I enjoyed most of it...but....

Rating: 4/10 (10 June 2012)

Good afternoon from Sydney Australia, the weather is as bleak as the original Alien, but I shall press on. Despite the hype, and conjecture I was looking forward to being taken back to the world of my youth. Alien took the light out of science fiction, and created a wonderfully Gothic vision.... Prometheus, brought that light back into what should be a dark space. Much has been said of the script, the screenwriters, the director etc.. I shall only speak of the movie itself. Flawed it was, character development was weak. The Android premise was recycled from the original Alien, and although Michael Fassbinder was wonderful as Peter O Toole, it was "Meh". The most talked about scene (which you all know) relied to heavily on CGI, in fact most of the movies more 'squeamish' moments were. Lets not even draw comparisons to the "battle" at the end of the movie between our ancestor and the slug...i.e DREAMCATCHER... Did I feel a sense of dread?? No... Did I buy the premise?? Sadly NO.Was it worth the $35.00 for Imax 3D..Well, considering the most exciting aspect of my 3D experience was the IMAX 3D promo, NO...It had elemental beauty, but all in all..I was somewhat disappointed. Maybe if this is 1 of 3, Mr Scott, can find what made the original such a success. I guess he is in a happy space in his life, therefore we get a watered down vision of our ancestors...What a shame Dan O Bannon passed away he would have been great to write the next story/script. In space no one can hear you scream....They almost heard me scream at Imax Darling Harbour...