Sweet Eyes and Gratuitous Bloodiness

Rating: 7/10 (26 October 2017)

Spoiler alert: Mentions bloody gore featured in the movie.
Love Fassbender's amazing eyes, either tender and sweet or sick and demented. And then there is the gore, juicy bits squirting and making Tide stain remover a bazillion dollars.
Long story short, I watched this movie and then a warmhearted Redford flick right afterward. Gave me some perspective as to what is man, what is life, what is creation, and what the heck does it all mean, if anything? Which is, I think, the point.
Are we creatures or creators? Does it matter?
Loved the opening scene with quiet and open whiteness and all the questions. Loved the more involved drama scenes as they unfolded with blood and guts and stupid decisions that are so essential to the typical horror/sci-fi genre. Laughed at the youth of the crew - why would we send hormone-raging youngsters with no life experiences into space in order to conquer the unknown and set up a whole new world? Ah, because they look so good naked, right?
Well anyway, the Alien franchise moves forward with all sorts of different monsters and different reasons for each species, not the least of which is David and his god fantasies coupled with the crew and their Brave New World fantasies that include log cabins and lakes.
Watch this movie, remind yourself it's entertainment, and just let it be.