A story which fails to deliver on it's true potential

Rating: 5/10 (5 October 2012)

Although the underlying story of Prometheus is profoundly deep, I found the story and the characters in it to be overwhelmingly shallow and tedious.
Let's start with the crew of scientists from various fields taken on the mission. Obviously some, if not all were less than properly briefed on their mission objective - fake or otherwise. Two of them were so skeptical about the reasons given to them for being there that it's a mystery to me as to why they were there at all. At the opposite end of the spectrum we have Charlie and Elizabeth who are both so deeply involved in the scientific findings which have led to the mission at hand that they are bordering on fanatical. Obviously the ship of fools was also a ship of complete strangers.
The attitudes and actions of the scientists once on the alien planet were far from professional. Let's start with removing helmets in an unknown atmosphere once it was decided the air was breathable. Then Charlie jumps to a premature conclusion after being on the planet for less than a day and on the back of making their first discovery which turns out to be the tip of the proverbial ice-berg. He then proceeds to drink himself stupid whilst the mission has only just began, and discoveries are still being made all the while.
This brings me to my next point, the two scientists who get lost and remain in the pyramid while the others seek refuge back on the Prometheus. Even though two colleagues remain, with constant video and audio contact with the ship's control room, no one really shows any interest both professionally or for the safety of their two stranded comrades. So while more discoveries important to the mission are made, and danger is unveiled, this all goes largely unnoticed as the crew are more interested in drinking, sex, sleeping and playing high maintenance girlfriend.
I could keep going on but I honestly wonder how so much money, time and effort could be spent on such a thin plot which overlays something so profound and deep. It essentially detracts from the films main meaning. I for one don't intend on spending any more time pondering just how bad this film really is.