Worst Sci-Fi Movie Ever

Rating: 1/10 (11 October 2012)

Prometheus is a visually stunning but intellectually insulting, scientifically laughable, and philosophically vapid piece of money-inspired, fake-science-promoting, Christianist garbage of the worst kind. If I could rate this film at -10 stars, I would, for it is that poorly written. I can't imagine how many tens of millions of dollars Mr. Scott has made or will make from this film, but for his sake, I hope he finds his financial gain satisfying, because he has taken a giant, dollar-signed dump all over his "Alien" legacy.
I will not belabor to recite all of the countless, ludicrous plot holes and ridiculously undeveloped characters so ably documented by many previous reviewers. I will, however, join the chorus of viewers who have commented on the horrible, almost painfully unwatchable behavior exhibited in this "film," if it even deserves to be called that rather than just a mash-up of random scenes and random, undeveloped and idiotic ideas. Suffice it to say that the characters act, react, and talk so illogically and unrealistically, and engage in such stupid, unbelievable, and inexplicable behavior throughout this film that it would be laughable were it not so disappointing. In virtually every scene in the film, there are multiple "WTF" moments, where one is left slack-jawed wondering how anyone, much less scientists and space explorers, would behave and speak as they are written in this abomination.
The biggest "WTF," however, is reserved for the question of how writing this poor -- no, this mind-numbingly horrible -- ever made it near a film with a budget approaching $200 million. $200 million freaking dollars, yet it is written like the free association ramblings of a ten-year-old Pokemon addict hopped up on Red Bull and Mountain Dew. And this, ultimately, is why this vapid piece of junk should be given -10 stars, and why it is the worst sci-fi film EVER. With a budget so astronomically large to permit such truly beautiful, stunning visuals, the fact that it employs a screenplay of such horrendous quality makes this movie far, far worse than the worst of the low-budget B-movies where we might expect or even be entertained by such terrible writing. With an "epic" movie like "Prometheus," however, it borders on criminal negligence.
A lazy, insulting, but pretty-looking piece of garbage. This isn't a pig with lipstick -- this is rancid pork renderings with some lipstick.