Quality control anybody?

Despite its problems, I found Prometheus an entertaining film and am not disappointed to have seen it at the cinema. I also found the usage of 3D quite a seamless experience where at times, you forget you are watching a 3d film. To me this is the way it should be. Obvious 3D-scopic effects just distract you from the film so that is my 2-cents on that. I left the theatre unsure of what I thought. I believe the mostly superb visuals, minus the makeup and the monster designs distracted you from the underlying issues of the film. Upon reflection though it is clear this film has some very fundamental flaws with conventions that no matter what the genre ensure a solid film. The plot was to put it simply, nonsensical and the characters and the script were neglected. The pace of the film appears rushed especially when considering the films grand ambitions. The speed at which things pan out negates the necessary development of individual characters, their motives, our connections with them and their relationships with the other characters in the film, of which there are many. When the film moves slowly it doesn't seize the chance to make the characters engaging and it bores you. When it moves quickly it skips integral plot developments and appears like a disjointed film. The script was laughable at many times throughout the film. One would be excused for thinking they just dozed off for a while in the theater and awoke to a drastically different point in the film. That is how dis-functional the dialogue and the plot developments could be. Prometheus in its current form tries to do so many things that it forgets who and what it wants to be and ultimately doesn't really succeed at any of them. For a Science discovery film it is shallow and one-dimensional despite the illusion of depth it tries to create. It is also very unbelievable at times. The naivety, recklessness and downright stupidity of many of the characters defy common sense. The crew was about as thoughtful, careful and considered as a bunch of 5 year old kids in a bubble ball pen. The viewer isn't really allowed to work anything out for themselves and neither are the characters in the film. Conclusions pop up randomly without much forethought, hints or dialogue while the very convenient alien holographic projectors usher the films plot along, leaving little hard-work for the writer and very little food for the imagination of the viewer. So its superficial you say? Well there must be some great action then? Not really. Its not a great action film either. So its scary then? No, it isn't particularly scary and it doesn't qualify as a horror film either, surprising given the films rating. Contrary to other reviews, I found the abdominal scene a letdown. 127 hours beat it to that. Boyle's scene not only used the power of camera angles and editing but it also remembered the power of building up to climaxes, something that is sorely forgotten throughout Prometheus. So it is the good old Ripley survival setting then? Well that doesn't work both because the film doesn’t really make us give a damn about the lead actress, partly because of her acting and partly because of the films technical issues already discussed. Oh so it is a monster film then? Nope not that either. The monster designs are a far cry from the aesthetic of H.R Giger's orginal alien designs which served as an impetus for the entire franchise. It is safe to classify Prometheus as a Sci-Fi film. Tragically, it fails to push any significant boundaries which some may say is the main criteria for a film such as this. Frankly it is a derivative mess, which combines many elements from other films while not adding any unique elements of its own for others to be inspired by. What is clear in Prometheus is that somewhere the vision was undermined by the process and nobody cared to pay attention. I 'm not quite sure if a Director’s Cut will cure this film? Only time will tell.