It could have been great...

Rating: 1/10 (5 June 2012)

SPOILER WARNING:
Doing a prequel to an extremely successful and beloved movie commands a careful approach and a sense of respect for the original artistic expression. Especially when executed by the same director.
I can respect the need of getting return on investments made, and live with some trade-offs when it comes to widening the target group. Such as adding some crowd pleasing scenes or characters.
That said, there really are no excuses for the, IMHO, lack of character development, bizarre and irrational acting by some characters, displaced comical remarks (such as when three characters are about to meet certain death) and worst, the numerous logical dead ends.
Unfortunately, at least the theatrical edit I saw, delivered sub par in about every department except art direction and costume. Which to be fair was great.
Major flaws: - lack of inherent logic, there were so many scenes that simply didn't add up - overly complex (and illogical) script - shallow (and illogically acting) characters, lack of character development - lack of suspense, crucial for a movie of this kind
In failing to respect the original movie as well as not at all matching the expectations created by the excellent campaign material and trailers, the fall becomes that much taller. Sadly, Prometheus deserves a very low score. It promised a lot, but didn't deliver. Hence the 1/10.