I think what i was trying to say was in say the Batman film (like it or not) weve moved away from the sort of comic book fakeness of the 90s films to a relatively realistic world. You have more of a feel for the people involved, the world they live in, etc. This ultimately lets you buy into the story a bit more, and in my case caring a bit more with whats going on. Prometheus should have been a perfect movie to explore that sort of thing, but in my case i couldnt care less what happened to any of them
The story is something that could potentially happen some day in the near future (obviously theres the problem we dont actually have any way of getting very far yet). It would be the biggest story that ever happened to mankind. And with that would come a lot of different thoughts, agendas, etc. Other than a lame attempt at Shaw's faith issues, the characters are all cardboard cut-outs.
Another thing i couldnt really understand is why the film had to be at the 2 hour mark. Theres loads of films these days that are 2 hour 30 minutes and with such a big blockbuster surely Prometheus and Ridley Scott would have had the clout to get more time. That extra 30 minutes could have made all the difference. And no directors cut was also strange.
