People hate this just because its Alien connection and Mr. Scott

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2012)

Beside few missteps, like the old company boss and a bit confusing story, the movie is brilliant.
Beautiful to watch, interesting characters, great actors, never boring.
What can you expect more?
I got the impression that if this were an ordinary SiFi (without the Alien prequel and Ridley Scott fame), if this movie was from a newcomer director, everyone would clap their hands! :-)
If you watch the movie as a standalone story, not tied to Alien (Scott mentioned it is NOT a prequel, and I also share the opinion), you have 2 hours packed with fantastic action/adventure/horror.
Good thing the movie is 2 h long, not more. There is no time for boring dialog, long mission preparations etc. The movie movies quickly from one story point to another and leaves no room for boredom.
I watched the movie with friends and I agree at the end I was a bit confused and the whole engineer stuff, but those are minor drawbacks.
Folks, this is a story that stands on its own, forget Alien when you go watch the movie. Alien is in fact just Jaws in space and for me personally a bit boring and too dark.
Prometheus is way more fun to watch. You get: elements of adventure movies, where the crew explores the planet, elements of mystery, where they find the secret passages, you got humor (Alien series is way to serious folks!), great cast, fantastic action sequences, unique ideas, memorable scenes.
Go to the cinema without the "Scott made it, its an Alien prequel" thought and enjoy it, I did!