Not what Alien devotees would hope for.

Rating: 3/10 (11 June 2012)

This film is dissatisfying on a number of levels. While it is well done, and well acted, the story, such as it is, is rushed. The film is rushed. It's like there isn't any time to tell a story so we'll just rush through and show you all the action sequences. Fans of Alien who were hoping for some answers, or even just some consistency and continuity, will be disappointed.
My biggest complaint is with the story. In Alien and Bladerunner, characters and story line were developed. You got to know the characters. They had depth. Take a simple plot line and then tell a story about who was involved, who they were, and what they did. In Prometheus, there's random dialog and silly plot developments. It's a series of scenes tied together to funnel you to random action shots and the end of the movie. In one scene, two characters who we think are probably biologists, are trapped in the dome due to a storm. Of course, two creatures appear out of a pool. Now these guys were trapped because they left the main party because the place had already freaked them out and made them run away due to fear. So what do they do when they see these strange creatures? They try to pet them. Please.
Finally there are inconsistencies with the Alien story. In Alien, the space jockey is 27' tall. Now all of a sudden they are only 8 or 9 feet tall. There are others. In the end, this movie only complicates and distorts the Alien milieu. So we're left to judge the movie on it's own merits. In that regard, I find Prometheus a poor effort from Ridley Scott.