Chariots of the Gods...

Rating: 3/10 (4 December 2013)

I have to agree with zetes (the only comments I've read regarding PROMETHEUS): this is a showcase for the production designers and the special effects crew. Nothing more. Harking back to THE CHARIOTS OF THE GODS, PROMETHEUS offers little more than second-hand ruminations, coupled with some of the most overblown filmmaking ever seen. Granted, ALIEN itself was hardly what one would call ORIGINAL in concept (it was a hybrid of a number of lesser known films, most notably Mario Bava's PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES and IT!, THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE), but one would think that a filmmaker with Scott's (financial) pull could come up with something better than a rehash of Von Daniken. (Want to see the same concept done much better? Check out THE ETERNALS, a comic book done by Jack Kirby.)