Poll Question: What Did You Think Of Prometheus?

looked really pretty but was really lacking in places for me.

if your going to do a big ideas and themes sci fi film (like 2001) its best to do it when a handful of characters and a very "simple" plot at face value.

doing a big ensemble piece while trying to develop a few characters while playing with this big ideas, in this film at least, is spreading yourself a bit too thin.

but like i said, looked pretty and fassbender was great

weirdly would have been better if it allowed itself to not have to be "smart"

alien worked well because the idea was purely that of any old stalk and slash movie, expect it was in space with an alien rather than in a house with a guy with a knife, so they could do a bit more interesting stuff with the few characters there were

Best movie this year so far. It left me with questions and countless random outburst of praise to my wife about it. Good questions, ones that will definitely make me watch the sequel.

I wanted to love it. It was just ok, good efffects the story was quite boring. I thought the secrecy before it came out was because it was gonna be awesome, turns out there really was not much to say about it. but then I saw aliens last night and it made Prometheus look like driving miss daisy

@DoubleD

basically the space jockey in alien was a one shot question that i was fine with not being answered all these years/at all.

they decided to answer that one shot with 2 hours that still didnt manage to really address it well and aparently another 2 movies...

which ill watch

I enjoyed it. Actually, I really enjoyed it, but I'll be the first to admit that there are SEVERAL plot holes and I left the theater with more questions than answers.

I'm looking forward to the longer cut.

@DoubleD: its time for your nap. you hate it. i got it. don't mind you hating, but reposting the same sh!t over and over is boring.

add to the debate if you choose to hate!

@MartianSupermanhunter22: did your wife see it as well and if so what did she think about it? mine really liked it and its hard to get a female perspective on this site (i am still convinced most 'ladies' here are really just dudes with no life, i.e people like me)

Boogie- my wife loved the movie. Although she's getting tired of me talking about.

It was just flat. The film didn't do anything to advance an independent movie or franchise. This was an "Alien" movie. The problem is that there weren't any Alien's well...you know what I mean.

The film didn't produce the mystery or discovery that was implied or promised...instead they all run around in a "cave" or the ship they came in.

The pedigree of this film is what makes it "good"...not great. This is another great starting point for Alien and or a sequal to Prometheus. At the end of the day it was uninvolved, cliche' and flat. NO SUBSTANCE.

I agree w/ Maximus. Best movie so far this year.

I thought it was a great movie. The suspense when they were exploring the tunnels had me on the edge of my seat and the story kept me intrigued from beginning to end. I thought the performances were brilliant, but I would have really liked to see more of the captain. A great mix between horror and sci-fi in my opinion.

I thought it was an 'almost' great sci-fi film, mared by some awfully-written (and acted) characters and a rather lazy third act. Fassbender and Rapace were the stand-outs, Theron was wasted and the make-up on Pearce looked wholly unconvincing. Had a couple of good creepy moments but the use of the 'operation machine' (or whatever it was called) was telegraphed so far in sdvance...it's not the film I was hoping it would be but I would still give it a solid 3.5/5. I saw it flat and am considering seeing it again in 3D.

Movie was good but DAMON LINDELOF ruined it with his ideas and rewrite....The script didn't make sense and answered NOTHING. We didn't even get motives for major things the characters choose to do! DO NOT BRING HIM BACK as a writer for the second film... We already know that it will more akin to Aliens then Alien. Shaw and David travel to the homeworld or LV 426 and we'll see more jockeys and get the answers we didn't in Prometheus.

I thought it was very good; it really makes you think. They don't come right out and say what happened/is happening; you have to piece the puzzle together yourself.

The movie was pure junk. 'grand themes' -- not really. None of the themes were ever developed or explored. The film felt like a series of ideas that were strung together with chewing gum.

The script needed about 10 more rewrites. I've already explained why in another post and I won't repeat myself. BAD FILM.

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After reading all the posts I think the nays have it. I will avoid seeing this movie until its free on HBO in 2 years.
I like sci fi with substance, this doesnt seem like it.
Of course, I havent seen it. But the nays had better points.

i loved the visuals. just astonishing locations and set design. its just that, well...if you watched the trailer, you watched the whole damn movie!

People that hate this movie .. are the ones that are too stupid to understand it.

Not not sooo bad those large aliens were super buff and I really hope they do a sequel coz the story ain't wack at all.