Awful, just awful

Rating: 1/10 (26 July 2015)

This film was watchable, but it is awful, just awful, because of the massive, unrepairable and unforgivable bland and plastic grand scheme of the thing. And the stupidity, the awful, awful stupidity. In the first Alien, we are awed by the script's homage to the importance of quarantine and strict adherence to the rules and regulations of contagion protocols. Not so with Prometheus. In fact, once inside the Alien dwelling, all involved decide to take off their breathing apparatuses on a whim, and then a bit later, talk to an alien with the cooing love of a dog owner that repays their kindness by devouring them proper. There is no character development at all, the kind we loved from Alien (think of the banter between Yaphet Kotto and Harry Dean Stanton), Aliens (Ripley and Newt and Hicks, all the marines), Alien 3 (the worst of the series by far, but still awesome), Alien Resurrection (Ron Perlman and Winona). In Prometheus, we don't even get the barest sense of any kind of celluloid chemistry, just one-dimensional, puppet, soulless characters with wooden lines and robotic acting. This was the glory of the Alien series: the instantaneous and highly believable chemistry between the actors, due to a great script and great direction. After "Chappie" I'm afraid, very afraid of Alien 5. And as for Prometheus 2? There better be some aliens in it!!!!!!