Overworked sci fi clichés plus lots of gore

Rating: 2/10 (19 November 2012)

I found this movie strongly distasteful. I was hoping for a great science fiction movie and instead found it to be a horror movie (i.e. gratuitous violence and gore) with a very clichéd approach to "big themes" touted in the advertisements. **SPOILERS FROM HERE ON.** The science fiction part was something you've seen before a zillion times if you have ever watched Star Trek (i.e. aliens seeding planets with humanoids; a disembodied android head talking; dangerous parasites; etc.) People have praised the special effects, but prowling around in underground structures left by ancient peoples is nothing original, nor was the way it was depicted. The film did not deliver at all with regard to the big questions it raised (about the origins of human life, why those who created it tried to destroy it, etc.) so it was much ado about nothing. After watching it I turned to one of those cheapie made-for-sci-fi-channel-type movies about glaciers overtaking North America (or something) and got more enjoyment of that because I knew it would be dumb fun. But my high expectations for Prometheus made for disappointing viewing. I had had high hopes for it going in but it ended up being just another horror squirm-fest.