Pointless answers to pointless questions.

Rating: 4/10 (1 June 2012)

The cast was impressively fashionable, the movie trailers looked amazing, and Ridley Scott was again at the helm. What could go so wrong?
The most overblown and disappointing film of the year so far starts off OK, with the scene set nicely and the tension beginning to build. Unfortunately, the story goes nowhere fast or particularly interesting. To get the audience invested in the fate of the characters they have to care about the characters, and I couldn't help myself wanting most of them dead halfway into this movie. I will say that Michael Fassbender definitely did display a sufficient emotional range for his part, however.
I thought Prometheus was a separate movie from Alien (albeit with significant overlap) and tried to judge it so, but all it seemed to be doing was to try and answer questions that tied up the unknown elements of the Alien plot. In addition to that it puts together such a confusing sequence of events that one of the minor characters actually has to spell out in plain English what those answers are! Really, if you want to tidy up some little plot sidelines (which didn't need cleared up in the first place) you could maybe go down the Star Wars route and make a cartoon version instead for the especially avid fan who cares enough about it.
I will say that it is always visually impressive (although I didn't think 3D was used to any great effect), but that's simply not enough any more. I sincerely hope there won't be another addition to this franchise. They've squeezed enough out of it.