I didn't even get to the point of noticing plot holes as no plot had happened yet.

Just something about the tone and pacing of that opening left me saying "this is just going to make a long flight worse."

Lani and I were pretty negative no Snow White and the Huntsman. It is hard for me to point at anything specific that was bad (though Stewart really isn't meant for that kind of role and anything build on the premise that she is more attractive than Charlize Theron is obviously flawed) but it didn't come together at all for us.

It was very slow to start and a slow crawl to the finish

I really liked The Woman in Black. Beyond the obvious plot holes of people remaining for decades where there's a deadly supernatural menace so that we can have a horror movie, I didn't see any obvious plot holes--other than Daniel Radcliffe failing to use his wand to stop the whole mess. I also think the ending had something of a twist, which, if it actually existed, I suppose I can say I saw coming, but it was still fun.

Prometheus was something really gorgeous to look at. Truly stunning. It left me pretty cold otherwise. I only found one character at all engaging, that being the android played by Michael Fassbender. (Not a spoiler. He's identified as such right up front) He gives an appealing performance, in spite of a confused screenplay that left me unsure how I was supposed to react to his character.



The movie wanted me to swallow a pretty enormous faith pill. I would have been more amenable if the token skeptic hadn't been a smug, dismissive asshole, who early on gets a single line of dialogue to express what is really a very reasonable doubt.



So, sense of discovery and wonder FAIL.

Also, the movie's twin missions of being speculative, mystical sci-fi, and also a graphic prequel to an established horror series sit very awkwardly together.

Noomi Rapace is really put through the emotional wringer here, and she's up to the challenge, but I was so disconnected from her story, her valiant acting efforts were in vain.



Charlize Theron's character could be edited out of this movie without making a single bit of difference. A one-note bore.

All that said, I'll watch this again when it hits Blu-ray. It really is stunning to look at, with some memorable icky bits.

Hated Prometheus. I agree with flippy's criticism's and then some.

Damon Lindelof brought us the last season of Lost, which basically said, "You know all those tantalizing mysteries we've been tossing around for half a decade? We're not going to answer them. Asking the questions is enough."

People defended that move, and now he wrote a crappy Alien prequel that does the same thing. Will there be "answers" in the next two movies? (turns out this is the first of a trilogy.) Who cares? He gave moviegoers Alien: The Phantom Menace (by way of Star Trek V). Screw him.

Spoiler alert: don't believe the lies that Ridley Scott floated about the plot. It's all hack work. If you think know what I'm talking about, you're probably right.

I'm looking forward to hating Lindelof's Star Trek script, too. Let the franchise-killing continue.

I didn't hate it. I also didn't think there were a whole lot of unanswered questions but I don't know if that is because I saw answers others missed or I missed questions other people saw.

As for the connective tissue with the Alien movies, I don't really care. I'm not a huge fan of Alien, liked Aliens enough but not enough to see it a second time and the rest are trash.

It was pretty. It moved along ok. It dealt in generally well established cliches of science fiction without breaking any new ground or asking any new questions (I'm fine with not answering questions if the question itself is interesting enough). If this is part of a trilogy I'l sure I'd see the next one but won't particularly be waiting for it.

That said, not a great movie for someone who had abdominal surgery a few days ago.

Though on reflection the biggest unanswered question may be:

Actually, the reason that

When I talked about unanswered questions, I'm referring to the basic internal logic of the film. I have no problem with crazy story lines in any movie, but when the the film acts important by addressing "big questions", then I'd at least like for there to be something there for me to hold onto.

The problem with Prometheus for me is that it presents plot points as major revelations without really revealing anything. It plays more like the B-grade horror movie than it is rather than the A-level science fiction film it purports to be.