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Juxtapose - it's impossible to be a fan of this movie, it's CRAP! I really didn't have any objections before I went to see it, I just wanted to spend a nice afternoon, but this films insults my intelligence, and the storytelling or rather the lack of it made me furious, because the price I paid for a ticket counts towards their revenue, but I want a refund, but I won't get it of course, so this is the only way I can let 'the world' know that I did not like the movie! They will include my presence in the movie theatre towards their advantage and I hate it. By the way, the trailer is really misleading. The film is boring in parts and it's is not a quarter as intelligent as the trailer suggests.

I want the movie book (and not the frickin picture book either)!!!!!!! I need someone to really delve into that new universe and explore explore explore... If I could write, I would do it myself!

No they put a lot of weird thing and inconcistencies in there just so fools would view it a second time. The 33.000 years thing is simple maths at hands of the data provided in the movie from the different ages of the bodies of Space Jockey's. "It's a Question of direction': lol Noomy has to roll away two meters to get from beneath the ship, a ship that was so vast. 3D mapping isn't the question, it is from where they contact the mothership, so what if it wasn't fully analyzed by then yet? Why try explaining all the faults, you won't succeed, you're just lying to yourself. But I think it is cool you enjoyed the movie and got your money's worth. I'm envious of you. I feel like I got robbed of money and my childhood memories. The epic space Jockey that sent shivers down my spine is just another human(oid), acting like a silly human, being weak and lame. The xenomorph race are just its stupid pets created by chance. That's how the entire Scott legacy gets annihilated. They've completely HUMANIZED (also with the religion/philosophy) an ALIEN world. That's just insanely stupid choice in my book.

The film creates lots of controversy and discussion because it was supposed to be good and it turned out a flop. (Of course not in financial terms, but it's too early to judge.) There are so many things that do not add up that it's impossible to get out of your chair after watching it and not to point them out. Anybody would feel the urge, right?

@JDOG. That just sounds like lots of things that people didn't like, but Fifi getting lost sounds pretty solid, though I don't think they imply its Janeks fault. Janek later tells Fifi and Milburn that the map balls have found something, so He definitely cant communicate with them anymore. Unless we see him throw down a bit of tech or give it to Shaw when he's getting all grumpy then we have a problem.

Seems like a lot of people here consider anyone who has seen the movie and did not like it to automatically be trolls. I've been on this board for a very long time and I have seen the film. Yes, I am in the states and yes, I downloaded it. I've been very excited for this film, even discounting the negative overseas press. "They just don't get it. It's for the fans." I thought. I was wrong. The movie, aside from looking REALLY good, is garbage. It fails to deliver on every level. I'm not saying don't go see it. Go see it. It is, from a purely technical standpoint, a beautiful-looking movie. Just don't go expecting the masterpiece we all hoped for because it isn't one. Go in expecting to see the most expensive B movie ever made and you will have a good time.

