People: Are you seeing this? First reviews from France!

Screening was stopped due to theatre's sound system crashing twice. Volume had to be turned down in order to continue. I am a major Alien/Giger fan and had huuuge expectations for Prometheus. But the movie doesn't deliver. Poorly written, not well constructed. The ending is embarassing. *edited by Svanya, ending revealed/spoiled

It's fun to see that what some critics state as issue is what others state as good part. I think we can have a little idea, but I am still waiting for a review of one of us.

I hated Lost and have never made that a secret, after the second season I stopped watching. I don't go by what critics say, but I certainly go by what the people say, and it sounds a lot like the movie is a confusing mess. Looks like the cheesy ending we all were afraid of was added too... Everyone knows it will be visually stunning, like every Ridley Scott movie. I was worried about the story and seem I MIGHT be right. Still gonna see it though.

From the sounds of it here is what i can digest.... The movie will have links to Alien through out, these could include Weyland, Andriod David, Engineer and Derelict and also Organisms that we may find simularities in.... a Spider and Scorpion are two Arachnid Predators, but are not exactly alike. Or maybe its not even that close a connection like a Aligator and a Shark. But at the end of the movie their is more of a link.... But all these ties to Alien regarding Derelict, and Xeno are maybe not detailed and maybe somewhat vague in some cases, so it comes down to interpretation and some would be able to see more of a link than others. The effects are top notch from what is being said. Sadly it does seem that the movie revolves around two members of cast and that the others are there for canon fodder and others do not play as big role as we would have thought (Blows Twiter Girl and areyouseeingthis versions of the movie). So the movie does not use the cast well enough. The story it apears they are trying to fit so much in so short a space, maybe a bit like Star Wars 1-3 trying to be done in one movie... The most worrying aspect from the comments, seems to be how parts of the movie give no answers and make no sence or no reason. Yes this sounds like Lindelof and thus the movie is a Lost..... but in Space......... One would wonder what could have been if Lindelof had his ideas used like some of Spaits but never got so much controll over the movie.... So i have two screenings to go to, and it may take me that to try and fit all the peices together, mind you with a Lindelof movie maybe your never suposed to figure it out.... I hope its not a bad movie, as i got to go see it twice within 4 days lol

@John D. Thats a very good point..... If you take one viewer who has not seen Alien much or even at all, or they saw it once or a few times but not a fan... the only connection they would make with Alien would be the Xeno as it was seen from Aliens to AVP etc. They would maybe not even notice who the Jockey or Derelict was so much and thus any suptile link of such things inc Xeno to them in this movie would not make sence or seem as a link because only seeing the Xeno from Alien would make a link. Same goes with hard core Alien fan who want to see a Egg open up and someone get Face Hugged..... Another thing is one said you must stay untill end of the movie..... Does that mean that after the credits we get a suprise...... Lindelof did say he was a fan of movies that throw in suprise at the end of the movies, and ones that act as a Viral for Sequel... if after the Credits there is a scene, then i guess those who went before the credits would not have seen as such, and if there is such a scene then missing it could be missing one massive part of the puzzle.

@astroboy Thank you, astroboy.. how about the rest of the audience? Was it just the press invited? If you have a Twitter feed that you would like to share with us it would be cool to follow it...

I watched every single season of Lost and stuck it out till the end hoping to get some answers. Needless to say, they never came and the show ended with a big disappointment. Lindelof said when the show was just getting started that everything we see in it had a scientific explanation. I think the reason he is so popular in Hollywood is that he is a marketing departments dream come true. He really know the fans and how to sell them an idea that will get them really interested. When Lindelof says that he threw a connection to Alien in there just for the fans, I take it with a grain of salt. Those of you who did not watch Lost will not understand what the critics mean when they say "unanswered questions". They don't mean it in a good way, they mean that there were things shown to the audience that simply did not make a lot of sense. For instance, in Lost there was a temple with strange writing and pillars that was actually similar to what we see in Promotheus, it was never explained what that temple was. If there is no explanation to what happened to the dead Engineers, who the Engineer in the chair is, why the Engineer in the beginning sacrificed himself, and where the creatures they use come from, I will not be surprised in the least.

mmmm im a bit depressed now ..but in 2 days i will know ( great work by Sparty here )

Me too, Frantz...what I'm fearing is that they say it's confusing...confusing and complex are different things...

I´ll kick Lindelofs arse if he ruined Scotts movie..i swear..;) [i]what a chance..what a mess..[/i]

I totally forgot about the targeting a teenage audience part, wasn't Scott originally pushing for a PG-13 rating?

Sorry but i don't twit. Yes, screening was organized for the french médias and from what i can tell, réactions were not enthuasiastic. Once again expectations for the movie were ridiculously high so backlash is inevitable. Second screening will take place tomorrow at ten. Hope i'm not killing the whole thing for people on this forum.

@ astroboy don't worry about killing the film for the people on the boards. I think we are all in desperate need of a reality check before we all go see it theaters ourselves. I want my expectations lowered to a realistic level so I am not crushed when I finally see it.

@Drakeequation; That is what I do, keep it low. Seriously, I had no expectations but to see beautiful visuals so looks like I am in for a treat. :P

@astroboy Could you send me a PM showing why you thought it was confusing but not revealing big details?

@Svanya my expectations were extremely high, I actually thought this was going to be better than Blade Runner, Alien, Aliens, and 2001 a Space Odyssey. Don't know why, but I just had the feeling that this was going to be the be-all-end-all science fiction masterpiece of the century. Should have known better as soon as Lindelof showed his face in interviews sitting beside Scott...

@astroboy Thank you again, astroboy for your honest opinion and for not give out too many spoilers... do not worry , we are still watching the movie!!!

Why on earth would you guys be mad at lindelof?? Ridley hired him ffsake and he read the story lindelof wrote and he directed the movie so he saw what was going on... If it's crap it isn't soley lindelof's fault. XD Ridley had had hits and misses his whole career, one thing stands though, his movies are ALWAYS visually stunning and the music/Soundtracks are to die for.

What i don't get is why Scott/Fox choose not to work with on the project. His vision is cruelly missing.

@ Svanya I dunno, Matchstick Men, Hannibal, A Good Year, and Body of Lies weren't all that visually stunning.