Like everybody else, I really wanted to like the movie. Some of Ridley Scott's stuff is genuinely very good. (in my opinion anyways) But coming out of the theater, I really didn't enjoy it that much. I feel bad because I've read reviews and some people genuinely loved it (while others really thought it was awful). I think I'd give it a 4/10. I probably should have kept my expectations lower; I might have enjoyed it more. If you weren't expecting Alien or Aliens, I think it could be a good movie.

At least it explained the Space Jockey/Engineer more after 30+ years of asking 'What was that elephant-looking Alien in the seat gazing into that "telescope?"' lol. I swear, it seems like after all this time, they introduced this incredible Alien species, and they just completely forgot about it throughout the rest of the Alien Movies (outside of a few small references anyways).

My friends said it would have been really amazing if it was a sy-fy channel movie. My friend gave it a 2/5 while the other said it was mediocre and a let down.

I think expectations were rather high - a lot of friends raved about it before they even saw it - now they're saying it sucked

Honestly. Need to see it again.
I actually found this with Alien 1 and 2 (yes I know it was two different directors). By watching them again I got alot more out of the films then the first time.

The movie was alot of fun... I was just a little underwelmed. I expected it to answer more questions and the ending pretty much left a big TO BE CONTINUED sorta moment. Also I didn't really care about the charecters mostly because we found out very little about any of them.

Hopefully they will be doing a part 2 or whatever.

Going to see this soon, I do enjoy Scott's films. Now wondering what to expect :/

Good movie overall, a little slow paced but interesting nonetheless. The last scene brought a huge wave of nostalgia, and i'm sure we'll see a continuation to this story!

Good movie.. the first time round. Not worth watching again (unless you somehow missed all the information).

Never was going to be a classic. It started too slow to be a classic. There wasn't enough action. But I guess thats what the next 2 movies will be....

Saw it a second time with my girlfriend as she had yet to see it. I enjoyed it more to be honest, noticed a few tidbits as well that made it better overall hahaha

Dude, I loved the shit out of this movie, I'd give it a 9/10. I'm probably going to see it again just because it was so great.

I didn't find it too slow or too fast, I thought the pacing was perfect and TBH I love movies that leave things unanswered, it makes me so much more invested in the story.


The only question (out of many that arose) that goes unanswered is why did the Engineers create this biological weapon and invite humans to their deaths?


I don't think a second film needs to be made, this explains the origins of humans and the Xenomorph.

To be honest, I really don't know what to think. I'd like to say I liked it because I've waited for this movie for like a year, but then again I think I was disappointed because it didn't live up to the hype that I gave it. I think I would have to see it one more time to actually make my decision.

I think Prometheus presented some pretty compelling imagery and acting performances, and perhaps the background to the story is insanely rich and complex...but what they put on the screen in terms of story is seriously lacking. Honestly, any movie where you have to rely on interviews with the director to fill in the plot holes, background, symbolism and character motivations isn't doing it right. Prometheus hinted at a grand and epic scope, but delivered a claustrophobic and cut-off viewpoint that left the machinations of the antagonists incomprehensible, and the motivations of the protagonists indecipherable.

[Spoilers]"Well, it's sin-goo, see, and it mimics your demeanor, becoming an abhorrent biological weapon of destruction in the presence of the evil of mankind by subordinating both the fearful imagery of his dark, twisted soul and his genetic pro-creative processes, as revenge for the crucifixion of Jesus, who is obviously an alien emissary of the engineers, they being a representation of man's proto-self and having been imbibed with the power of divinity via science! I mean, black slime equals sin equals jesus equals aborted squid-monster, it's all very one-two-three, very connect-the-dots. Here, read Neitsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, then watch these interviews, oh, and familiarize yourself with the New Testament. It's sooooo obvious now, isn't it? The engineer tears the android's head off and kills everyone in the room because the android is a mis-representation of the selfless model of perfection man was meant to achieve, begotten of man's greed and there as an errand-boy for an unenlightened glutton who wants more life, like Roy from Blade Runner. A two-year-old could figure this shit out!"


So, yeah, I didn't find it the be-all-end-all statement I'd hoped for. I do believe the background to the story, as pieced together by various interviews, reference to written work, and seat-of-the-pants conjecture on my part could be something special....it just didn't manifest in the movie itself...and these (let's call them "douche bags" because it's entertaining) people that read all those interviews with writers and directors, and peruse all the blogs written about the theory behind the movie, then come out swinging with quips like "I can't believe you didn't get the obvious metaphors here," and "the symbolism is self-evident" and all that can just suck it: There's little in the movie itself to justify these connections to a larger back-story, or creative links to religion and philosophy...in other words, the movie itself is what I prefer to critique, not the more far-reaching thoughts of the writers that, while they may be compelling, just didn't make it into the film.

Here's a hard example of what I'm talking about: When the party is exploring the engineers' hangout, one of them makes the observation that the facility is 2000 years old. Now, according to interviews with the writers, this is a reference to the time of Jesus, and that the supposed straw that broke the camel's back and made the engineers build a weapons facility with the intent of destroying humanity was the crucifixion of Jesus, he being an emissary of the engineers meant to show us how to right the course as a species. Sorry, but while that may be a great plot point, simply having "2000 years ago" appear once in the dialogue isn't enough for any audience member besides Jeff Goldblum to draw that conclusion. The antagonists in this film have complex motivations, but every opportunity to bring these to light, or give the audience even a cursory outline of their motivations, is wasted.

One might be asking, "With the the decision having been made by the engineers to wipe humanity out, what obligation do the antagonists have to reveal their purpose to the crew, and what opportunities do they have to do so?" Well, to that I say the obligation is that of the writers, and the android himself seems a character designed with exactly that in mind....he deciphers their language, and much of their intent, early on. He could serve as the perfect translating mechanism between the mind of the author and the audience. But at the one opportunity for dialogue between the two species, the engineer is written to immediately tear his head off. At other opportunities for the android to expose the machinations of the engineers, such as when he enters and manipulates their computers for information, he stays quiet. So, there are these perfect opportunities to let the audience in on some of your plot, but they're wasted...

Here's a thought: Wouldn't this have made a better tv show? Imagine if, instead of two-hours or so of exposition, you had tens of hours to flesh out the plot and provide hints and detail...I think this was written by someone in a tv-centric hand, having bitten off too much background and plot to portray well in the running time allotted, and leaving way too much expose in the dark recesses off-camera. I get the sense this is an epic story that was only given an episode's worth of storytelling.