"The trick...is not minding that it hurts..."

Rating: 1/10 (4 April 2015)

"The trick,William Potter, is not minding that it hurts." ~ quote from the movie, "Lawrence of Arabia."
This quote is played at the very beginning of the movie, when David the android is watching a TV device which is playing that scene from Lawrence of Arabia.
This movie is so bad, it HURTS to watch it! Apparently, this is Scott's "sense of humor" - to warn you ahead of time - and the trick to watching it is to not mind that it's so BAD.
And -what IS it with quotes from LoA, anyway??? As the ship is landing on the planet/moon that they're about to explore, David quotes AGAIN from it - "There is nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing". Huh? Why? What does that have to do with ANYTHING?
What other reviewers have commented on is so spot on - the lack of development of the characters, nonsensical behavior by the characters, unanswered questions that leave you wondering, etc., such that you really don't give a hoot about their fate. There are so many scientific flaws, that it would make for a very long review.
Theron might as well be an android for all the depth of feeling that her character shows - she's not even a good..b-...witch! Ironically, Fassbender as an android exudes more passion and sense of purpose than most of the other characters.
It really is like a clichéd horror genre flick - set in space - you know the type - some rowdy teens stay in a cabin in the woods, and repeatedly Do The Most Stupid Thing...and are bumped off one by one.
And, what DOES the squid/octopus thing have to do with ANYTHING? It apparently is the precursor/Queen to the Alien, but...there are so many "disconnects" that it leaves you guessing.
One glaring flaw is when David is back on the ship with one of the cylinders containing the black goop - he unscrews the lid by turning it to the RIGHT. Whatever happened to "Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty"? At least in the US, something is unscrewed by turning it to the left.
Why do the "Engineers" want to kill humans? You'd think that after all the time and trouble that it has taken us to even get to the Moon, they'd be happy to see humans in 2093 landing on their planet! WTF?!
I watched it because it was on TV, and I was curious about it. Should have saved myself some time, and read some reviews first. This is one of those movies that teases you with a whiff of profundity - mankind has always looked to the stars and contemplated our origins - and then leaves you instead with just cynical existentialism.
Save your time and choose something else to watch.