brilliant on so many levels

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2012)

This is the movie that officially killed Guillermo Del Toro's "At the Mountains of Madness" so if anyone should be holding a grudge against this movie, it should be me.
It goes without saying - this movie is absolutely stunning. Everything from visuals to music to acting to special FX. They really rolled out everything to make this movie good and I'm glad they did because it's absolutely fantastic. I started watching this fully expecting to hate it, and I went away with my breath taken away and my mind reeling.
This movie will NOT passively entertain you. If you're the type that disengages their brain when the lights go out, this movie is NOT for you. This movie is science fiction/thriller. I would go on to say it's probably more speculative science fiction, because it leaves a lot to the viewer to interpret/discover on their own. I have no problem with this, because I absolutely love puzzling stuff out. If you don't, or if you hate TV shows like Lost, this is NOT the movie for you.
The intense emotional response to this movie tells me that a lot of people don't like thinking about the consequences of human behavior. "Prometheus" is about many things - but IMO the most important is how we act as a society and how our behavior affects others. Ironically, the people raging against this movie are the ones who need to understand this the most.