Prometheus Criticism Response

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2012)

SPOILERISH...
I feel compelled to point out that one of the biggest criticisms of this movie is fundamentally misguided. The biggest complaint with this movie is that it does not answer many of the questions it raises. I find this tremendously ironic, considering one of the biggest themes of the story is that the characters mistakenly went looking for answers.
The whole point of the movie was that they thought they were going to meet their makers and have all of life's questions answered, only to discover that their makers (and the questions they sought answered) were much more complicated and malevolent than they had foreseen. Bearing that in mind, the idea of being upset that all the questions raised in the trailers went unanswered seems a little preposterous.
The story is NOT about meeting the makers then having some showdown to prevent the destruction of earth, as the trailers led people to believe- rather this movie is about scientists failed attempt to meet their makers- as such, answering the looming questions about the purpose of their creation justifiably (perhaps even necessarily) remains unanswered.
Now was the story perfect? Of course not. They could have done a better job of peeling back layers of the mystery rather than having information dumps at different points in the film. While I greatly enjoyed in the film, it was never terribly suspenseful or surprising. There were also some pacing issues, particularly the way in which the plot suddenly picked up around the last 30 minutes.
The good news? This movie left plenty of room for a sequel, so lets not flip out just yet.