After 5 years of daily IMDb use, I FINALLY register to respond to some of this rubbish!

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2012)

I'm a huge fan of science fiction. Alien and Blade Runner are probably in my top ten favorite movies of all genres, and of all time. I had (((HUGE))) expectations for this film. It's the first film I've bothered to see in a movie in a theater in over 2 years.... What did I think of it?
EPIC.
To all the folks saying this film is utter rubbish let me start here: are you even sci-fi fans? And if so, are you also a fan of the space/alien/action sub-genre? If you are not a fan of this genre and sub-genre, then don't judge this movie based on your personal preferences. Judge it on it's own terms, based on it's actual merit. Otherwise you will be acting like a narrow-minded bigot, who attacks things simply because they are not like himself. It is a lot more honest, not to mention intelligent, for you to just admit that you don't really like space/alien/action films no matter how good they are....
And if you don't like sci-fi films with aliens and action, then you won't like Prometheus because that's what the whole movie is about! And if you don't like that, that doesn't make it a bad movie!
If you ARE a fan of space/alien/action movies, please tell me what space/alien/action movies actually do meet your lofty standards? You probably like Alien. Any others? Maybe one or two more? Out of the entire history of film making, probably two or three space/alien/action movies are good enough to satisfy a whining, post-modern, "nothing is good enough for me" angst. If this describes you, guess what? You're probably not really a fan of the space/alien/action sub-genre! That's okay, but stop trashing Prometheus simply because you don't enjoy the genre.
Some reviews of Prometheus by supposed fans of space/alien/action movies, are picky beyond belief! "The sunset on the alien world didn't have enough burnt orange in it", and so on. For real? Is this movie perfect? No, of course not. But what movie is? Trust me, I could pick apart ANY movie if I wanted to, including your personal favorites. No matter how good a movie is, there will be flaws that I can attack. But why??? Is that why we watch films?
Is Prometheus as tight and powerful as a stand-alone movie, as Alien was? Maybe not. For one thing, Prometheus is not a stand-alone movie. It's a prequel. It has a mission of explaining the origins of what happened in Alien. That makes it a very different kind of movie than Alien, which was a stand-alone movie. Add to that, as one reviewer said, Alien was a haunted house movie in space. Part of the terrifying mood of Alien comes from being trapped and completely isolated out in the far reaches of interstellar space, with a monster on board who is eating us one by one. Prometheus doesn't have that mood because Prometheus is not that kind of movie. It is much more of an action / adventure / exploration film than Alien was. In tone it is more like Cameron's Aliens, than Alien.
Does Prometheus succeed on it's own terms? ABSO-effin'-LUTELY. This movie TOOK ME to an alien world, totally immersed me in it, and then thrust me into a terrifying and fascinating adventure which didn't let up until the closing credits were rolling. I was so mesmerized that I couldn't leave my seat even when I had to pee really badly (let's just say I was glad I was wearing shorts and had an empty cup handy! ;) This movie was so exciting and mesmerizing it really could have been 30 minutes longer in my opinion... When I walked out of the theater I was totally blown away (and yes I brought the cup with me! ;) I was ready to give Ridley Scott a big wet kiss on the mouth and that says a lot since I'm a very straight man. As I walked to my car I noticed at some point that I was repeating the word, "Epic..... Epic..... Epic...." to myself over and over. Out loud.
I can only pray there is a sequel....
To all the smug sci-fi Luddites out there who are trashing this movie, please slink back to your Tarkovskiy films, go watch Primer again, or go dust your Philip K. Dick hardcovers or something. You can congratulate yourselves for being so darn intelligent and special that almost nothing is actually good enough for you.
Or better yet, just own it that this movie is not your cup of tea because breathtaking and awesome space/alien/action movies just don't turn you on. Whatever you do, please stop trashing this great movie or they might not make a sequel, and I will be very, very sad...