Edge of Your Seat, Scratch of Your Head

Rating: 7/10 (6 June 2012)

Prometheus will hold your attention throughout the film, that much is true. But that doesn't mean that you will understand everything that is happening in front of you.
Director Ridley Scott did well in making you stay on the edge of your seat the entire movie. I remember watching the trailer for this and never got the indication that it was a horror-like film.
I love sci-fi movies, and that's what really drew me to this one. I wasn't expecting nearly as much violence and suspense. There are moments in the movie that will make you cringe and plenty of times that you will jump.
The visual and audio effects of this movie were absolutely stunning. It's worth seeing in the theater just to get the crisp clearness of the massive screen and the resounding woofers of the dynamic sound. Lately I've been really tired of seeing CG effects that you can tell were CG when the directors are trying to convince you that you aren't watching a cartoon. In Prometheus, it all looks real. And that's an accomplishment with a sci-fi movie these days.
The acting was OK. Michael Fassbender was the best out of all of them for sure. The others, well, they seemed like all other movies. Nothing special in the least bit here.
The characters were just OK as well. I never really felt for them and what they had to go through. During the film I would think, "Ah, man...that stinks for him.." or "Oh no! Get out of there, get out of there!" but I was never really disappointed when it didn't work out for certain people, and I wasn't really against the antagonists. Plus, the person I'm thinking is the main character halfway through the movie, isn't actually the main character, so that was a bit odd as well.
The plot is where it starts to go down hill...sort of. I mean, it was very intriguing and it had a good concept, but they never really delivered with answers. There are several scenes that you think will make sense when they explain it later, but they never do. Looking back on the movie, there are so many questions that I have, that I feel like I missed so much, but I don't feel like I would get those answers by watching it a second time. Also, I really don't think they needed a 'save the Earth' moment in the movie. It was almost like an afterthought, and the writers just decided to throw that in there. There was no need for it, and the movie would have been just as good without it...maybe better. We were never really given a reason why the antagonists wanted to destroy Earth anyway...
Overall, I would say you should go see it. It's worth paying the extra bucks to see it on the big screen, though I did not watch the 3D version, so I can't say much for that. It was a very entertaining movie that will hold your attention through to the end, but also leaving you scratching your head.
The McDandy Rating : Big Screen Worthy