Prometheus is a film with many questions and very few answers. Like Kubrick, Scott begins his Alien prequel on Earth, where signs of a higher divinity lead humanity into the sprawling unknowns of the cosmos. Despite an eventual touchdown on Answer Island, the film’s yearning for existential equilibrium is never quelled. In that regard, many have found Scott’s work overt and bloated. Prometheus does indeed flaunt its ambition in more ways than one throughout its runtime, carelessly trading artistic license…