Good visuals, but that's pretty much it

Rating: 4/10 (23 August 2017)

Meh...the movie made me feel tension at some points, but not because of the actual aliens. I felt tension because the characters were so STUPID and I was in suspense because maybe they'd do something smart for a change! I cared for a total of 3 characters: Walter, David, and Daniels. (I thought that Daniels was a pretty good character because while she was kind of a crybaby, I found that she was the smartest of all the main characters and stayed strong throughout the movie--that's not saying much, but it's something.) Fassbender's acting was AMAZING, and I love how creepy he made David. But other than those 3, all the other characters are bland, poorly-written, and they make dumb decisions that expert scientists that have trained for YEARS for this should not be making. I feel bad for the actors who had to work with such bad writing.
The plot was meh. Very predictable and kinda ruins the mystery that the original Alien movie gave off. What the original had was the whole "unknown" factor. This is a creature that no one knows of that can do all these killer (lol) things. It promotes the idea that the universe is so large that we truly cannot comprehend or really try to grasp all of it because in the end, we are puny and weak. This movie takes that fantastic mystery vibe and just kinda flushes it down the drain. It didn't even explain everything contained in its plot. There's a right and wrong way to not reveal everything in a single movie because it's supposed to have sequels, and this movie did it the WRONG way. I still don't know how the aliens were created nor do I care.
Why the 4 stars, though? Because of the visuals--that's it. The CGI felt like a slap to the face at times (mainly with the Xenomorph), but otherwise visuals were stunning and well-made. Some of the designs didn't make sense to me and the Xenomorph baby wasn't the same as in Alien, but otherwise cinematography was excellent. Also the 3 characters I mentioned before contribute to my generous rating.
In conclusion, I give this movie 4 stars because the plot wasn't good, characters were stupid, writing in general was bad, but I did like some of the acting and characters, and the visuals were great.