Incredible visual effects masks mediocre acting and writing!

Rating: 6/10 (9 June 2012)

The total lack of character development, uninteresting and predictable plot, the "what the hell just happened and why on earth would you do that?" writing and worst of all, failure to "scare the living c*** out of the audience" hides behind spectacular visual effects, interesting core concept, Michael Fassbender's performance and the hope that a sequel might set things right.
The movie starts with a great promise, an interesting discovery, intriguing ideas and an alien world full of hidden mysteries. You of course wait for things to heat up and keep you on the edge of your seat from that point on, unfortunately it pretty much goes downhill from there, except for a few good scenes along the way. The characters simply did not have any "character". If you wanted to see some kick a** alien action, you should probably lower your expectations.
Overall Prometheus sets things up pretty well and if the movie makers learn't anything from their mistakes in this movie, they might save it with a more "intelligent" sequel. Perhaps for a casual moviegoer who just wants to see great Sci-Fi visual effects, Prometheus might just do the trick!
I will give it 7/10 for special effects and an interesting concept.