Utter rubbish

Rating: 3/10 (5 July 2012)

I have just returned from a showing of Prometheus and I must say that this film is completely absurd. Unlike many reviewers here, I did not partake in the hype surrounding this movie and did not come in expecting a great masterpiece. That said, I must add that I was certainly not ready for such a mediocre movie, especially when one considers that Ridley Scott has directing credits for some of the greatest Sci-fi films of all time.'Prometheus' not only boasts shallow dialogue, poor performances by most of the cast, a predictable plot, zero character development and more plot holes than any movie I have ever seen, it also has little or nothing to do with the 'Alien' franchise, and should not have been publicized as such. Such deception makes one wonder whether this movie was ever intended to be anything more than Mr. Scott's personal vanity project, perhaps an attempt to show the world that his repertoire of film genres is not limited to epic historical dramas. Since many of the plot holes have been elaborated upon and analyzed in other reviews, I'll just say that the only reason I gave this movie more than one star is due to the agreeable performances by Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace,the interesting concepts regarding the alien species and technologies, and the fan bonus of getting to know about the 'Space Jockey' race.