Sallow
The Big Bad Wolf.
Yeah, the critics have been ripping this movie a new chest cavity. So much potential, only to turn out to be an astronomical letdown.
Every movie review I have read goes something like this, "This movie's script has enough plot holes to drive an intergalactic spaceship through, and the characters are as stupid as a bag of hammers, but see it anyway for the visual beauty of it."
That pisses me off, but should not surprise me any more, I guess. Movies have become so utterly dependent on special effects and technology that an actual story is seen as an inconvenience.
This is what passes for creativy in Hollywood these days: "It's been two minutes since the last craptacular explosion. That's way too long."
I think you make valid criticisms of a lot of movies, but I'm going to withhold judgement on Prometheus until I see it.
For what it's worth, Rottentomatoes.com gave it a 74% positive rating, so most critics liked it.
Kinda torn of this one..I think Ridely Scott is a great director.
But not seeing a lot of love for this film.
I was happy when I read a few years back he was doing a prequel to Alien..but as I read reviews that seemed to have gotten lost in the translation.