Profound! Intelligent! Thought-provoking! Thank you Sir Ridley!

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2012)

Having only just seen this at IMAX Melbourne in 3D, my head is spinning! In a very good way :-) I wanted to put my thoughts down ASAP and I am happy to report (to a true cinephile), Prometheus doesn't disappoint. It delivers in spades and much more, BUT only if you walk in with a open mind, not expecting Alien, Aliens or a hybrid of both. Why would Sir Ridley try and do that when he made what is probably the best sci-fi/horror film of all time way back in 1979? No..it had to be this way. More profound and intelligent and forcing us to really closely follow the action on screen. The visuals are just "died and gone to LV-223" pretty! The scale of the scenes and the landscape is something only Sir Ridley would attempt and be able to pull of (without the CGI and aiding the storyline and action rather than taking over it). Sure there are some issues regarding character development, but I was willing to forgive, given we will never have another Ripleyesque type character.
Mark my words. This is hands down the most intelligent sci-fi film in a long, long time and after the foul taste of Aliens3 (had the right mix, just didn't cook properly) and Alien: Resurrection (DOA), this glorious spectacle, in 3D nonetheless, is a fitting and proper tie-up of all the questions you ever had from the first Alien. Prometheus won't be liked by all, it won't achieve the fame of Alien/Aliens (not straight away anyway), but over time, as you ponder it's existence, watch it a few times and realize what it set out to achieve (and indeed, achieved), you will thank Sir Ridley like I did tonight. After 33 years, the master delivered a fitting conclusion to his original masterpiece