10 Things You Learn Re-Watching Prometheus

9. Shaw's Dream Is The Worst Scene In The Film

Prometheus Dream Patrick Wilson
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It's not mentioned much by fans, but the worst scene in the entire movie involves David (Michael Fassbender) watching one of Elizabeth Shaw's (Noomi Rapace) dreams before she wakes up from hyper-sleep.

In the dream, she's a young girl and talking to her now-deceased father (Patrick Wilson) about death, specifically where people go when they die, and why he believes in Heaven.

The whole scene plays out as incredibly on-the-nose regarding the movie's themes, lazily doles out Shaw's backstory regarding her dead mother and has an annoying visual filter to boot. Basically, it just feels like cutting floor material that somehow ended up in the actual movie.

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