast, But i Fear It Will Be A Onevof Its Kind Thing, Buy It Before scitts advanced George lucas Disease Goes Terminal....I Will Hope This will Be Reprinted Forvthose Who Cannot Afford The 40$.I Bought At Full Price 2 And The Friend I Got it For Also Loved It, Same Complaint, More Actual Cast And Set Pictures, Vs Cgi Concepts For Sets And Ships (thevone Amazing Pic Of The Ship is Better Than what Feels Like Filler)Noomi in nothing would be a personal preference, itbis an art book, But while full of filler, I feel this book is the one of its kind.Scott seems set on destroying his own legacy.Worth it for the possibility it is a one of a kind film, for the visually beautiful pieces in it.

This Prometheus art book is mostly beautiful production stills and concept sketches done before and during the film's production. It has some simple, concise, and well written texts that give additional insights into Ridley Scott's creative process. It illustrates and descirbes Scott's creative ideas while reinventing his original Alien franchise concepts now that he considers it's central character, the alien itself, no longer frightening. Scott has expanded his Alien franchise's already big ideas even larger now by shifting the central theme away from the alien and back to the underlying human themes of curiosity, independent thinking and happiness. Scott elaborates on his method for this by his taking back and exploration of the original Alien's abondonded Space Jockey which was until now considered as the sacred cow of the franchise.Prometheus also integrates and extrapolates on author Erich Von Daniken's Chariot of the Gods theme of ancient aliens possibly populating the earth in prehistoric times. And this ancient aliens theme is also connected to the sub-culture of the Illuminati and its historical preoccupation with contacting our alien ancestors. So, Scott has now placed his Alien franchise sqaurely in center of ongoing global controversy about human ancient origins and implied moral imperatives.And while this Prometheus art book is as beautiful as the film is to look at, it also has many of the same unanswered questions actually meant to peak the audiences curiosity and inspire us to question authority in any form. Particularly when they're as hostile as those portrayed in the Alien franchise. Instaed of vegging out as Alien fan-boys demanding another cliched violent and now boring chest bursting scene, Prometheus raises the bar to challenge movie goers to actively think about big ideas in an even bigger universe and our existance in it. Prometheus' mysteries reinvigorates the Alien franchise and lays the groundwork for yet an entirely new and better series of sequels and spin offs.

Wow, what a book! I was waiting with such anticipation for the release of Ridley Scott's feature and when I saw it - I wanted to see more. I'm a big fan of behind- the- scenes books and Prometheus: The Art of the Film delivers. From its 192 pages of illustrations, storyboards, and set photos (all of which are in color), fans of the movie will have a clearer idea of what it takes to produce such feature. For anyone who is a fan of Ridley Scott, this is a must have book!

A longtime ALIEN (as well as Blade Runner) fan, I had extremely high expectations for the film, PROMETHEUS. Once they started releasing clips I started to scale back my expectations. (those clips in retrospect were edited and didn't show the entire scale of a sequence) I went from being enthralled for the first hour of the film to actually loathing it as I walked out of the theater, pondering where they could/should have gone. However I've seen the film several times since and have grown to love it. A lot of this has to do with David and the various other characters. I have my favorite scenes. I ordered the book as soon as it was for sale, read it in a day, then re-read it. I find it interesting that the original script seems to have all the elements that I initially thought were missing,(namely the Xenomorphs or ALIENS.The book is a nice collection of art, and unused concepts and gives a lot of background into the conception of the film. My only complaint is the it isn't large enough to include more of the conceptual art and unused designs. If you go online you can find thousands of images from the various artists. Hopefully there will be an even larger book at a later date; I'd really love to see what they would have found in the cargo hold of the "Juggernaut" had they chosen to go in that direction. (perhaps some of these concepts came from Giger himself, before he left the production?) Overall, a nice edition to your library if you are a fan of film making as well as these types of books and films.