It is good, but not a "clever" or "best movies in years" like seen in reviews

Rating: 1/10 (30 May 2012)

I just saw Prometheus during the premier in Luxembourg. The theater was full of course, everybody was excited.After the film was finished, I could hear the people around me being a bit disappointed.
The reason is obvious to me. The film is well done in nearly all aspects, but the major disappointment comes from the fact that it often is illogical. The whole crew behaves like beginners without any deeper sense for the situation. I understand that they need to get action going, and some people need to make mistakes so something can happen. But the whole crew is just stupid.
The movie plays on a level of a 1980 carpenter vampire movie. Don't ask for logic, or why has this been done in the way it was.
The movie is not as deep, as Scott announced it to be. Can't remember how he said it, but it was among the lines "It's everything about everything". No it is actually very comparable to an Alien movie. You can clearly see they dug up the same tension making scenes and face huggers scare jumps etc.. It's also a bit over the top, without real story telling reason (like Alien 3 or especially 4).
I have to admit that you get to know more a about the universe than in the Alien movies. But that's just a side effect.
The movie is good, if you expect something like Alien (easy entertainment without too much thinking). But if you go there because you want to know more about the universe etc (like promised), it is going to be a disappointment.
This movie positions itself right in the middle of "Ghosts of Mars" and "Space Odyssey"