Fassbender=Peter O'Toole?

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2012)

Having attended a midnight viewing of Prometheus, I can assuredly state that it's a comforting thought to know Scott is back in the science-fiction genre. Oh, how we have missed you Scott! No one tells SciFi with a cerebral edge anymore, and, no, Transformers does not count.
I read most of the reviews before watching this movie myself and I can absolutely say that those who gave negative reviews, mostly European attendees are complete dunderheads with very little imagination and/or education. It goes as standard assumption that Europe produces a populace with greater sensibilities than America, however, this is not so according to the reviews from that lot.
The negative reviews centered mostly on the the interaction between the main players and the 'holes' in the plot.
Some criticized the Scientist characters for not being scientific enough, saying a blah blah wouldn't behave like blah, blah. Let me tell you that, in case you are a complete boob, no one in movies are who they say they are, that's why it's called acting. Also, Harry Dean Stanton and Yaphet Koto weren't very scientific in Alien, and we again have mercenaries on this voyage.
Only two of the characters are wastes, and I found Theron's character unpleasant in the extreme. Rapace and Fassbender carry the movie, and that is Scott's intention. You will see why by movie's end.
As for the plot-holes, Scott plans a sequel, so unless you are mentally incapable, the holes make sense in this context.
This movie is well paced and plays out in clear stages like a small theater production. Scott establishes clear moods and scenes and uses the viewers foreknowledge against them at times. Look, everyone knows what this movie is going into it, so it's no small achievement to even have this level of interest in the production from the beginning.
This may be hard for some to not expect Weaver to come in, bombastically, with Avatar-Boy Cameron on a rope and save the day.
No, Cameron is a waste of space and is just a high-price Michael Bay.
If you want wonderment, at times awe-inspiring visuals and you appreciate cerebral SciFi, then see this movie.
Ridley Scott's entire SciFi career centers around one question: What is Artificial Life and How Do Androids Relate in a Human Universe?
This movie is less about the origin of the Xenomorph and more about Fassbender and again, AI's role in human relations. Fassbender plays the contrarian well and there is a shameless homage to Peter O'Toole (surely an inside joke considering Fassbender's look for David 8) early on in the film.
But this qualifies Scott's intelligent sentiments and one would not see this in most other wash SciFi directors today.
Also, there is a strong Oedipal story going on near the end...You'll see, but only if you are familiar with Oedipus Rex can you see the relation between Rapace, Fassbender and others in the origin story.
I've said enough. Go see the movie. I saw the IMAX 3D, which I never do, and I was not disappointed and in this instance, worked quite stunningly!