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The whole movie is about a lack of purpose. David, during his two years on the Prometheus while it traveled, developed a God complex. He realized that he was more able then his human creators, which are mortal (unlike him) and less able to do/learn like David. He watched Shaw's and everyone's dreams to learn about them. He watches Lawrence of Arabia (a movie about a man leading a rebellion against his superior officers), chooses to dress like the main character and practices his speech. David doesn't seem to follow orders (like opening the tomb door when Shaw says not to, or taking the vase back, or departing from the crew to explore for the Engineers, and not wanting to tell Vickers what her father had told him). He increasingly becomes overly confident in his superiority (even says "not too close, I hope" when Weyland says that androids are as close to being human as ever) when David gains a "soul," for what is a soul but a profound purpose of being. It satisfies him when the humans learn that their creators were nothing special, and that their existence is nothing special. He probably told the Engineer something to deliberately anger the Engineer and put the crew in harms way. It is not until his head if ripped off and he is completely helpless that he remembers his place, a creation of humans, and becomes subservient to Shaw.

This is a perfect mirror to the Engineers and humans.

God is used not to refer to Jesus, but to reference the connection between creator/created and what being a "god" means. That is why there were so many biblical references in the movie (such as Elizabeth's name, washing Weyland's feet before his death, the xeno mural, the necklace, the planet's name, and so on). Prometheus deals with the idea of "why does humanity exist?" and "who is God?" If God is the one who created life, then that is the Engineers (not a very exciting or supremely awesome result), and if humans created androids, then are they Gods? Better question, what is the purpose of creating life other then "just cuz?" The movie challenges the entire notion that life is sacred or special and makes people think about what it means to exist.

That, and a bunch of awesome space scenes and scary moments.

This is also obvious in the scene where they stick a probe into the Engineer's head's neck and electrocute it to "bring it back to life" in a way. It is a direct reference to Frankenstein. The title of which is actually: Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus, and Victor Frankenstein happens to be married to a woman named Elizabeth. The book deals with the creation of life, and how that life becomes a monster and kills everything. Just as how the black goo alters life and turns it into something evil.

The movie was well thought out, it deserves to be watched a few times.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/...nest/200474498