Prometheus (2012)

That was an excellent one.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Notice: I wasn't hyped at all as I'm not a geeky cinephile. I found it highly entertaining and I was tense all the time, loved it. Technically, however...1. A little ALIEN-ish. 2. Clichéd as the main hero is the only one to survive but loved how the main character was a woman. 3. Unnecesary/convenient second sex scene, they could be more realistic, like falling asleep from deprivation, sickness, etc. 4. The most absurd thing: Why a robot would redye his hair (roots)? He doesn't need a body to live, I don't get how he has to retouch some "natural" hair in the first place. (refer to first scenes when David watches an old movie he's obsessed with) 5. 3737282866 reasons to find bad things and incongruencies.My favourite scene was the caesarian procedure. It was interesting and I'm well aware there was once a doctor who operated on himself for appendicitis, so...Don't hate it hut I didn't fall in love. I had contradicting feelings about this movie.

Stunning visual effects seamlessly extend the practical into the digital realm. It becomes impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins.The search for mankind's creators leads to much more thought-provoking storytelling than previous Alien entries contained.The violence and gore is about what you'd expect from a big-budget tentpole. It never reaches for obscure indie goregasms, but Prometheus definitely earns its R-rating.

Against my better judgement, I watched this cinematic train wreck on cable TV last night. Ouch!For one thing, there's very little material that's original. It has ancient astronauts ("Stargate"), contamination by alien lifeforms ("Andromeda Strain"), hostile extra-terrestrials ("The Thing From Another World"), an expedition gone wrong ("Aliens"), squabbling crew members ("Alien"), giant spaceships that crash spectacularly ("Independence Day"), and a mysterious benefactor ("Contact").Worse yet, the plot is a complete mess and the characters poorly written, and I stopped caring about this movie around the mid-point. It relies too heavily on fancy computer graphics but a story, one which actually made sense, was, somehow, missing.The only reason I continued watching it (while I happened to be doing something else at the time) was to say that I saw it to the end. I would have switched it off after, say, half an hour, but, then, I wouldn't have seen how terrible a movie this was.The greatest disappointment about this is that it was directed by Ridley Scott, someone who made good movies at one time (e. g., "Blade Runner" and "Blackhawk Down"). I thought his "Robin Hood", made just a few years earlier, was a clunker, but this flick is worse than either of those.If you like good science fiction, give this disaster a wide berth. There are lots of better SF films out there, some of which I mentioned earlier, that are better and more entertaining.

I have to admit that the first time I saw Prometheus I thought it was just awful. After viewing Alien Covenant where the story is expanded upon I decided to see this movie again. I don't know what I must've thought. Prometheus is actually a very interesting and well done movie. I think having the context of its sequel answered a lot of questions about this movie. Admittedly there are still some gaping holes esp those regarding what the motivations of the Engineers really was at the beginning of the movie juxtaposed to the end. Nevertheless I found this thoroughly enjoyable and have already rewatched it multiple times and enjoyed it even more. I would give it a strong 8 out of 10