Completely disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (10 June 2012)

Since I saw Alien, I'd become a fan of Ridley Scott. I followed each one of his films as a believer of his art. He had raises and falls as everyone but is comprehensible in such a prolific creator. Most of his falls were greatly compensated by his risings. But his two latest productions are completely disappointing. Robin Hood was a real disaster and Prometheus makes us believe that the great director is losing his grasp. There is nothing that really surprises or excites you in this film, visually and dramatically. From the beginning, the movie throws at your appetite lots of intriguing and exciting clues that, in the end, disintegrate with no answers and with any relation between them. There is a lot of pretending big talk that doesn't take you to any transcendental philosophic brainstorm and makes the movie boringly long in some parts. You can't find an actual premise or a real conflict which can move the dramatic action so the movie gets completely stagnant and all characters and actors performances superfluous. You don't have real turning points and surprises. Although it has the most outstanding special effects, is a waste of money and time to see it in IMAX 3D.The computer work is magnificent and the visual effects have monumental magnitudes but there isn't anything that really stunning throughout the film. This is caused, in part, by the dependence from the designing conception from Alien and in part by the lack of a real imagination and the credibility of the details. There are lots of things that escape from the former thoroughness of the director. Will Ridley Scott try to answer all those loosen clues and unanswered questions in another post-pre-sequel? I really don't care; I won't risk my money and time in seeing the second part of Prometheus.