Anyone expecting Alien should look elsewhere

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2012)

Warning: My contain a spoiler
I am a huge admirer of Ridley Scott as a director and I like all of the Alien series too (including the Director's Cut of David Fincher's Alien 3).
Okay we've now done Alien (four times) and again in AVP uniting two franchises, with varying quality. So anyone who was expecting Alien should buy that box set. Ridley Scott said this wasn't going to be Alien, although it sets up the prequel nicely, The beginning owes more to 2001 and the ship has more of a Star Trek feel. Now that's out of the way...
This film poses more questions than it answers (probably deliberately) but the questions it asks are valid. The actions and statements from the robot David reveal the really profound questions (though it could be any of us asking them). These could include, should we meet and know our maker, if we met our maker would we be disappointed, would our maker or creator be pleased to meet us? The list goes on.
Obviously David is disappointed to know his maker, and even more so because he was created just 'because we can'.
Better as a prequel than Star Wars Episode I and both AVP's.
Is it a flawless film? No. However, the two hours just flew by which is always a good sign that I'm enjoying a film. It's clever thought provoking, far from perfect, but stylish and with amazing visual sequences. Even if I need to see it once more to take in more of the detail, what's not to like?