Horrible script, great CGI

Rating: 5/10 (15 September 2012)

Having really enjoyed the "Alien" franchise, I had really high hopes for this title. However, I was totally disappointed and felt the urge to write this review. The synopsis of the film according to me is: "An old multi-millionaire dying man in search of immortality puts together a team of idiot scientists (who are unaware what the mission is) and funds a mission to an alien planet which is believed to be the home of the aliens who engineered humans. Upon landing the alien planet, the crew members have to face numerous dangers and survive by doing illogical actions in obvious situations." What really bugged me in Prometheus was how stupid the characters reacted to certain situations. Here is a short list of them (out of many): 1) A short time upon landing the planet. The lead scientist decides to take off his helmet just because computer says that the air is breathable. 2) The biologist(Biologists study life and life forms) who should have been fascinated by the dead alien they found gets scared and wants to leave. Later in a different scene the same cowardly biologist tries to pet a live alien cobra three times! 3) The geologist, who has not inspected or collected a single rock on the planet, is also freaked out by the decapitated alien wants to leave, too. Although he is also the one who mapped out the whole area, he gets lost in the tunnels. 4) Another scientist Dr.Shaw, starts experimenting on the alien head immediately after retrieving it in a gym bag, without prior research just based on hunches. What happened to the scientific method? 5) Vickers, fully aware that the falling ship is going to crush her, keeps running in a straight line rather than sideways.
Movies belonging to the Sci-fi genre do not have to be totally accurate regarding the scientific knowledge and methods that make up their plot but they should at least make some sense.
Because of poorly written script, plot holes and poor character development, this can only get 5/10. The 5 points are from visual effects and CGI.