No, Ridley

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2017)

The premise of this movie was intriguing for good science fiction and I was really in the mood for something similar to 'Contact' maybe, although I'm aware it's supposed to be a prequel to Alien. SPOILERS AHEAD! The characters are idiots - including the two "scientists". "Don't touch anything." "Oops." And I thought 'Arrival' had to face problems as a sci-fi flick... Towards the half of Prometheus they find out where life came from and act like children compared to what any person working in their scientific field would do. Apart from that they were really flat characters. I don't care about anyone that far into the movie. The only good character was Fassbender's android. And you know there could always be something going on with the androids in the Aliens movies. And the foreseeable happens: The android helps to defrost Weyland, who wants to meet the alien because he's dying and is looking for eternal life. Then some unpredictable things happen - because the plot is a mess and the whole third act is completely rushed in pacing. I didn't even care about it being a part of the Alien franchise, I consider it a standalone sci-fi movie. But sadly, a disappointing one.