Prometheus is Pretty Preposterous

Rating: Null/10 (22 September 2017)

How to make a Si-Fi clone: First, re-cycle the script for Alien (which someone has already said, was really not much better than a 50's B movie anyway) then add a couple of ideas very similar to 2001, shuffle a few pages around - add one or two minor new thoughts to make it look as if it's somehow different. The result: Prometheus - a multi- million dollar effort that struggles to deliver. Pity the poor folk that paid good money to see it, thinking it might be special - only to come away wanting their money back.
Next, add heaps of gore and repugnant CGI monsters - with tons of explosions and you have a movie for sci-fi addicted audiences the world over. But, from the look of so many user comments...most saw through this box office 'mix' of emptiness. I've always found Riddly Scott to be somewhat overrated but then, some are not that hard to please or just don't know the works that are being copied. Apart from a good looking intro/main title - accompanied by interesting musical orchestrations and a couple of good performances, the rest that rolls out is either old hat or scientifically ridiculous. If you like the predictable, or this director's 'style', you could be happy, otherwise, move on to something with substance.