boring and meaningless

Rating: 3/10 (20 August 2012)

I am a big fan of Scott's and of sci-fi. Had been waiting for weeks to watch Prometheus and drove like crazy to get on time for an after work show. I should have known better. The movie simply sucks. The visuals are great, no doubt, but everything else does not make any sense at all. Admittedly, you do not expect scientific truths or revelations, but some bone structure is primordial. The ship goes off to find our creators. There is an underlying story about the zillionaire who in his dying days pays for everything, his daughter who wants to stop him and the robot who clearly wants to become Data. But the center story, namely the aliens, what they are, what they want, why, who are they, what did they do, etc. remains nonexistent. Lots of disgusting creatures, lots of modern splatter, and nothing beyond. The characters do not evolve, and practically no decision of their's really makes any sense. Even the music was boring, borrowed and lacking originality.
I give three stars for the effects only.