Unfair to the viewer - actually made me mad

Rating: 4/10 (30 June 2017)

I'll try to be vague, but I there is only so much you can complain about without revealing why it bothered you.
My wife thought it was so funny how much this movie irritated me. I just felt like the director wanted to provoke more than entertain. Maybe I'm just naive about what sci-fi horror should be. I've seen all the Alien movies, and I understand plot twists and endings that hint at a not-so-resolute resolution. There are clichÃ©s everywhere used in horror, and techniques to keep the tension alive. Characters always seem to make bad decisions...
I will admit I haven't read the novel. It's difficult to translate what works in a book to something on the screen that is time-limited. Many plot techniques are done because we don't have time to hear the narrator explain a-la Stephen King how someone comes to a conclusion or acts a certain way. There are triumphs and tragedies, comedy and horror, and many other dualities within theater. I myself like (need?) a happy ending, especially when you connect with the characters and other aspects of their lives, revealed to you during the story.
Be prepared for the 'rules' to be broken. Go into this with the expectation that you will see things that either don't make sense or you can't expect to be reasonable. It has great special effects, and while many will point out scientific impossibilities I've long since expected the science in science fiction to be perfectly and physically acceptable.
I suspect the director or author wanted to make a thematic statement, rather than give the viewers something they were expecting. There were a few points in the film that haunted me, like in the scene in Saving Private Ryan where a soldier was stabbed to death in a struggle. The visceral, painful inevitability tasted bitter to me, when I was expecting heroics. There were two characters at the end I connected with, and I wanted a much different ending.
I respect anyone else who feels otherwise. I think a person's reaction here says more about themselves than the movie itself. I will continue to look forward to more sci-fi...