Disgraceful

Rating: 5/10 (6 June 2012)

Anyone remember when Ridley Scott made good films like Alien and Blade Runner?
I saw Prometheus at an advance screening last night with low expectations, and it was such an incredibly frustrating and terrible film that I had to write my very first review for it. Anyone else who has written a negative review of the film has pretty much hit the mark. The script is awful, the acting awful, the plot holes to numerous to list.
For a supposed sci-fi horror film, there was absolutely no tension or scares and plenty of predictable b-grade deaths. The characters are incredibly stupid and I didn't care about any of them dying.
This film is the perfect example of everything that is wrong in Hollywood these past few years (one could say decades) with the attention and focus put on effects such as 3D and CGI and very little thought given to plot, characterisation, script etc ie the important aspects of film. Any fans of Alien or Aliens will be disappointed. Any fans of Michael Bay movies will probably enjoy it briefly before it passes from memory.
Do not contribute financially to this movie by seeing it at the cinemas, wait for it to come to DVD or BluRay and then hire it for a laugh. I daresay this film will continue to be ravaged by critics and viewers and will hopefully harm Ridley's reputation as a filmmaker enough that he won't be so callous when making the Blade Runner sequel.
5 stars out of 10 for special effects and Michael Fassbender and possibly Idris Elba.