Story ideas picked out at random by monkey flinging poop at a wall

Rating: 3/10 (13 June 2012)

Who wrote this movie, Damon Lindelof? You mean the guy who wrote Lost? I was never a fan of Lost, I thought it was one of those illogical shows filled with contrivances to trick those of average and lower intelligence into thinking something interesting was happening...
Which not surprisingly ends up being exactly what was going on in Prometheus. Boy oh boy did Damon Lindelof outdo himself this time, wow!!
I can't even list all the absurd plot devices that come out of nowhere and have no explanation. It would physically harm my brain to try and hold that collection of ideas in my mind long enough to make sense of just how much none of it makes any sense.
It's like being transported into the mind of a chimp in a science experiment being fed liquefied crack through an IV.
What's terrifying here is that someone apparently thought this movie made enough sense to spend many millions on it creating some of the best 3D effects I have ever seen. THAT is freaking scary.
On top of the absurd plot devices, things that would embarrass most comic book writers, the acting is largely atrocious. I don't know who the two bit, bit players they dug up for this movie are, but they were embarrassingly bad at times. Was it their fault, was it the script, was it the directing? I have no idea. The only bright spot is Michael Fassbender, who well and truly nails his role as the android. Fassbender and the effects are the only two saving graces, otherwise this movie would have been a total waste.
Also, that was Guy Pierce as the old man?? I loved Guy Pierce in Memento and I think he's someone who could have brought something more to this movie, but he has a meaningless role in heavy old man makeup.
This is one of those movies that just doesn't know what it wants to be, the writer doesn't have the ability to tell a story and get secondary meanings across, it's all ham handed and an insult to the intelligence of sci-fi fans everywhere. The cinematography, effects, sets were all pretty strong. But there were a few set pieces that looked like something out of an old Star Trek episode. Overall the movie is just inconsistent, nonsensical, not worth the time.