The Emperor's New Clothes....

Rating: 3/10 (6 June 2012)

"THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. PLEASE BE WARNED."
Questions: In the context of the "Alien's" and "Prometheus''' universe - How did life begin on earth? Where did we (humans) come from?
Filmmakers: Watch Prometheus, if you want to gain an understanding of and answers to these deepest of all questions.
Critics (majority thereof): The movie doesn't really make much sense, least of all providing answers to or even guidance on these questions. However, only those who can really understand the unexplained mysteries and the deep philosophical implications of the movie, will be able to recognise its true greatness.
Truth: This is really the classic case of the Emperor's New Clothes. The Emperor is not wearing the 'unexplained mysteries'; the Emperor is not wearing anything at all.
Consider this: "The spaceship arrives at an alien planet (or was it a moon of a planet?), descends directly into its atmosphere and the crew just finds the spot where the alien structure is built (of the whole planet) thanks to the sharp eye of one of the archaeologists. The key members of the crew (and consequently playing the lead roles) on a deep space exploration mission to seek alien life are two ARCHAEOLOGISTS, one of whom also happens to be an expert on really anything the movie requires her to be an expert on. The crew goes into the alien structure straight away after landing, is not supposedly led by anyone on this expedition (as anyone can do whatever they want, especially the Android, who continuously keeps prodding and poking at everything within his reach), take off their helmets because there is good enough oxygen in the alien environment, come across a decapitated alien form (their very first such encounter), the geologist (who looks like a real bargain on a trillion dollar mission) goes all psychotic (Lock-out movie style) and the biologist (who is supposed to be the most relevant person for this moment and should have been waiting for it all his life) walks away with the geologist back to the ship (but they still manage to get lost...another story for another time). Meanwhile, the remaining crew gather the head of the alien, put it in a plastic bag, bring it back to the ship without so much as a shower after their exposure to the alien environment, play with the head in the ship's open air and then make it explode perhaps just for the kicks. The best thing was, while the poor alien's head was being played with, one of the archaeologists was getting drunk in the same room watching the show."
How about that for A-class science fiction? There is nothing 'unexplained mysterious' about this. It is just plain nonsense.
Almost every other minute of the movie is littered with stupidity / inconsistency / incoherence / convenience (pick one). I don't feel the need to list them all down here as (a) the list would be way too long; and (b) a lot of it has already been adequately covered by fellow reviewers.
Don't be deceived by the mantra that it is doing a Bladerunner and its true greatness will be recognised once we start understanding / appreciating the deeper / dual meaning of the movie's various plot holes / situations / characters' actions. There is nothing deep about silliness / nonsense other than the fact that it is so.
The reason I have not given it a one star is due to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of special effects, which were pleasing to the eyes. Other than that this movie is an insult to intelligence.