Shining, yet empty shell

Rating: 4/10 (6 June 2012)

I disliked it very much when I say this at opening day in Belgium. My disappointment was so big I had to come back to IMDb, where you find the opinions of the actual audience.
Given the defenses of all the apologists, I give it a second try with lowered expectations. No excitement this time, 'cause I knew what I was getting into.
I'm sorry, but still, NO. Despite the fact that I buried my head in the popcorn bucket during the opening, because of its main music theme which reminds me of Jurassic Park, I wanted so much to open up to this movie. But they lost me again from the moment the crew woke up and Prometheus coveniently found their point of location minutes upon entering the planet's atmosphere without scanning the surface in the first place.
I was particularly paying attention to David for him to give answers to the issues I had with this movie. Even though I agree that David might be the key to the story, it still doesn't hold up. So much holes in this amateuristic attempt at a movie.
It remains a shallow story which, even at a second viewing with lowered expectations, comes off as either annoying or as a brainless story that just looks good.
No more Prometheus for me. It's a shallow, element-stealing movie wanting to appear unique. (AVP rehash, anyone?)
A last note, regarding the confusing reviews; how can you give this kind of a movie a positive review simply because of its visual beauty, when - at the same time - you declare it crappy, script-wise?
Signing off. Stopped searching. Good luck to you Shaw.