3. More Effective 3D
While the effects in Prometheus are magnificent, and are personally far superior to any film that Ive seen this year so far, I found the 3D rather pointless. By half way through the film, the only thing that reminded me I was watching a 3D film was the annoying glasses. Granted, the effects from start to finish are beautiful, but having seen the film 3 times in 2D and once in 3D, it looked just as good without the third dimension element. Most of the shots in Prometheus are interior, either in small rooms on board the ship or in dark caves, and even towards the climatic finish, seeing the Engineers ship coming up out of the ground didnt really warrant 3D effects. Spider-Man utilised 3D from start to finish, with many external shots consisting of the obligatory first person swinging roof-to-roof views familiar with Spider-Man film. While the special effects werent as stunning as Prometheus, the 3D at least made more of an impact and came across as more warranted.