(including us-humans, the very first thing you see) and leaving me asking for more. The fact that the real action was going just at the end was perfect; there was no need of a sustained hunt when you are trying to show the origins, the 'first' contact, the first answers.

Few characters had some kind or real relevance or 'charisma' and that's what exactly was needed: while the movie was developing, I was craving for more alien info and that was given, thinking that the aliens would probably kill them all, it was interesting how everything turned.

- after all they weren't military trained personnel ready to rumble - and fell in fear and desperation as anyone else would.

It wasn't the same claustrophobic feeling of the Aliens, but the 'faceless' fear was there, they didn't know what was exactly happening or what were the things they saw, just until it was too late. The 3d was nice btw, but probably not as exciting as The Avengers (for obvious reasons).

still his ass was kicked. I liked the fact the android was the 'best' character, since it was the one who couldn't die and had a better idea of what was happening, having access to more info than anyone else (similar situation as Alien 4) and even making his little experiment - which gave me another link to the formation of the creatures and, at the end, the answer to the hostility of the Eng towards humans.

I had the same feeling or 'uneasiness' than the first, in the sense I knew something (or everything) was wrong; once in the planet, I had the feeling that they were trapped and thus they won't getting out there easily, the dialogues were very 'normal', natural in the sense that was people just talking about anything - yes, even the stupid ones, but hell, it's not like in real life? The plot was the point and that was provided; the aliens were shown in small basis and it added more suspense.

"The whole movie is about a lack of purpose. David, during his two years on the Prometheus while it traveled, developed a God complex. He realized that he was more able then his human creators, which are mortal (unlike him) and less able to do/learn like David. He watched Shaw's and everyone's dreams to learn about them. He watches Lawrence of Arabia (a movie about a man leading a rebellion against his superior officers), chooses to dress like the main character and practices his speech. David doesn't seem to follow orders (like opening the tomb door when Shaw says not to, or taking the vase back, or departing from the crew to explore for the Engineers, and not wanting to tell Vickers what her father had told him). He increasingly becomes overly confident in his superiority (even says "not too close, I hope" when Weyland says that androids are as close to being human as ever) when David gains a "soul," for what is a soul but a profound purpose of being. It satisfies him when the humans learn that their creators were nothing special, and that their existence is nothing special. He probably told the Engineer something to deliberately anger the Engineer and put the crew in harms way. It is not until his head if ripped off and he is completely helpless that he remembers his place, a creation of humans, and becomes subservient to Shaw.

This is a perfect mirror to the Engineers and humans.

God is used not to refer to Jesus, but to reference the connection between creator/created and what being a "god" means. That is why there were so many biblical references in the movie (such as Elizabeth's name, washing Weyland's feet before his death, the xeno mural, the necklace, the planet's name, and so on). Prometheus deals with the idea of "why does humanity exist?" and "who is God?" If God is the one who created life, then that is the Engineers (not a very exciting or supremely awesome result), and if humans created androids, then are they Gods? Better question, what is the purpose of creating life other then "just cuz?" The movie challenges the entire notion that life is sacred or special and makes people think about what it means to exist.

That, and a bunch of awesome space scenes and scary moments.

This is also obvious in the scene where they stick a probe into the Engineer's head's neck and electrocute it to "bring it back to life" in a way. It is a direct reference to Frankenstein. The title of which is actually: Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus, and Victor Frankenstein happens to be married to a woman named Elizabeth. The book deals with the creation of life, and how that life becomes a monster and kills everything. Just as how the black goo alters life and turns it into something evil"

Movie website The Bioscopist tracked down linguistic expert Dr. Anil Biltoo of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. In Prometheus, a projection of Biltoo acts as David’s language tutor, and in real-life Biltoo worked as a consultant on the film. According to the doctor, the line of alien dialog David speaks in the film “serviceably” translates as “This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life.” The “Man” in question is, of course, Guy Pearce’s expedition-financing Peter Weyland and, as that is pretty much a recitation of the businessman’s already established plan, it doesn’t come as a big surprise nor resolve the issue of our big white buddy’s subsequent freak-out.

But Dr. Biltoo also says that originally David and the Engineer had “a conversation, not merely an utterance from David” and that “We’re all going to have to wait for the director’s cut to see if the conversation…yields any fruit.”

And the scene at the end after the've saved America at the bar patio. That was so fucking cheesy.