Several really good elements, many bad elements

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2017)

All of the people giving this a 1/10 or a 2/10 are huge Alien fans and are upset at the direction of the writing for the series and the Xenomorph. And I understand that, but they're not being critical.
This film has plenty of good too. The production, visuals, audio/music and David are all very good. But that's where the good ends.
The broader story is written poorly and at times seems to move too fast to get you invested in the characters and involved in the plot. The movie attempts to get you to want the characters to live, but they are so boring and never set up. I never cared about any of the characters except David. Perhaps the worst point of this is that the set up for the film (in the form of The Last Supper trailer) to get you to like the characters ISN'T EVEN IN THE FILM.
I never cared about any dead characters, I never cared about the live ones being killed. Whether or not this was due to just the poor pacing of the film or whether or not the mediocre acting or poorly written characters are to blame at all. But I never cared.
But perhaps the worst part of the film is how the lore and mystery of the Xenomorph has been butchered. This is where the fans are hating on this film and for good reason. The mystery surrounding the Xenomorph is what made it so interesting and scary. But now that we know how it came into existence, you become almost bored by it. The way they decided to do this was very poor and the worst part of the film.
tl;dr:
+Stunning Visuals. +Great sound design +Fitting music, sometimes taken. from the previous films (and that's fine). +Michael Fassbender(Like always he made everyone else look like crap by comparison). +Reasonable action sequences.
-Weak writing/plot, poor pacing and missing scenes required. -Weak character design with characters you don't care about. -Mediocre acting. --Butchered Xenomorph lore and design. -Only character you like is the antagonist.
If you don;t care about the franchise you could enjoy this film, but I do.
5/10