Well i have a number of problems with the movie just minor gripes... I already said the movie had too much it was trying to cover and not enough time to cover it in depth.... maybe thats just me... maybe thats just Lindelofs style and maybe some get it and love it but i dont.... Anyway here we go.... (note to mods i am not going about this in a trolling or childish way but respectfull and it would be nice to have some respect back, if people dont agree with some of my points then defend those points i have problems with by debating). Ok first minor niggle was the Fifield attack and Engineer, they seemed rushed action scenes, i said they seemed like scenes from a R/18 slasher movie cut down for a PG-13 or 15..... I.e all they both seemed to do was throw people about. Fifield did do a number on the one guy by bashing on his head... and the Engineer did do the business to David 8. The other deaths by those two was by being thrown about. Now this gripe i think will be sorted in the DVD release because Ridley said cuts had to be made so they can pass for a 15 cert to attract bigger potential box office. So i think those scenes had more graphic detail to them which we can see in the DVD/Blue-Ray release. I mean we did see Fords face in the featurettes being rendered for CGI which i thought WTF was that done for as all she was done was thrown on the floor and it never showed much.... ah.... but alas with what Ridley said i bet we see exactly what happens to her on DVD. So thats one gripe that i think a full un cut movie will fix... Also the movie had a goofy moment and cheesy ones, now i think some of the crew came across as not being exactly the smartest people in the world. And Milburn certainly made a silly error you would not expect from a Biologist.... but then again maybe he was caught up in the moment and the excitement of seeing his first Alien lifeform took over. You know if a UFO was to hover over your house.... not every one will run away.... some may be over come by the excitement that we are not alone and just stare in amazement and if it landed would even walk up to it.... So i can also put up with what Milburn did.... The cheesy end comments by Ravel and Chance about the bet they had after they agreed to stay with their captain to the end.... while cheesy i felt it was just to add to some fun to the movie..... I mean many Sci Fi movies have cheesy moments and Independance Day has some aswell... So again i dont have a major problem with that.... ------------------------------------------- However two things that i do think stand out as bizare and one is well what was the point and the other a massive plot hole... 1) When Milburn and Fifield are walking about in the temple and Janek picks up movement that then was not detected again, he put it down to a clitch.... was he being serious...... Surely a Captain of the ship should stay and do his duty and make sure he gets to the bottom of any problems with the propes and keep a eye on what they are picking up and thus stay up and monitor the Holomap etc to have the stranded crew members backs.... This would have gone with the Character who would sacrefice himself and go down with the ship to save Earth.... But nope, he was more bothered about making a pass at Vickers than looking out and after the stranded Science Team members... Oh and what of Cold Vickers..... takes him up on his offer to go back for what.... a bit of Nooky..... Nope sorry that whole scene to me did not fit the profile of the Characters it was ultimate cheese and well no real point.... 2) Davids mission was to infect someone, after they find out Shaw is impregnated with a Organism thats not Human, then Weyland may have struck potential jackpot.... So David must had been ordered with Ford to sedate Shaw so they can get her into Cryo Sleep or even Freeze her so they can optain that Organism.... Then Shaw manages to escape to cut out the Organism and Ford and the other guy do not raise no alarm to tell David or Weyland of whats happened... You know like "oh Suger, shes got away to get rid of the Specimen" Shaw the locks it in Vickers quaters area, which i can understand and latter kind of does not mention it which i can understand as i bet its something she would rather forget.... But surely after she collapses near David and Weyland they would know she has removed the Organism and should be very concerned as to what she did with it, where did she put it.... But nope it seems they are not bothered and are just bothered to tell Shaw they are going down to talk to the Engineer..... Surely they would ask and wonder what has Shaw done with the Baby? Maybe we are to assume that they find out and its mentioned but its just a scene thats not covered, just something left that we can assume they would know... Maybe due to the time constraints of the movie.... Well thats rant over, and yes those two above points are the only major problems i have with the movie... The other was with the action scenes between Fifield and crew and Engineer and crew but i feel that if Ridley had to make cuts to some graphic scenes it would apear that hopefully these scenes include more detail to those death scenes. Again this is just my oppinion, if you dont agree then feel free to explain why you feel those two major plot aspects are good and why i am wrong about them.... rather than say i just said that because i hate the movie.... which i dont.

1): That scene didn't strike me as cheesy but really strange. Janek definitely out of character: even though they were just scientist and not 'his crew', I was briefly suspicious of him at this point. If the idea was that this scene plus his speech about the only thing he cares about is ... the ship, was meant to inject more suspense into the bit where Shaw attempts to persuade Janek to stop the Juggernaut it doesn't work very well, Idris is too likable. Vickers out of character (friendly/smiling): I thought she might be drawing him away from the holomap/communications, but that's not pursued, strange.

My gripes list An alien species creates man lets say a few million years ago. Yet when we meet them they still look the same and use the same technology. Why haven't they evolved or at least moved on to more pressing things. They give us the location of area 51 and invite us or tell us not to visit. Either way the idea that you would invite someone to your secret base is silly. Millburn behaves in a totally illogical manner toying with an unknown species of snake. I could understand it If it was covered in fur and meowing but it was a snake for heavens sake. Fifield can't read a map and for a geologist he doesn't remotely appear to be  interested in rocks. Fitfield / Millburn despite being scared of the scary big head and urns later return there deciding its a good place to sleep afterall David knew the combination to every door he came across. Can't a super advanced alien race capaible of manipulating DNA design a simple door lock? Shaw fights 2 medics and they are never seen again. They don't even go looking for her or sound an alarm. The just cease to exist. The SJ has been asleep for 2 thousand years. He could easily have woken up after 50. What was he waiting for What we're the SJ doing in the million years since creating life on earth. For a species interested in creating life and terraforming they have been pretty lazy Shaw finds refuge in a small hole that manges to support the weight of a 4 hundred billion ton spaceship crashing down without it caving in. Then in her post surgery state and with 2 minutes of air manages to run several hundred meters across uneven ground and climb a wall all with 30 seconds of air to spare. The SJ is there only seconds later A 10ft engineer gives birth to a 6ft xeno and he doesn't even have a lump in his stomach. It just comes out of nowhere. Why is the xeno fully grown. Everything in the alien universe shows exponential growth over a short period of time, but for no reason other that the magical properties of black goo that makes anything possible it's fully grown

@Mungo I meant the part of that where he and Vickers flirted and then assume went to her place for some hanky panky....

i have 2 simple complaints; as an alien fanboy I would have been EASILY pleased.. half the stuff talked about here doesn't irritate me. [1] Too much shown in trailers, combined with the fact its a prequel the film has a "documentary" feel to it. I'd already seen everything i actually liked in the film. [2] cynical sequel setup.

