The scenario lacks some things, but the film is still fantastic!

Rating: 9/10 (9 June 2012)

Seen: 3D in UltraAVX system, 7.1 surround sound
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IN BRIEF:
The good thing: New very interesting story. The new main character looks promising.
The bad things: Bad character development, copycatting, lack of attention to details (read below)
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So today was The Day!! 33 years after the first "Alien" and 15 years after the last dedicated "Alien"-series movie, finally all fans of the great series are rewarded!
First of all, few words on the technical part.
I saw the movie in an UltraAVX system theatre. I don't regret. Unlike IMAX, my eyes were not tired so much. The 3D in the images were very good and I enjoyed it. It was not too much, but not too little either. I don't know if the credit here goes to the UltraAVX 3D imaging system or the movie imaging crew, but whoever it was it made it nice.
The sound itself was mellow and not too stressful. On some moments I felt very good basses flowing in.
In general the enjoyment from the technical part was very positive.
The movie itself is really intending to be a prequel of the whole Alien universe and pay attention to the questions "Who are they?" and "Whey they came from?". It is going to pave the way for new series.
I was watching with lot of interest. Everything appeared to be carefully dosed for a good dope shot for the real fan. It began with great imagery and mellow sound. I am not so satisfied with the rest.
The big things may have small beginnings, but all the greatest movies feature very good portrayed and individual characters. Something they missed here.
I was expecting to see more of "Who is Wayland?".
All of the greatest action/horror movies featured very well done chase. Especially "Alien" (1979) had a pinch of suspense on top, which was the winning recipe. Not in "Prometheus".
However, this movie was clearly to show us that this is a starting point for a new "Alien" story.
Some things really disappointed me:
First - the character development. The new Ripley is called Elizabeth Shaw. I was hoping to see more of her character. Still I am not disappointed with her. An accent was put on her spiritual strength and survival instincts, which is to reveal that (I hope) lot of action is about to come.
Michael Fassbender was not bad at all. I was expecting more action from him, but he was not bad. What appears in the end is that we will witness once more the tandem Elizabeth and the androids, just like it was with Ripley. Also what we saw was the typical Frankenstein drama - the creation vs. the creator, where unlike the original Frankenstein, Fassbender's character was not so noble.
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THE BAD THINGS:
1. Lack of attention to detail
The android character seems an ultra-hacker! Strange how, every time the party was facing an alien door or mechanism, he opened/activated it with just a few clicks! Wow!
Somewhere at the end of the film, we see Elizabeth on the ground with her hand close to her heart. No bread-able atmosphere on the planet surface, she wears her helmet and - no gloves! From technical point of view this means suit decompression and oxygen leak.
Another weak point is the two left-behind guys and their first alien encounter. One of them tried to befriend the alien. That was childish, just like the Jar Jar Binks character from "Star Wars Episode I".
In "Alien" (1979) the space jockey was found in his pilot chair. Here he went out of it and died in another place. So either they forgot the first movie or they will show us another space jockey to link it to the first "Alien".
2. Copycatting
We see the whole spaceship sleeping, only the android goes around and wonders what to do. He is super calm and we hear beautiful classical music. Sounds familiar? Wait - at some point goes to the main computer and starts conversation. Nothing new here, in "Alien" they also spoke to the computer, but strangely the computer on "Prometheus" really reminds HAL 9000 somehow in the way he speaks. If someone still don't get it, I am talking about "2001: A Space Odyssey".
Charlize Teron was really cool I admit it. What was not cool is that she was almost an exact copy, both in look and often behaviour of the character known as the "Terminatrix" (the female terminator from "Terminator 3") - stone-cold and deadly beautiful.
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What I would like to see next time is just more individual and strong characters, pinched with a bit more action and suspense in the next series. More attention to detail is a must.
What I was definitely not happy with, was the dead of the Charlize Teron's character. I would love to see her saved, because I honestly believe that she could become a platform for better plot development and would be far more interesting to see a future interaction not just between Elizabeth and the android, but also with Meredith, who surprisingly refers to Wayland as "father", no matter her second name is different. This fact itself could reveal far more interesting story - who is Meredith? Where she came from? Something that could answer is the Prometheus's captain "Are you an android?". All we need is her to be saved and plotted further.
So in general there is a lot more to be seen as it appears and everything looks very fresh and interesting. What I honestly hope for is this film to become another cult classic, just like the current quadrilogy is.
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Enjoy the movie!
(c)2012 Stray Feral