Why all the Ridley Haters? A Brilliant movie!!!

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2013)

I really don't understand why so many haters have come out to 'slate' this movie. As an avid Ridley / Alien and general Sci-fi fan it's a fantastic watch but I will agree there were a few parts I was at odds with. There seems to be this overwhelming hatred towards Ridley and it almost feels as if so many of you couldn't wait for the movie to finish so that you could start 'picking holes' in it. I do not think any movie in the history of Sci-fi has come under such scrutiny.
Some of you hate the movie because it is not logical, is unscientific, unrealistic and improbable. Excuse me but it is Sci-fi and remember the FI stands for Fiction! Please don't try and compare it to Alien, the two movies are years apart and frankly nobody makes movies like Alien anymore, not even Ridley! The beauty of Alien was that it was so unique and left so much to the viewer to answer for themselves. How on earth do you expect Ridley to explain everything that happened before and after Alien in a 2 hour movie? If anything he adds extra unknown dimensions to the franchise that make you start thinking in terms of a process of evolution that has spanned millennia! There is no answer, no explanation because it is fiction and it's the viewer's job to use the imagination in places. That being said, several excellent episodes link to the original Alien movies that really get you thinking. The very beginning suggests the 'engineer' being gave his life to create the Human Race. Whether he intended to do this, whether his intentions were for good or for bad or whether this was in fact what Ridley was hinting at is for the viewer to discern. Fassbenders character was amazing! The opening scenes have us aching to know whether he is an android and the basketball shot confirms it, a fitting tribute to sigourney as an android. As the movie unfolds it becomes very deep and the meaning of life is questioned on levels that I never anticipated but enjoyed nonetheless. The parodies between androids and us as their makers and then the engineers making us in their image is fantastic. The evolution of the alien creature presents endless opportunities and those of you who kept repeating again and again why the giant squid thing grew so big obviously did not get the movie! You all kept repeating 'but it had no food, whys it so big'. You don't get it and no wonder you didn't enjoy the movie, your not meant to try and makes sense of it in terms of what we know of biology and science or even in the context of the first Alien movies, your meant to use your imagination and open up to the possibility that we can't explain certain things. The point of the Squid thing and the worms is to show how quickly and adaptable the alien creatures are and that the giant squid probably didn't need any 'food to grow'. Perhaps it would have grown to the size of the spaceship with more time. The point is we just don't know and Ridley doesn't have to explain every part to you. Why this desire to have everything spoon-fed to you. The reality is that Aliens are not real so no matter how Ridley spins it you are not going to be satisfied if you're looking for answers to everything.
Another thing Why are we so quick to assume that every character mishap or factual irregularity is the directors fault and not actually a human error made by the character them self. I keep hearing ppl reference near the beginning when Charlie is comparing drawings in caves etc. about how the civilisations never communicated with each other blah blah. You're all so 'proud and intelligent' pointing out what an idiot Ridley is for using civilisations that in all probability could have coexisted and in fact are the same but for a namesake and a few hundred years. Last time I checked humans make mistakes all the time and what's to say it wasn't Charlies error instead of Ridleys directing. How boring movies would be and how limited SCI FI would be if directors needed experts at every 'turn' to confirm whether or not something is factual / acceptable and whether or not it would later be scrutinised by the haters.
It seems you never gave the movie a chance and have turned into the same as those Star Trek / Star Wars freaks who get upset at the slightest inconsistency even though the director has created entire worlds and possibilities for them. We're not talking about historical inaccuracies like the Gladiator movie but putting aside your reservations and opening your mind to new ideas.
That's said, the self-performed operation, the annoying geologist and the spaceship rolling over Theron like an acme cartoon boulder were a bit much:) Remember these are not the same aliens but rather a pre evolution stage of them, the engineers don't have to be nice and we don't need answers for why they are so aggressive. It's their prerogative and its OK if they did or didn't make / breed us just to destroy us later. Open your minds and enjoy the sequel when it arrives. The sequel may or may not answer a few more questions or maybe Ridley will take it to another level like he did in this movie.