Good idea, badly executed

Rating: 6/10 (15 March 2013)

The movie starts awesome (prior to the titles) and before the cast is introduced and actual dialogues begin the movie was captivating. I think this is one reason why many people got annoyed. They had their expectations raised which was followed by some disastrous writing.
Visual effects and all cannot replace writing. Let us be very clear about this. Why did they not develop good interesting characters is beyond me. I have been a Ridley Scott fan. The characters we have seen in Thelma and Louise and Blade Runner were so gorgeously developed. What happened here? I''d like to ask the director. And the writers. Why make a film in a half hearted manner?
The theme has nothing new to it. Prometheus was first time the work of romantic poet Percy Shelley. People not aware of the literary legacy of Prometheus might have expected something different. I came with the expectation of seeing advanced science experiment going haywire and I found it. The idea is a never dying theme and one I love. The idea of a creator of human beings has found decent exploration in the film. It could have been and should have been awesome. Probably with some complex characters. Characters were not developed. They were labeled. A closer look, a magnified take on the idea would have been better. One can say that the filmmaker and the writers did not do justice to the idea itself.
Many good ideas I have seen treated badly by filmmakers. This is one big example of that. One time watchable. But keep expectations low.