Review of Prometheus (2012) by Imaculata — 03 Jun 2015

An insulting sci-fi movie, that delivers an anti-science message, and insults the intelligence of its audience. A huge budget and a few star names cannot disguise what is really just a badly written pretentious movie rife with plot holes that are not minor, and which leans on a whole lot of religious symbolism and pseudo psychology, based in part on the ramblings of well known fraud, Erich Von Däniken.

This movie cannot stand in the shadow of Alien. Right from the start any intelligent viewer will be pulling his hairs out due to the illogical actions of the characters, and their dumb dialogue. The irony here is that every single death in the movie could have been entirely prevented, had any of the scientists behaved like actual scientists.

And this is exactly what makes the movie so insulting. It delivers a message that science and skepticism are bad things (such as being skeptical that the air on an alien planet is breathable). It portrays a lead scientist who doesn't use science, but "chooses to believe something is true".

Can we get a different lead scientist for this mission please?! This movie could easily be renamed to "Please don't stick your fingers in that, -the movie". When characters behave so suicidally stupid, it becomes impossible to be invested in the characters as a viewer.

There's some really cheap sequel baiting at the end too.