This is my "yeah, whatever" review.

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2013)

I decided to write this review in response to the one by charles-arthur-400-459316 that appeared on the front page for this movie and left me a bit baffled. Yes, obviously this movie is going to be compared with Alien. Alien was an outstanding movie in it's time, and it's now 33 years old, which makes it 2 years older than i am. I'm just going to assume that if you watched it in your teens when it came out, it quite simply blew your mind. Add to that 33 years of repeated viewings and nostalgia, and you have something that can't possibly be compared to anything new. So please, don't. I myself watched Alien for the first time 16 years ago, and i have very fond memories of it.
With that in mind, i was pleasantly surprised when i saw Prometheus. Ridley Scott did the only thing he could possibly do, which was to blithely ignore the perceived responsibility to continue a saga, and make something new. And what it all boils down to is that this is a really fun movie. I truly enjoyed it. There are some crazy scenes in it. Michael Mann gives an outstanding performance, and the movie paints a bleak and hopeless view of the world that i found really fitting for the setting. Of course it has to cut corners. The question is if you can enjoy it for what it is, or if you're going to be so delusional as to expect a miracle of film making. I won't go into details on the movie itself, because obviously either you've already seen it or you have no intention to do so. Everyone knows that it exists, and everyone is going to have an idea of what to expect.
I believe that the younger folks will view this movie for what it is, and enjoy it. If you believe you have to bring science into your evaluation of a fantasy movie, you're ignoring the film itself.