Good example of how to fail at STEM, but entertaining nonetheless

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2017)

Although the movie is entertaining, it fails to depict human exploration with the requisite rigor that exists in modern efforts. The vulgar manner of the astronauts also reflects poorly on the ideals of human exploration and discovery. The characters in the movie fail to abide by modern established quarantine protocols. The atmosphere and water are not tested for pathogens and other viruses or diseases. This is an insult to actual scientists, and the amount of critical flaws in the STEM representation are disappointing at best. For the budget of the movie, I expect more and am left feeling cheated by lazy storytelling and cheap jump and scare tricks. Perhaps such techniques were innovative many decades ago, but today one wonders how this movie ever had any serious support. Today it is not enough to have aliens jump out of bodies, what else do you have - if anything at all?
Definitely the aliens franchise requires a reboot, unfortunately this movie misses the mark. I hate to sound like Neil Degrasse Tyson bitching about Gravity, at least in that movie the CGI was based on physics simulations.
If not for the purpose of education, one should consider watching this movie for the multitude of scientific flaws - as such an exercise can surely make for a great case study for how not to explore space and the unknowns of our universe.