The scene where the engineer sacrifices himself to seed life on earth doesn't make sense biologically. I am assuming that this is primordial earth since there is no vegetation, which means it is happening 4.5 billion years ago. His DNA is cut in pieces which form the basis for all life on earth. Humans appear 4.49 billion years later and have identical DNA to the engineers ! Well we don't have 100% the same DNA with our relatives how can we have the same DNA with the engineers who obviously look different? And how the DNA sequence was conserved through 4.49 billion years of evolution on earth, since all life on earth and its DNA is shaped by the earth's environment through natural selection? If we assume that the scene occurs only 2 million years ago or so, then how come our DNA is related so much with the DNA of the rest of organisms on earth? DNA at the molecular level doesn't look like the rope ladders shown in the scene. It is unconvincing that people would sign up to travel light years away with no idea about the mission Fifield is unconvincing as a geologist and as somebody who was hired by as a successful company as Weyland for such an important mission. Prometheus makes sound in space. They located the engineers base on the planet too easily. Scenes are too rushed. The emotional reactions of the crew to the discoveries and the events are not convincing. The captain and crew behave recklessly and irresponsibly. David learns a lot of information about the engineers too easily. The captain takes the heroic decision to kamikaze, too easily based on not much information from Shaw. The engineer walks to the human ship with no helmet.

What is there to understand......nothing really. Lots of questions but no logical answers in Prometheus. Why ? Because the script writers did not think things through when they made this film and so the audience suffers a demeaning joy ride to stupidity and beyond. Special effects, well what DO YOU EXPECT IN THE YEAR 2012.... stop motion effects ??? Inexcusable for a movie that is based on Alien and suppose to be the prequel to it to be this convuluted. Yes it ends up being a jarbled mess of editing and script writing without any human heart and emotion to it at all. I could not care even less about the characters as I did in this film. And to top it off it had no suspense at all (if you saw the previews you know already exactly what is going to happen). And encredibly stupid plot holes that can't even be filled by anything but allot of conjecture and guess work that leads to no real logical answers even by the film makers themselves. To describe Prometheus is kind of simple, you have great special effects, lousy editing, really insulting dumb script writing, and no real common sense or any connection made to the audience by the actors other than the robot actor. No humans would not react this way even in real life unless all human beings in the future are heartless, super selfish and stupid at the same time ? And the allusion in this film that there is no God that created all things so leave your faith in God behind, oh really so giant humans are suppose to be God the creator of all life on Earth, oh really come on......this film takes a leap of faith even greater than than the stupid Evolution Theory. So we are left with a movie that has no human heart felt connection what so ever and throws God in the trash can with no logical explanation of why, which then leaves you not wanting to see this Godless mess of a movie ever again. It would of been better if this movie was never based on the original Alien movie. Perhaps maybe then it would of made more sense ??? I know for a fact that the film makers and writers did not even remotely understand Ridley Scott's original vision of the Alien movies. Did Ridley Scott have anything to do with this film other than stamping his name on it ? If so then maybe he had a brain stroke recently that we don't know about ? And even he does not understand his own original ideas and nor can he make a good suspensefull logical film anymore. Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and many others like Ridley, they have all "lost their magic" in making a descent film even if their life depended on it. I was really disapointed in such a big name director like Ridley Scott who can't deliver Us a descent film despite a huge budget behind him and great actors. I guess maybe you have to be young and in your prime to produce and direct and write a good film these days and one that does not insult the audience. Many more confusing questions than real answers in Prometheus. How can you explain a film that is this humanly disconnected ?!? The answer: you can't even if they have a sequel to this one......

My God elephantman nit picking much? My lord. Every complaint has been nit picking. Don't get me wrong, there are faults, but seriously its hilarious how nit picky you all are. I can imagine that you are like comic book guy in he simpsons, "worst move ever." I personally was pleased overall. The unanswered questions annoyed me a bit but I still left the theater pleased. Plus, there WILL be a sequel, which will clear the story up more.

I wanted to like this movie. Being an Alien Fan from the beginning. Its not nit picking its disappointment. The people who wrote the story did not care about the Alien universe at all. And if thats what they wanted OK. Have your own movie. But if you watch closely the story lines have similaries. I agree to much mileage to cover in two hours. But for a great Sci-fi movie stand-a-lone or prequil. You need 1- A cast you care about. 2- On the edge of your seat expectation of what is going to happen. 3- Make sence follow a theme. I am a Sci-Fi fan and I support it with my hard earned money (ticket sales). But don't lure me in with a great teese trailer. and not deliver.... I am sure after the production was done, and they had there screening they knew the film was not what it should be. But a bean counter said let them, meaning us pay the 14.00$ it cost for a 3d movie ticket. They get the cash we get the trash.............. enough said.