Oh My...

Rating: 2/10 (10 June 2012)

I'm so disappointed. I had high hopes, but then the rating went from 8.5 to 7.9... That's never a good sign.
So apparently the world's foremost scientists are lacking a brain. Not just that, they are completely 0.5 dimensional, and make typically poor decisions.
I'm completely disappointed at this especially because in Alien we saw much more credible characters. Ripley took the standard procedure to the letter, and the crew outside was screaming to get in. That's realistic, and what you would expect to happen in such a situation.
In this movie? Surreal right from the start. What better way to explore an alien structure than immediately removing your helmet when it indicates the air is breathable? Who cares what else might be there. Who cares if all of the sudden some vents open and the air gets toxic. Well not the characters, obviously.
Oh that biologist... amazing that he got a degree, actually. What biologist is so dense he can't even recognize obvious aggressive behavior? Even if there are such biologists, why select *them* to bring on such an important mission?? And that geologist... what was he supposed to do, exactly? Deploy a few probes? Nicely done, mate. Too bad between the two of them they can't figure out the way out. Or to even *call* the ship to point them the way out. Seriously? Finally, that annoying David robot thing. Yes, the most interesting character in the whole movie. Too bad he's supposed to be a robot, though. Seemed less of a robot and more of a person throughout all the movie.
Oh well, is it even worth it pointing out how this movie gets all the science... WRONG? Mr. Ridley Scott, I expected more of you. Much much more.
Read with me: Science is our friend! It's not a made up concept you just adapt to fit whatever your needs are. "Don't be a skeptic", the girl-scientist says to the boy-scientist. Dare I say being skeptic is what science is all about? Oh... if their DNA is identical to ours... how come they are so different? And how come at least 35k years of evolution (oh wait... did they disprove evolution in this movie? Hmm... asking a bit too much there aren't you?) still resulted in a perfect match? And worse, how can chimps share 97-98% of DNA with us?? Were they created by the aliens too?
Amazing how paintings in caves "clearly indicate" we were created by an alien race. Which is 100% similar in DNA to us. But then again doesn't look like us entirely. Oh no wait, that whole concept (along with the "engineers" title) was entirely "on faith". Nevermind countless other explanations for the drawings. You could even say they were some alien race that once visited our planet and left us a map to follow them when we were ready. But no, they had to be our creators just because. And sharing DNA. Ignore how that conflicts with everything we actually *know* about life on earth. Nothing in this story made any sense. Suspension of disbelief has limits, sorry to say.
One final note for that auto-surgery, which was definitely the high part of this mediocre movie: What happened to the two guys who were trying to put her asleep? Did they stay "out" that long? Why didn't they go after here? I got the impression she didn't even lock the door.
Mr. Scott, I'm not 15 anymore. I am older, and my brain is functioning pretty well thank you. Please take that into consideration when you plan your next movie. Or if you don't, at least be kind enough to make it PG13 or something, so it's target audience can see it too.