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I could accept that had the film been content to be just a big, dumb monster movie. But it was hyped and sold as serious sci-fi that tackles weighty questions. In a way, it's the complete opposite of the original Alien, which was sci-fi/horror that managed to transcend its genre. Prometheus is...

Well, Charlize may or may not be a robot, and it's to the movie's detriment that the answer to that question really doesn't matter.

This nicely sums up my issues with the film:

Even those who find 2001 dull and pretentious have to admit that it was unlike any film that had come before it - Prometheus, not so much.

Design aside, it barely fares well even in comparison to 2010.