20 Most Unfairly Hated Movies Of The 21st Century
9. Prometheus (2012)
Why It's Hated: Because the movie was marketed as an all-out Alien prequel which would categorically reveal the origin of the Xenomorphs...but turned out to be a much more tangential sci-fi flick in order to distance itself from Alien's legacy.
Also, the purportedly smart scientist characters frequently act like morons, which left a sour taste for many viewers.
Why It's Unfair: A lot of the complaints here are actually totally valid, but the salient point is that they don't make Prometheus a terrible or even remotely bad film. They absolutely knock it down a few rungs, but the end result is still a stylistically amazing, highly intriguing film.
Micheal Fassbender also gives a performance worthy of the original two movies as android David, and for all of the script issues, Ridley Scott's direction is absolutely on-point.
At least the fanboy hatred towards this movie will hopefully result in more realistic expectations for next year's Alien: Covenant.