I feel like i felt when I learned Santa wasn't real.

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2012)

This was very poorly done. Guy Pearce and Theron phoned in their roles. The story premise had real potential, then al la European movies leaves the motivations a mystery to the viewer. This has no place in classic sci fi.
Fact based assumptions and potential outcomes are the film makers responsibility. Ridley must have phoned in his work as well. Idris Elba very talented Brit uses a ghetto voice? Really what the heck? Even the elongated shooting techniques left me cold because they only work to exaggerate an already taut script, which this by no mean was.
The ending was a throw in so the Alien movie stands in continuum. Of course based on this movie to what end is it to travel to their home planet? The humanoid awakened in the movie had the personality of the Howard Hawks the thing from the 50's movie. The disdain and brutality towards humans will be only magnified on their home planet after killing their emissary. Leave little to discuss.