Coorporate "Sci-FI"

Rating: 2/10 (8 October 2012)

First of all, let me state that I am a die hard sci-fi fan, I love the alien movies as well as a massive amount of sci-fi movies as well as novels, short stories and so forth. So when there was a new Ridley Scott movie based on the panspermia theory being released, it really got my expectations up. Oboy, was I disappointed.
Let me first make a brief summary of the good stuff in this movie: I bought the Bluray version of Prometheus, and the picture quality is excellent as well as the 7.1 soundtrack, which is incredible if you are watching the movie on a 7.1 home cinema system. The CGI and the space ship design are really well done, with clear references to old school sci-fi such as 2001 and Alien.
But thats it... The casting in this movie is terrible, the characters are shallow and obviously hired for their looks more than their ability to play the roles in the movie. I get the distinct impression that who ever financed this film pushed through actors that would appeal to a "broad" audience, if this is the price to pay for the extra cost of filming in 3D... STOP IT!
There are a ton of flaws in the movies as well, such as flamethrowers in space (you need oxygen... right?!) and operating on an alien with no protection (such as a glovebox etc).
I have seen more believable B-movies from the 50's than this piece of crap.
I give it one star for the space ship design, and one star for the alien landscape design.