Ties up the loose ends

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2017)

I don't get why so many bad reviews? What were people expecting? I think this movie ties up the loose ends: we learn what happened to the Engineers, we learn who created the 'aliens', we also learn why, there is a lot of detail about that actually. The action takes place on the planet and on the ship, as opposed to the Alien 1 just on the ship mainly. It is not as stupid as people say. Yes, the Alien 1 was scarier. It seemed like a fine-line between making this movie into a complete slasher flick to a film with some insight. The moments where it tries to make it into a slasher film are somewhat comical, and I could see it trying too hard. It wasn't trying to make it into some science investigative type either. It flows, but also sometimes feels random, kind of like life, in the end I think it works, and by the end I felt feeling wanting to be as a better person for humanity, and I think that's a good thing, and be good towards humankind in general. There's also an anti-smoking situation. If you followed Prometheus there will be a lot more to ponder, along with connections to original. Yes, it has a similar feel to Alien. But there is a feeling like a lot of the movie didn't make it, even in the trailers there are things that were never in the movie, which is sad, so hopefully the extended DVD would feel more satisfying...