Interesting, great potential, but a bit slow

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2020)

Wasn't sure what to expect when I started watching it after reading some reviews but I was pleasantly surprised and annoyed at the same time.
Surprised because this is the first sci-fi I've seen in a while that's got something original to say, reference to "the alien", and some really unique CGI, the last was Arrival!
But both suffer from the same slow pace and annoying subplots about the main characters's personal life. In this movie the sex scenes were totally unnecessary and add -20 to the rating..... when will producer's ever learn good believable sci-fi has absolutely nothing to do with human drama, nothing ever, ziltch, nada, zip, naff all, zero! It always feels like its a concession to some backer who insists there has to be something to appeal to everyone else it may annoy the audience.... well that's a human determination, not an alien one..... and it starts to confuse the plot and btw annoys the viewer.
If this was really about an alien invasion what the character did before is totally irrelevant. In this case I accept the husband is needed to make basic structure for the ending, but there's other ways to achieve this surely.
Next, we're back to to the stereotypical oafish military characters, in this case it's the obnoxious, loud mouthed, busty female, low cut top wearing, musclewoman...... who is actually supposed to be a scientist or something right... all very confusing.
Also didn't get why this has to be an all female insertion group, in reality wouldn't those in charge send in a team of both scientists and military guys?
Lots of plot holes, slow pace and poorly defined and confusing characters put it into a death spiral, but excellent graphics and a great concept save this movie and actually make it quite memorable!
Potential to be great, but would need a hell of a lot more thinking and input to achieve that kind of recognition.
On a par with Interstellar (easy) and Arrival (just), better than Prometheus (not difficult), but a long way adrift from Contact or 2001 quality wise!