Hehheh... I decided to take a peek here to see whether I should bite on the blindbuy afterall -- had wanted to see it in the theater for once, but didn't make it -- since the price might be right given the available deals this week, *BUT* maybe I really should just pick up the bonus disc off eBay (since people love it so much even despite how they might feel about the movie itself) while it's still available cheaply and then queue up movie for my next rental from Blockbuster Online instead.
Since the movie doesn't seem quite so well received at large and given how BD prices are falling so fast these days (including the option to buy used/previous-viewed so cheaply from places like GoHastings.com) plus this movie probably won't get frequent replays in my house (because I'm probably the only one who'll want to watch it anytime soon), renting (and picking up the bonus disc off eBay) is probably my best bet by far right now. Only caveat w/ that is if I ever want the 3D disc -- 3D BDs don't come down much in pricing -- but then again, I can't watch the 3D at this point yet anyway...
_Man_
PS: Many other "serious" SciFi flicks have gotten panned to similar degrees in the past, but in most cases, I've found the complaints (while very understandable and often valid) a bit overblown. That may well be true of Promotheus as well though the complaints do seem to loom a bit larger than usual perhaps despite the generally positive showing on RottenTomatoes.com (and in the opinion of at least one reviewer I bother to read). Some of those complaints might be addressed/resolved in the anticipated 2nd part, but probably not certain specific characterizations and such I guess... and you can probably count me as well amongst those who respect films like 2001, but do not really enjoy them (so far anyway), though I did learn to enjoy and greatly appreciate Blade Runner (and many others) in time...
Since the movie doesn't seem quite so well received at large and given how BD prices are falling so fast these days (including the option to buy used/previous-viewed so cheaply from places like GoHastings.com) plus this movie probably won't get frequent replays in my house (because I'm probably the only one who'll want to watch it anytime soon), renting (and picking up the bonus disc off eBay) is probably my best bet by far right now. Only caveat w/ that is if I ever want the 3D disc -- 3D BDs don't come down much in pricing -- but then again, I can't watch the 3D at this point yet anyway...
_Man_
PS: Many other "serious" SciFi flicks have gotten panned to similar degrees in the past, but in most cases, I've found the complaints (while very understandable and often valid) a bit overblown. That may well be true of Promotheus as well though the complaints do seem to loom a bit larger than usual perhaps despite the generally positive showing on RottenTomatoes.com (and in the opinion of at least one reviewer I bother to read). Some of those complaints might be addressed/resolved in the anticipated 2nd part, but probably not certain specific characterizations and such I guess... and you can probably count me as well amongst those who respect films like 2001, but do not really enjoy them (so far anyway), though I did learn to enjoy and greatly appreciate Blade Runner (and many others) in time...