Just back from the midnight showing (spoilers-inside)

Just saw Prometheus. I've no idea what my opinion of this movie is yet. Elements of it were outstanding. Others were very, very poor. As for the link to Alien? Very tenuous. Confusing even. I liked: The opening scene - Outstanding The Space Jockeys - initially I was disappointed when I found out there were humanoid. But they are actually very cool. Set design - Awe inspiring Score - Epic David - He's brilliant in it I disliked: Just about every character apart from Janek, Shaw and David - In fairness most of them were canonfodder, but others were just very unlikeable (Fifield especially) Pacing - The film feels like a heavily edited TV version. It seems very obvious there is going to be a lengthy director's cut. Protoxeno - Film would have been better without it. Seriously, it looks awful. Unfinished - Clearly released as half of a story. Lindelof's influence - The film stinks of it. More questions raised that answered. Seriously, It's like Lindelof deliberately does this to piss viewers off. Alien Connection - In the final 8 minutes Shaw and David's head leave in a SJ ship. The final dialogue in the film is Shaw leaving a warning message advising no ship to come to the point of origin. It's like they are trying to suggest that the planet is LV426. If this is the case, the eggs, SJ in the seat with the hole in it's chest, remains of the Prometheus ship etc all remain unanswered points in Alien. As gutted as I am to admit it, Prometheus is a mediocre film overall, however, I did enjoy it... I think. I'll need to sleep on it. A director's cut (and possibly a sequel) could go a long way towards rectifying a lot of the film's flaws, but ultimately I wanted to see a great story in a great film. Instead I saw a flawed story in half a film. This score may change, but at the moment 5/10. Feel free to ask any questions :)