Ridiculous

Rating: 6/10 (10 June 2012)

My very first words were when I came out of the movie theater, "Ridley Scott is a jackass". My son said something similar but slightly more colorful, and for the sake of decency I am not going to repeat it. Buy you get the gist of it. We both didn't like the movie.
Was that too harsh of a critique? Perhaps. But you see, both my son and I were very angry because we both loved Blade Runner for being so thought provoking, and we also loved Alien for being so incredibly suspenseful. Prometheus could have been like those movies. It could have been so much more than it was. But no, just like Gladiator, Ridley Scott had to make yet another corny predictable and not very suspenseful flick.
Now, I have to give credit where credit is due. Visually, Prometheus was a stunning piece of work. It was stylish, perfectly paced, and with beautiful graphics, cool technology, and non-intrusive 3D. Even acting was good, although none of the characters (except for the robot) were well developed.
But when it comes to the content of the movie, it is a total dud. Questions are asked and either not answered, or answered, but hastily, like captain explaining the whole alien situation in less than 30 seconds. People who only minutes ago were terrified at being inside the alien ship now see the snake like alien creature and instead of running away from it screaming in horror they try to pet the critter as if it is some cute and cuddly little kitten. And that ending, oh, that stupid ending with the last surviving character signing off in exactly the same way as Ripley did in the first Alien movie. What a clichÃ©.
I normally try not to critique people's work because I understand that everyone needs to earn a living or maybe just try to stay active in the artistic community. I believe that this world has plenty of room for both the artist and the hack. But I still get very angry when I see someone who was able to give us such blockbusters as Blade Runner and Alien, come up with pretentious 200 million dollar crap like Gladiator or Prometheus.
It's a hack work, a sell off, a music video, an eye candy, beautiful and artistic, but only good enough for 3 minutes of viewing.
I will watch Prometheus again when it comes out on cable and I will try to see if maybe I had missed something. But for now, I am very disappointed.
JO