A beautiful woman lacking a soul...

Rating: 6/10 (10 October 2012)

Honestly, that about sums up Ridley Scott's "Prometheus". It was a grand spectacle, captivating to the eye due to the wonders of H.R. Giger ever-growing collection of landscapes, but it lacked soul.
This film gave me hope initially. A brilliant opening finally giving us a look what has been lurking behind the elephant masks all these years next to flowing waters. Watching DNA strands float through water and exciting yourself about the next two hours -- what is to come -- what will we find out? It's been decades since Alien.
Unfortunately, we found out Ridley Scott didn't pay much attention to his script. Upon arriving at the planet, his lead scientists quickly sum up the world's greatest discovery in just under three minutes, long enough for you to take a bathroom break and miss nothing of importance. Absolutely nothing is said of substance.
Upon arrival to the planet, scientists break from the vessel with only six hours of daylight and proceed to throw their oxygen masks off while wildly opening doors of which they have no idea what could be behind. Earth's most intelligent people, putting their fingers in organic matter on another world. Later, one scientist taunts one of the alien lifeforms like it's a kitten.
I felt like I was watching Alien vs. Predator. Unfortunately, I believe that may have been more realistic.
Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender were the only actors to stand out in the film which says a lot about the others considering Fassbender played a robot. Frankly, I wondered if Theron was a robot throughout the film and I'm not being sarcastic. She was dry and took away from the movie.
It did have its fun moments though, I want to be fair. Getting to see the Engineers was outstanding, Rapace's "do it yourself" scene was absolutely delectable and Michael Fassbender provided many fun moments. Prometheus is definitely a film worth watching, however it's not what it was billed to be -- a blockbuster.
It's a film Michael Bay should be proud of, not Ridley Scott.
I won't bother getting into the inconsistencies with the Alien films as there were quite a few. This was an independent project - at least after the tickets were collected - so Mr. Scott gets a break.
Unfortunately the only difference between Prometheus and the Alien leftover films was a bigger budget. Big let down.