Ridley has lost the plot... seems that literally!

Rating: 1/10 (22 September 2012)

Prometheus having a score of 7.4 (at the time of writing) is nothing short of amazing. All these comments how this is the "masterpiece" or "best movie ever made" could only be written by PR people on the studio paycheck because you have to be really retarded to find this movie anywhere near good.
This movie sucked big time. After 1 minute into the movie I already had a feeling that this is not going to be good. After 10 minutes it was obvious. And after 20 minutes I was dying of boredom and wanted to scream please turn this off and let's go home.
The writing and acting quality is reminiscent of the obscure c-category movies of the 60's and 70's. None of the story makes any sense. It just jumps from one random scene to another without leading to anywhere. The acting is hilariously substandard. Even the Fassbinder, who is a handsome guy otherwise, is very bland and uninspiring.
The story is just plain stupid and full of mistakes. A lot has been pointed out here by others already, but some examples. None of the "science" part resembles in any way any science. Even random people would have a more believable approach to scientific procedures than scientist in this film. Most of the actions of characters seem to have no motive or logic at all, and everybody behaves completely unbelievably. For example, the angry geologist just starts screaming at the heroine just completely randomly, then wonders away with another guy to get lost in a straight tunnel. Then they freak out because someone else might be there to be petting a hideous looking alien snake at the next scene. Most of the events and actions in this movie happen just completely randomly and without having any point in the big picture. The side story lines lead nowhere and add nothing to the characters or story. The story is full of plot holes, inconsistencies, stupidity, etc.
The dialog is exceptionally dumb. There are cases where writer has tried to be philosophical about the problems of religion and science, but everything is reduced to stupid one-liners. It is totally annoying and embarrassing. At some points the movie turns into blatant creationist propaganda.
At no point in the movie is there any suspense, tension or excitement. All scenes that are supposed to induce any of that do not work. Some of them are rehearsal from original Alien but only in a farcical manner. Others are ruined by completely because you just can't believe that anyone would do anything so dumb. Others just do not make any sense at all and just seem to be thrown in as an afterthought.
Prometheus is a very big disappointment. Its writing is just very very bad, as is all the acting in it. Even the imagery is pretty average Hollywood stuff and lacks any originality.
Obviously most of the budget was spent on pre-release marketing and there were no money left for hiring a able screenwriter or decent actors. A primary school child would have done a better job for tenner.