Impressive special effects, poor story line

Rating: 5/10 (10 June 2012)

The important thing to remember with this movie is that it is predominantly a b grade thriller/horror set in a sci fi environment. It is by no means a competent sci fi fantasy movie. Turn your brain off and don't make the mistake of thinking about it.
While the special effects and settings are majestic, the story line barely holds together. This film left us all asking. Why why why afterwards - and not in a good way.
The scientists don't act like scientists
No body does anything even remotely resembling what you might do arriving at a planet to make contact with an alien species
The evil characters do things and say things in plain sight and no body pays any attention.
Whole sequences involving aliens are set in motion... seemingly for no reason. Not mentioned or explained in any way. (Why infect him and then ignore what happens?!)
The whole storyline of what happened to the engineers makes no sense at all. (if it got free... what happened to it?!)
... Not to mention some of the worst "old person" makeup ever.