Coulda, shoulda, woulda...

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2012)

...but didn't, mostly thanks to a script that yearns to live up to the 3D surcharge but can't quite cut it. I'm sure "Prometheus" looked great in the theaters, no doubt, but the story is too boneheaded at times to allow significant willing suspension of disbelief. Most anyone reading this already knows what I'm talking about. Although the story provides a genesis, of sorts, for the "Alien" chronology, "Prometheus" concerns itself with loftier conceits while ignoring a lot of common sense and natural laws along the way. The cast is fine, with Michael "Band of Brothers" Fassbender a standout as the morally ambiguous android, and Noomi "The Girl With..." Rapace as the dauntless heroine destined for a sequel likely to be just as loaded with "oh, c'mon!s" as its progenitor. The less spent the better, but worth a watch if only for the meticulous production design and special effects, basically a B-movie with an A-budget. Charlize "Monster" Theron groupies will not be sated, but neither displeased. Ultimately, "Prometheus" promises fire but settles for routine sci-fantasy with top flight visuals.