Despite stunning effects, a solid and capable cast and a huge fan base of the alien movies, Prometheus fell short of being what everyone had hoped it would be, great. Why? Because it failed to answer the questions that the movie itself posed. Instead of making us contemplate whatever idea it was supposed to share, it just confused us and left us hanging. In my opinion, the movie felt like it was just the backstory of the actual movie. A good, unfinished story.