Review: Prometheus

Prometheus is a prequel (of sorts) to the Aliens series of movies.  Although it takes place before the other Alien movies, it's more of a side branch of that story.  In many ways, however, this movie mirrors the original Alien.  There are a group of people aboard a spaceship that don't know each other previously that each have specific jobs, people get separated and killed, and by the end the main female character grows a backbone and learns how to fight to survive.  At least I think that was the idea.  Instead, the main female character constantly looks freaked out and panicky and among many plot holes, the reason the initial redshirts get separated makes absolutely no sense.

Some things (like that) I can forgive because I know the trope and I know someone has to get separated to get the ball rolling with the aliens.  However, it's much harder to forgive the movie when you stop caring about everything for the last 30 minutes of the movie.  Not to mention when at the end of the movie, you realize Charlize Theron's character was completely pointless and therefore the only reason she was there was to add Charlize Theron to the list of cast to try to get more people to watch it.  This was no fault of Charlize herself by any means, she was fantastic at her role.  The role itself was just unnecessary.  On the positive side, this movie does add some very interesting things to the lore of the Aliens series and it is entertaining for the most part.  Ultimately, I would say watch it if you're a big fan of the Alien series, otherwise you can skip it.