Honour thy father...

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2012)

(Sitting here now having seen it, it feels like the very act of even talking about Prometheus constitutes a spoiler, because so much of the pleasure I gained from the film came from thinking about the ideas behind it. I've tried not to deliberately reveal specific details, but I've checked the 'spoiler' box, just in case! It's actually better if you go in knowing nothing, and trying not to let Ridley Scott's past sci-fi experience influence you)
I thought it was excellent (although from the looks of things on the message board, that doesn't appear to be a view that's unanimously endorsed!)
It's really hard to say a lot about it without spoiling it... I thought the visuals were astonishing (I saw it in 3D, which enhances the experience) and I really liked the philosophy it opened up (however much they might have been holding details back for a continuation of the theme)
The two main criticisms appear to be that there isn't much character depth, and also, not as much out and out alien action as people were expecting. To counter those perceived weaknesses, I would say that the story very purposefully sets up its human elements as an enormously distant third priority, behind two more powerful agents... and that whilst there definitely is a greater scope beyond simply alien battles, if you're interested in the series then there's a link to where the xenomorphs were generated, and what their function could possibly be interpreted as...
Lots of avenues left open for exploration in a future sequel, which I would be very intrigued to see!