...Just Here Me Out....

Rating: 7/10 (9 June 2012)

...To put it simply, it doesn't have the shock value that was 'Alien', nor can it quite compete with the thrill of 'Aliens', but it does stand up to the test of it being a good prequel, but ONLY if you go into the theater expecting it to be a back-story and nothing more.
There's a reason why Ridley Scott made 'Alien' first, and Cameron gave us 'Aliens' after...they were/ and are the better stories! However, on the basis of where a leading-up back-story is concerned, Prometheus couldn't have nailed it any better; with the exception of some poorly delivered lines, an operation on oneself which didn't seem to impede the character's mobility not 1 minute after the surgery was done, and a scene in the middle where one of the crew members returns to Prometheus a feral demon of sorts (it just didn't quite fit in).
All I'll say is, go in expecting a Sci-Fi movie directed by Ridley Scott...that's all!!! If you go in there expecting to see Xenomorphs scaling walls, hissing cats, and lots of flamethrower/pulse rifle action...then let me save you the trouble, and just stay at home...because you WILL be disappointed.
Aside from those few let-downs stated above, I liked it.
It's not a 10/10, that's for sure. Maybe not a 9 or even an 8 either...but it's a sure 7.5/10, and that's a pretty respectable score in my opinion.
Anyone who has rated this film a 1/10 needs to go back to Michael Bay world with their 'Transformers' trilogies where they belong...