Disappointed - A Crashing Bore

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2013)

Spoilers within***
I heard there were mixed reviews when the film was released so decided to leave it till the DVD came out. I purposely did not read the reviews because I love Sci-Fi and decided to give the film a go anyway.
However, what a bore it was. It looks beautiful but it is dull and worst of all - plain stupid and inconsistent. The characters are so irritating. I hated every single one of them. They all behaved so illogically it was unbelievable.
Scientists would take their helmets off on an alien planet? Ridiculous, if one is serious. Examine a strangely undecomposed alien head with no barrier (such as a suit with separate air supply) between them and it. Really? Stick electrodes in it! Why? Frankenstein's monster?
A character rants on that he's only there for the money!! Not sure if he and the other character that was with him were supposed to be like Parker and Brett from Alien. However, although Parker and Brett grumbled about money - they came across like real workers convinced management was doing them over. They were essentially decent people and you cared what happened to them. I didn't care about any character in Prometheus. Did I mention, I hated them all?
The two guys in Prometheus got scared seeing a dead alien - OK. They left and got lost - OK put it down to panic. They thought there was a life form in another part of the building so they went in the opposite direction - OK. The Captain doesn't care - weird! The guys choose to go into a scary room - why? They see a live alien that looks like a cross between a giant worm and an albino cobra - they want to pet it and cuddle it. Now COME ON!!!!! Was this meant to be like Jurassic Park? This alien looks neither cute nor harmless.
In Alien - the equivalent scene is more subtle. Kane is trying to understand what is happening. He is curious. Whereas in Prometheus, we get dumb scene after dumb scene.
Why does the android act the way he does? Is he under orders for every action he carries out? Does he have human feelings? Is he angry because the brain dead, drunken action man scientist called him boy? Why does he want to experiment on a human? Nobody knows. Whereas, although Ash in Alien was under orders, this unfolded slowly, there was subtlety there - he admired the alien. You felt Ash would have done what he did even if he was not under orders. His behaviour made sense.
When the Prometheus explorers first enter an alien room with an enormous bust that looks human, no one seems shocked. Ho hum.
Is this meant to be the first time humans land on another planet or encounter anything alien? Who knows, again.
Why is Weyland hiding?
What is the point of Charlize Theron's character?
What is the alien at the beginning of the film really doing? If he is putting his DNA into the primordial soup to create life and eventually humans, then why is there already a breathable atmosphere on earth and grass growing? Is he really trying to kill off existing life on earth? Who knows.
Why don't I feel sympathy for Shaw despite her 30 second back-story about her desire for children? Ho hum. The script and plot (what plot?) is more at fault than the actors.
There are too many unanswered questions to make this film enjoyable. Other people have highlighted the inconsistencies and plot holes and nonsensical actions by stupid characters - there are so many and so in your face that it makes the film jarring to watch.
If a film has a reasonable storyline and script, you just wouldn't notice these things at the time or you just wouldn't mind. Look at Star Trek over the years spouting scientific gobbledygook and changing Klingons....