Good movie but could of been more! 7.5/10

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2012)

Prometheus was one of my most anticipated movies of this year along with Dark Knight Rises and Django Unchained. Prometheus is a movie set in the world of the Alien franchise and if you have seen any of the Alien movies you will notice this nearly straight away. But apart from little similarities this movie is very much it's own original Sci-Fi story and you should be expecting something different from the Alien franchise. I came into this movie expecting a film very similar to the Alien movies but this movie is very different and I think this is what disappointed me slightly, but that is my own fault for expecting a different kind of movie I'm sure if I watched it again I would enjoy it more.
There are 17 passengers on the ship Prometheus and straight away you can tell which ones will survive longer and which ones are just filler to die. Which makes the character development not very good for a lot of the characters in this movie. But there are some stand out performances in this movie. If you have read or watched any other reviews you will know that one performance stands out the most and that is Michael Fassbender's performance as David. He plays his character perfectly and really steals each scene he is in.
Other notable performances is Idris Elba; who I think is one of the most talented actors of our generation and can just play as anyone and Noomi Rapace who I know from the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy did a fantastic British accent and did well as the protagonist of this movie.
The biggest negative about this movie though is actually the story. I won't spoil anything but they leave a lot of plot holes in the end and for me the length of the movie was too short; I got engaged into the universe and was enjoying the story but they left a lot of questions unanswered which annoyed me and in my opinion the films length could at least be another 30 minutes long.
The look of the movie is amazing! Whoever the CGI artists were deserve a lot of recognition because the CGI just blended in with the people so flawlessly and you actually cant tell what were props and what were CGI because it all looked so real which really helped bring you into the movie.
In conclusion the thing this movie does well is it makes you ask a lot of questions at the end of the movie, the main reason being the links to the other Alien movies and how it all links in. But if you take away the little things which make this a movie in the Alien franchise it is just a Good Sci Fi movie with a normal Sci Fi horror story. But with the amazing presentation, some really outstanding acting and a story which brings a lot of questions and is quite controversial the movie is definitely a must watch in the cinema and I would buy it on DVD or Blu Ray when it comes out. 7.5/10