Prometheus (spoilers)

It was second on my list of anticipated movies last summer and I cooled on it after the word hit the street enough to wait and just now got around to seeing it on HBOGO.

I don't know how many movies I've ever seen that set things up so brilliantly just to have it all fall apart. Mind numbingly good through the first half or so to the point that I was kicking myself in the arse for waiting.

Then, I understood the criticism.

IMHO, the moment it went from what could have been a generationally influential movie like Alien to just a good watch was when the old man showed up. It happened right after the female protagonist had that insanely well done and intense scene in the surgical pod.

When the old guy reveal occurred, the sense of seeing Fonzi going through the air on his skis was palpable. That's when I figured out why the buzz was not great when it finally came out after being so highly anticipated.

Completely unsatisfying ending that seemed to feed right into a sequel though a sequel wasn't a foregone conclusion when the movie went into the can. That was bullshite. They could have cut out a lot of the second half and actually had her reach the destination.

Prometheus was like a kid going to MIT for two years and when you get excited he drops out and finishes up at a JUCO.