visually strong but unengaging

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2012)

i was really looking forward to prometheus. I'm sad to say i was disappointed. The film looked great. Visually very strong. I'm not sure the 3d added anything to the overall look of the film but when does it ever? My main problem was the incoherent plot and the lack of any decent characters bar Fassbenders sublime android impression. Without giving anything away the film left me cold. I consider myself a fairly intelligent adult and most of the film i was scratching my head. Michael Fassbender was great. The rest of the cast less so. Charlize Theron was OK. But with Theron you expect more than OK. As for the heroine Rapace seemed to vulnerable to suddenly become all gung ho and attempt to save the human race almost single handedly. Am going to watch it again to give it another chance but i fear my first impressions will be confirmed