Big budget lame duck with lame ideas

Rating: 4/10 (8 July 2012)

If you liked Alien, don't watch this - it misses all the key points of what made that film brilliant. Mystery, suspense and intrigue are disposed with in what I can only describe as legacy vandalism.
Prometheus is a film that plays to the lowest common denominator. Every tiny piece of the film's plot is spelt out in painstaking detail for even the most dull of dullards. It's agonising. Even the 'twist' at the end reeks of making sure everyone gets it. Nothing is left to interpretation - there isn't an ounce of clever here.
With most sci-fi films, you're willing to suspend your disbelief to a degree, because it's enjoyable. However, there are two or three occasions watching this that throw you straight out of the world.
It's such a shame. Prometheus could have been really good, but I almost wanted to ask for my money back. Films should not be made for idiots, but for people who want to be absorbed in a story, in a world and left to make up their own mind about at least some aspects of the plot.
Wait until its on the TV before you watch it. Trust me, you'll thank me for it.