Great movie but a few let downs

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2012)

Prometheus delivers what it promises, in that it is the movie Ridley Scott was destined to make.
A treat for Alien fans and people who have never encountered Scotts extraterrestrial beasties.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this on the big screen and would recommend it to everybody.
However ( and this is where I get picky) a few points I would like to make. Firstly the point where Vickers calls Weyland "father" suggests that Scott sees his audience as too stupid to have realized the relationship between these characters, and have to have it spelled out for them in letters 10 feet high. (patronizing?)
Secondly the fact that Shaw survives to fight another day after countless near death experiences while everyone around her dies, reeks of a sequel in the making, when the story would have been better served had Scott not tried to give us a gung ho ending reminiscent of Alien versus Predator. Although the VERY end was brilliant.
These of course are my personal feelings on the movie and the reason I haven't given it a full 10/10, and like I said I am nitpicking because I am such a fan of the original Alien movies.