There are plenty of movies that I just know are going to be shithouse, and therefore I can set my movie Garmin to “bypass”. The Three Stooges for instance. Twilight. Anything starring SJP.
However, one movie via the trickery of its admittedly awesome trailer, demonstrated why you just can’t completely trust a GPS, because occasionally, it will send you veering off course.
I’ll say upfront that Prometheus is the worst movie I’ve seen this year. How can a movie promise so much, yet fail to deliver on pretty much every front.
Its biggest problem is that it is dull. And pretentious. Each of those attributes alone is enough to sink a movie, but a healthy does of both in equal measure makes Prometheus an absolute shocker.
The premise of the story is interesting enough, but it isn’t progressed in any meaningful or intelligent way. The script was bad, the characters were all one dimensional stereotypes and generally unlikeable, the plot at times nonsensical, and there was an over-reliance on sound to manufacture the sense of urgency and suspense that was sorely lacking from the story. I was completely bored for the entire two hours and found it more interesting reading the episode listing of the Simpsons Season 8 box set DVD I’d picked up earlier.
So Prometheus has to be the biggest disappointment for me so far this year. The only redeeming note about my session was at least I didn’t get suckered into paying extra for 3D.
You know it makes sense! 