A shadow of his former self

Rating: 3/10 (8 June 2012)

Mr Ridley Scott has made a new film: Prometheus - a Science Fiction movie
The title is promising: Prometheus is a figure from the Greek Mythology, the creator of the human race. Considering that Ridley Scott made some great films (Blade runner, Alien, Thelma and Louise) I was looking forward to seeing this one.
What a disappointment! After a promising start and an impressive visual introduction à la Space Odyssey (interesting: Michael Fassbender) the movie gets more and more stereotype and predictable. The whole plot along with some scenes reminded me strongly of Alien. It seemed that Mr. Scott was counting on gaining new fans who didn't see Alien more than he was afraid of his old fans uncovering his lack of talent and originality.
For someone who knew Scott's former movies, this was bound to be a disappointment: Nothing new, nothing interesting, nothing that had a real connection with the myth of Prometheus, not once suspenseful. Instead: brainless entertainment packed with special effects - not badly done - but soulless like all today's blockbusters, boring and without any real reason of existence. A pale copy of his old movie idea in Alien.
At the end, as was somehow suspected, the first Alien monster is born and it's clear that Prometheus was meant to be a prequel to Alien (how it all began) But all in all it made no sense at all.
1 point for Mr. Fassbender
1 point for Noomi Rapace
1 point for the promising first 15 minutes.
The rest is not worth mentioning