shoots itself in the foot

Rating: 6/10 (16 October 2012)

Well, in typical Hollywood fashion, someone throws a lot of money, talent, and brilliance into a movie and then shoots itself in the foot with a crippling bad choice of script--full of unbelievable characters and plot developments.
I don't blame Ridley Scott for his directing, which is great, just for signing on to do the movie with the story the way it is. Similarly the actors all do fine and even in Michael Fassbender's case a great job its just that the majority of time they are stuck uttering lines and performing actions that are not congruent with common sense or common notions of how scientists act and a scientific expedition might unfold. Yeah, if you are 13 and you don't know how a geologist acts in the real world or how a scientific expedition really might operate I forgive you. But whoever wrote this movie is not 13 and damn them. I don't mind suspending belief at certain points but don't tell me the guy who acts like a grunt in the army is the captain of a 3 trillion dollar expedition, the scientist who heads the mission disobeys protocol (protocol being one of the MOST important things to scientists) and removes his helmet in an alien environment just because he feels like it, the geologist and supposed expert map maker is ironically the only one who gets lost and acts like the complete d-bag who hangs out at the local pub all day saying stupid sh*t that makes you think his IQ is that of a high school drop out, and the list goes on.
I actually enjoyed this movie but am just upset that its such a gorgeous eye fest but not the whole package. Funny thing is I wouldn't not recommend it to a friend. Its still a beautiful but flawed movie.