Not what we expected: BRILLIANT

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2012)

I have to say it is not what we expected. we all thought xenos would come in and be explained away. i am glad Ridley went the other way to gives us something very surprising.
criticised for a lame plot? i don't think that's fair. this film makes all other films after Alien just spin-offs and wasted money. the xeno has no home world. it is a result of what happens in Prometheus.
no Bishop Weyland. good. don't want AvP tie-in because the creator of ALIEN has shown that they are irrelevant and have no foundation as the xeno was created 80 years later and not thousand years ago in pyramids built by preds or on some xeno homeworld we now know only exists in comic books and can be forgotten for film reference in future! PROMETHEUS is a sci-fi master class with a simple and contradictory story driven by a need to answer questions and well acted out. I never believed xenos were original so this film cleared that for me. it also shows why Ridley was not happy with sequel to ALIEN because it destroyed the grand idea he had for the series - not some gung-ho and revenge story. Hollywood lost track of the bigger picture to ALIEN and cashed in on our ignorance. Aliens is awesome but after watching Prometheus i am happy put it aside.
space jockey design was great and realistic to explain important detail about their connection with humans e.g need suits to breathe on hostile planet. they are bigger and stronger making the final showdown worth every second.
i felt it was too short with somethings needing more acting time maybe but fox always mess with directors to give us money grabbing theatrical release.
watch it for what it brings and not what you expected because the director of it's predecessor Alien has created the story that defies our historical logic on evolution and creation. mind numbing but something to explore for sci-fi fun.