Hey, a clip! If anyone else was trying to avoid the trailers you're not doing your best to help.

I’ve consciously made the decision to go into Prometheus completely cold, no reviews, no Rotten Tomato percentages, no research of any kind, nothing. I’ve never approached a movie in this way. I want to make sure that my opinion of the film is not colored by a review or a cross section of reviews, but is mine and mine alone. The film simply seems too important for that.

Don't argue with four of these Dr. K but despite your sterling and almost compelling defence of White Squall I'd replace it with Gladiator. Indeed, as I think back over Scott's career I feel a top eight would be fairer (though still no place for White Squall).

To this end we could add Kingdom of Heaven but ONLY if it was the Director's Cut, which is a much more coherent film. I can't think of another film, and I include the Lord of the Rings trilogy here, which presents better battle sequences. Then, I'd add Someone to Watch Over Me, which has a good performance from Tom Berenger (before he more of less spent the rest of his career playing a sniper) and a great one from a then unknown Lorraine Braco. Finlly, consider The Duellists. Has there ever been a more beautiful and painterly film? It's the sort of film that helps film academics explain the significance of tableau!

Oh! No place for Black Rain or Matchstick Men...

Good choices ... although I'd argue it's pronounced 'Deckherd' with a silent 'h' but that's nit-picking. The ultimate (ie latest) cut of Bladerunner is my favourite. Everything the Director's Cut has but with the problems (wires / wrong actors as stunt doubles / bad sets etc) corrected to the point where the uninitiated wouldn't even spot it. Very subtle work. Having said that: on the Blu-Ray set there's an option to view the outtakes and they're presented in narrative chronology almost as another cut of the film: now that's interesting too!

As a proud member of the general moviegoing public not bound by contractual agreements will give my review tomorrow. While I cannot claim to have seen all of Sir Ridley Scott's films I will still give my favourites among those I have seen:

5. The Duellists (the beautiful landscapes and duels of the two protagonists left me stunned).

4. Thelma and Louise (because that is a film that truly respects women and has a feminist message that sadly got lost recently or we would not get atrocious films like Sex and The City 1 and 2).

3. Gladiator (Joaquin Phoenix and Russel Crowe at their best, even though the director took some liberties with historical facts but the direction is great)

2. Blade Runner (the Director's Cut is the definitive version for me because I don't need to have a voiceover telling me everything that I can already see on the screen and making Deckard a replicant has so much more depth).

1. Alien (the slow pacing, all performances are great, especially Ian Holmes, and the enigmatic creatures and amazing special effects are secondary to no other film of the genre).

Here's to the hope that Prometheus will make my list in the future, although I'd hate to throw one of my 5 out.