Absolutely no reason for existing

Rating: 5/10 (8 June 2012)

I walked out of Prometheus feeling drained and unsure how I felt, which is how I felt throughout the entire movie. As a movie watched for entertainment value, Prometheus was a complete failure. Thus, I had to think hard about why I felt so underwhelmed and indifferent. Piece by piece the realization came to me. Prometheus was awful. There was no reason for it to exist. It's never entertaining. As a thoughtful intelligent piece of science fiction, it is neither thoughtful nor intelligent. Characters are bland and their actions contrast to how any real human being or modern scientist would behave in a similar situation. Dialogue is full of terrible almost quote for quote shout outs to previous films of the saga, and it is cringe inducing. It felt like their wasn't a single drop of scientific research conducted for the film, which makes this movie feel more like a fantasy flick with technology in it rather than true science fiction. No one behind the film's creation seems to have any clue how human beings think or behave. The story is straight forward and yet incomprehensible. Prometheus doesn't answer a single question regarding itself or the universe it is a part of. It only creates more questions and cuts the legs out from behind what was established in the only 2 good things the Alien saga has going for it. The only thing the film gets right is visuals, and some of those get horribly heavy handed. The end result is a film that brings nothing to the Alien universe, nothing to the genre, and nothing as a form of entertainment. It comes down to being a 2 hour tech demo and special effect reel. If you like special effects, this is a movie for you. If you like intelligent movies, good characters, good story-telling, solid science-fiction, or creatures, this isn't the film you are looking for. The creatures are amazing in this film, but they occupy 2 minutes of a 2 hour film.