I was hoping for more...

Rating: 3/10 (28 May 2017)

I had mixed thoughts about Prometheus overall. Certainly had to watch it more than once and then a few things made more sense, but overall the movie was all about setting up something more to come. This was the more to come and sadly it didn't deliver.
I won't give anything away other than saying this movie was 75% a reboot of the original Alien, with 25% of Aliens 2 mixed in and that's about it. The characters were remarkably unmemorable, which again is status quo for this type of movie. So really I didn't care or give a second thought to any of the characters, and Michael's robotic performance of David or Walter wasn't anything memorable either.
I dragged my friend to this movie as I'm a sucker for Alien's franchise, He fell asleep a few different times during the movie and I really don't blame him. It was slow and off beat. It wasn't suspenseful at all which really was the surprise as I know Scott knows what he's doing and knows how to do this, yet this movie had little to no suspense, therefore wasn't scary, and had little substance to it. So it really took away from that whole shock & awe that I loved so much from the original Alien as well as Prometheus which I thought also captured that aspect a bit.
Special effects wise most everything was great except for the monster. Why is it they can CGI nearly everything great, but when it comes to the most important thing it looks hideously fake?!? Hey directors, here's a priceless tip. When someone's watching something and after they say "wow, I didn't know that was GCI" that's an example of when GCI is great. However when you look at the monster for the first time and instantly say "That's GCI..." That's an instant fail and bounces everything (well at least me) out of the movie. I understand directors are too close to the material to see the obvious errors, it's almost sad they can't have an impartial fan there for the ride to point out the "Hey guys, I know you think this is great and all, but it looks like complete sh!t, and that's exactly what the audience is going to think..." I think that's worth it's weight in gold myself.
To sum up, I found it a little dry, predictable, boring, and overall a disappointing sequel