Major Disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (17 June 2012)

There are spoilers in this review.
If you are expecting another movie of the quality of Blade Runner or Alien or Kingdom of Heaven or any other Ridley Scott film I believe you will be sadly disappointed.
I think Independence Day and possibly even Armageddon made more sense than this movie. And those were some pretty awful movies from a scientific point of view. If the movie had been designed as simply mindless entertainment that would be one thing. But it was obviously made with the intent of having significance and deep meaning regarding our origins. If you are going to make a serious film you have to take the subject matter seriously.
Sadly, even an excellent director can't turn a terrible script into a good movie.
Also, 3d contributes nothing to the film. Especially since the movie is primarily set in such dark and dreary locations. See it without the 3d. Much better color and detail.
Many other reviewers have done an excellent job pointing out the almost innumerable inconsistencies and just plain stupid plot points but there is one I must mention. If you know that an alien race is planning to wipe out the entire human race do you think maybe you should maybe warn the human race!!! Instead of taking your talking head on a road trip to the alien's homeworld to whine about why they are doing it? I'm just saying.
A last point. Chris Carter may want to try to get a cut from the proceeds considering how badly they ripped off his "black oil" from the X-Files.