Beautiful visuals, ridiculous script

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2012)

I understand that this was supposed to be an Alien prequel originally, people left it unfinished due to the pathetic movies in the Alien vs Predator universe, then remade it to be independent. That means that at least two scenarists and probably more, read and wrote this script. Then people read it and approved of it. All those people should be fired and preferably destroyed until no biological trace is left of them.
Now, you might think it is a dissonance between a grade of 8 and such anger at the scenarists, but it is not that strange. The film is beautifully made, clearly thought out for 3D, not something they added as an afterthought. The aliens are great, the monsters scary and visceral and the atmosphere dark and brooding. It is such a nicely done film that to foul it with such a stupid script should be considered a crime against humanity and dealt with as such.
Bottom line: if you have any scientific training or at least a vague idea of what that should be, try to temporarily abandon it before starting to watch Prometheus. Any background in physics, medicine, biology, geology or interface design will hurt your viewing pleasure. Otherwise, a great film. Try not to let its moral "parents are crap and children a-holes" ruin your day, either.