Excellent Addition to Franchise - 3rd Best Alien Film

Rating: 9/10 (14 October 2017)

This movie has a lot of excellent things going for it. Ridley Scott created a visually stunning prequel that elaborates on Prometheus' mythology.
What happened to Shaw is absolutely insane and I was horrified to learn what became of her (in a good way). The back burster scene was really intense so those reviewers stating that this film had no intensity are probably feelingless androids, like Walter.
Michael Fassbenders nails it in his 2 roles in this film. I really enjoy the journey David is has been on and can't wait to see what happens to him when they get to the new planet. It is brilliant how he thinks himself a God and creator, and manipulates all the humans to further his plan. The engineers can't stop him, nor the humans.
The two gripes I have with this movie is 1. the total lack of character depth / arc. This movie does a terrible job making you care about the scientists in the film and you never really get the chance to learn about the "couples." and 2. The flute scene. They should have cut the flute scene and spent more time setting up the characters.
The lore, art direction, and creature design make up for those drawbacks. I have seen this movie twice and will gladly watch it again soon.