Sci-fi for dummies

Rating: Null/10 (10 June 2012)

If you're eyeballs were all that mattered, then Prometheus would be a little piece of heaven right here on earth. But, eyeballs need brains to function, and there's the dilemma.
I can't believe Ridley Scott would approve this absolutely shoddy, amateur script for his re-entry into sci-fi. The dialogue is so appallingly bad. What kind of biologist refers to a seemingly harmless never-before-seen alien life form as "baby"??? Charlize Theron is wasted in this flick. Her character is zero-dimensional (they should have cast Katy Perry instead--it would have made a lot more sense). In one scene, the ship's captain (Idris Elba) asks: "Are you a robot?". Yes, sweetie, she is. The wealthy really old guy who funds the mission is played by a young guy, Guy Pearce, in bad old guy makeup, and sorry, Guy, you were not convincing. When you're glad everyone dies, you know it's bad.
But, the visual effects were stunning. If you like that sort of thing.