The Most Horrendous Casting I Have Seen In Years.

Rating: 4/10 (27 December 2012)

The persons that did the casting (Nina Gold and Avy Kaufman) should have their licenses revoked. These are the most horrendous bunch of buggers(I don't even want to call them actors) ever assembled.
This film began as an idea for a prequel to the 1979 cult sci-fi horror film Alien directed by Ridley Scott. But sadly it de-evolved into a standalone film.
Prometheus is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who in Greek mythology is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of humanity. In this film Prometheus is the name of the space-ship used to reach the distant moon LV-223. In Aliens(1986) the planet where Lt. Ripley first encountered the alien organism was LV-426. Hence we now confirm that Prometheus is a stand-alone film and NOT CONNECTED TO Alien(1979) and Aliens(1986) in any way whatsoever.
In Prometheus writers Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof conceived of large humanoid alien beings nicknamed "Engineers" who initiated the process of life on the planet we know as "Earth". This was accomplished by the humanoid alien drinking a dark bubbling liquid while standing next to a large waterfall. He then starts to disintegrate due to the ingestion of the dark liquid. The alien's remains cascade into a waterfall. His DNA triggers a biogenetic reaction creating living cells in the water.
This stuff is enough to send a biologist or molecular biologist to a fit of hysterical laughter. Of course you realize these guys have no primary or secondary education at all. They never studied biology or chemistry. They are what you refer as flunkies or junkies or the combo.
Years later in 2089, archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway discover a star map in Scotland that matches others from several unconnected ancient cultures. They interpret this as an invitation from humanity's forerunners, the "Engineers". Peter Weyland, the elderly CEO of Weyland Corporation, funds an expedition to follow the map to the distant moon LV-223 aboard the scientific vessel Prometheus. The ship's crew travels in stasis while the android David monitors their voyage. Arriving in 2093, they are informed of their mission to find the Engineers.
The special effects are higher class of C.G.I. developed for people who have sharp eyesight and can spot the fake computerized pixels a mile away. These days even PS3 games have better graphics than shown in movies. The C.G.I. effects are used for the Engineers and the few mutated snake-like alien creatures. The biggest of which strangely developed inside Elizabeth Shaw. And at the end of the film we see an alien creature emerging out from an Engineer which resembles the alien we saw in Scott's first alien film and is a poor attempt at pacifying die-hard Alien(1979) fans.
The acting is unbearable with Michael Fassbender (who remarkably looks like Peter O Toole) as the only bright spot in the film followed by veteran actor Guy Pearce(Memento, Time Machine, Lockout, Ravenous) who plays the role of Peter Weyland, the billionaire founder of and CEO of Weyland Corp.
Charlize Theron is utterly useless in her role. Even a lesser actress like Noomi Rapace outperforms her.
Idriss Elba tries in his role as captain of the Prometheus but is ineffective (this guy couldn't even captain a kids football team).
The rest of the actors are like a mix of various colored turds in the manure and do not deserve mention.
Overall: it was not worth the wait for me and was a big disappointment. I was expecting Alien PREQUEL and not the Alien which lives in Ridley Scott's a**.