I don't know why some people hate this movie so much sometimes

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I honestly think 80% of the hate comes from the fact damon lindelof's name is attached to the movie. You know because its a popular thing to hate damon lindelof these days. If the studio didn't reveal damon lindelof as the scriptwriter, i bet there would be lot less criticism for the writing. I never watched Lost so I had no idea who this damon lindelof guy was before Prometheus. I thought the writing was fantastic, and the way he left things ambiguous and mysterious was great. It's a perfect way to setup a sequel. Then theres plotholes, what exactly are the plotholes they're complaining about? They say "this movie has lots of plotholes", and don't even bother to list them... and the complaints about every characters' idiotic behaviours. I feel like this complaint is incredibly exaggerated by everybody who hates this movie. The only scene that shows slightly odd behaviour was the pipfield/milburn death scene. And even then, their behaviors can be explained because they were getting high before the cobralien popped up so they were more curious than frightened by it. That was it, the rest of the movie doesn't show any characters doing things out of context. and then theres the stupid criticism "It didn't answer any of the questions raised in the movie" These are the same people who praised Alien even though it didn't even explain what or who were the space jockey were. It took 30 years for Ridely Scott to answer that, and between that period, I don't see anyone criticizing Ridely Scott for not explaining the space jockey origin.

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August 29, 2012

I would disagree about the anticipation being caused by the internet and so forth. Even if that was the case, you'd have to ask yourself why Prometheus didn't deliver. This would be like Michael Phelps taking home the bronze; you know he can do better. The movie wouldn't have sold if it had no ties to Ridley Scott or Alien and it didn't deliver because it disregarded why people liked the first movie (which was not the Alien, by the way). My reaction to Prometheus is based on how the movie was confused about the elements of story, character, tone, and coherence. Prometheus is a puzzle with half of the pieces missing. Because of all of this, it makes Prometheus more akin to a product--similar to a remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Amazing Spider-man--and not a film.

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September 04, 2012

I've had a good deal of time to reflect on the film and the uneasy place it has found itself in, caught between those who love it to pieces and those who feel betrayed. At the core, I think Prometheus is actually more of an unintentional reboot, rather than a prequel per say. The writers were originally going in the sequel direction and at some point in that journey it stopped feeling right to them. Maybe it felt too derivative and this led to creative stagnation. Thinking back further, I began to see discontent emerge when he said "That's wasn't a skeleton, that was a suit": http://screenrant.com/ridley-scott-prometheus-space-jockey-sandy-144116/ See by him doing this, it took away the alien mystique surrounding that creature and made it kind of equal to human beings. Because no matter how tall you make the Engineer, what suit he's wearing or how weird he behaves, in the end it's just a tall man. We don't experience that otherworldly uneasiness like we did the first we saw that skeleton, or when they are walking down that long, damp corrider leading to SJ that made you feel they were in something alive as opposed to just a ship. A chestburster could have popped out of the walls themselves... and it wouldn't have seemed out of place! For those who wanted that feeling back, they were absolutely betrayed, no doubt about it.

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September 05, 2012

I agree with David 1. First of all I was bothered by the amount of information released before the movie. All the key scenes (except the xeno at the end) were basically revealed and shown, so it sort of left little after seeing it. What bothers me most, is how unorganized the whole expedition felt. A trail trip to Yosemite with my friends would be better organized than what they did, it felt toally unbelievable. Scientific expedition my ***.

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September 07, 2012

i made sure to avoid the trailers prior to viewing the film (i watched the ted conference and davids birthday). As far as disappointment with prometheus...Although there are some legitimate criticisms of the film, i think the core of the vast majority of the disappointment out there stems from personal expectations. In many ways, prometheus is a great departure from the other films in the franchise. I think some people just wanted a different type of movie. They had built the film up in their minds (replete with various presuppositions)...In the end, the film that had been fabricated in the imagination was dramatically different from the film that was seen on screen.

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October 02, 2012

Xenotron It seems you were right all along. There seems to be no indication that the extended / cut scenes will ad anything to answer any questions and even if there is an extended cut it won't add anything . So then maybe some of the other stuff like documentaries or such may provide some answers ..... BUT You were right all along ! This is the directors cut. As Ridley has said all along , Cheers !!

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October 02, 2012

I dont hate the movie but I can see how some would get irritated at the repetition and lack of creative development in the characters.

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October 03, 2012

@keep-itreal: excellent post. +1. i agree with you.