Wow, my opinion on this film has changed. I still like it well enough, but that’s mostly for its fascinating ideas that are never fully explored or fleshed out. Noomi Rapace is great, as is Guy Pearce, but Michael Fassbender’s David effortlessly steals the entire thing.
The film is seriously hindered by taking short-cuts throughout (especially in the third act). The way it’s written (screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof) is bad, a lot of the dialogue is laughable or cringe, and most of the characters are really dumb and continually make stupid decisions. Much of the film is fairly cool, and the set designs are pretty good. The action and “horror” of the third act kind of feels unearned.
Prometheus tries something new and fumbles, but it’s still an admirable attempt. Maybe with a better screenplay this could have been something. It honestly would have likely worked better as a 5-8 episode mini-series. Really give it time to flesh out its characters and more fully explore its multiple ideas.
3 STARS
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