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A lot of people didn't like it.It does take a bit of work from the viewer in order to "get" a lot of things and there are (on purpose imo) many loose ends that never get tied up... at least in this cut.The directors cut will expand a lot of things (the scene where David speaks to the 'Jockey' in it's own language was cut down a lot I heard).I would like to see more exposition on David's motivations in general (his apparent malevolence is never fully explained and I don't accept "he's just evil".)For fans who expected all their questions to be answered I say have patience, you forget who directed this? It took like 80 bazillion cuts of Blade Runner before he was happy with it and we still never got a straight answer on Deckard being a skin job or not... because that's up to YOU to decide.Prometheus is pretty much the same deal I think.That's all from a fan perspective though.From a general scifi perspective, it had ships, alien tech. futurist themes and androids... it was nicely shot and had great direction even if the script sometimes dropped the ball.I think it was good, it's not gonna change your life or anything, but it's a decent scifi flick.

I have seen all the movies and watching Prometheus was rewarding in that for the most part it filled in the blanks. But for someone that never saw the previous movies (like my kids) they thought the movie was very boring. The action scenes in the trailer that you saw was for the most part the only action scenes. So if you are looking for a Alien 2 experience this is definitely not it. And I found even myself a little bored with the movie, the only saving aspect of it was it helped fill the holes in the previous movies. I would like to see a directors cut some time personally. I would rate the move as a flat B. But if your a fan of the series it will be a must see just for the story.

IMO action needs to be dosed like a medicine and combined with tension. If there's too much action, then it becomes repetitive, meaningless and tiring to watch unless you're a kid. I, for example, enjoyed Matrix: Reloaded when I was 15. Not so much now.