Shiny and vapid. MST3K material.

Rating: 3/10 (10 June 2012)

Prometheus is a glossy CG driven farce of 'neo'generic and comically idiotic characters, magic technology, predictable plot points, hackneyed dialog (made all the more insufferable by a pretentious innuendo of depth), absurd and superfluous action scenes and a non-stop score that is as trite as ineffective. Seriously, I don't even know what to say to express how freekin bad this is. And Ridley Scott? Are you serious? See, I just didn't believe the man who started the 'Alien' franchise with that innovative and exciting first film, could return to produce something awful. And that's why I went. Many years ago after some other big budget industry insult, I had vowed to never see a film on opening weekend; but to wait for word of mouth from people I trust. But this time I figured, 'Hey, it's Ridley Scott. What could go wrong?' Prometheus. That's what went wrong. And I love escapist romps, man. That why I went. But, omg... what a stinker. It's not even funny. I am genuinely p*ssed. P*ssed that Scott could create such horrendous pap and p*ssed that anyone could sit through it and give it a positive rating. How? It's beyond me. This film deserves to fail. After all that hype, it's a freekin insult. Be warned. There is something evil in the universe. And it's playing at a theater near you. Stay away, for the sake of humanity.
Addendum: I wanted to add that if this had been just another AVP type knock off, it wouldn't have made me angry because I would have expected porridge and just waited for the DVD. Like I said, I enjoy mindless fun now and then. But this was made by Ridley Scott and that is the only reason I went to the theater. And that is the reason for the low rating and the anger. Big let down, Mr Scott.