Prometheus (2012)

This is a hot mess by Ridley Scott, and he should have known better. Prometheus is the ship that takes us to the beginning of the Alien / Aliens saga (because 4 movies already weren't enough?), and it does so poorly. I still don't understand the opening scene. Answers to the story really aren't shown to us, they're given in declarative sentences by characters - because the movie makes no sense.

Basic problem with Prometheus - too many story lines and too many characters. The best of the earlier films had a core group slowly getting picked off. This has a father / daughter conflict, sex, a pregnancy - all kinds of predictable shit that doesn't belong in an Alien flick. It needs to be tight and tense.

Second problem - we've seen it all before - and done much better - by Ridley Scott himself. Skip this and pop in the first two again. They are still groundbreaking and fresh.

Best thing about the film? Scott likes strong females who survive. But Noomi Rapace is no Sigourney Weaver; she was miscast.