Too much like aliens.

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2012)

"The movie disappointed me because it went in a different direction than what I had hoped for." That's my opinion, and also a good analogy for how overused the ideas in the movie is.
At times I was frustrated by the predictability. Some movies have a solid story, and can provide surprise twists in a natural way. Other movies have less of a story, and then they have to experiment with doing the opposite of what the audience expects. Ridley Scott apparently does not feel he has to do anything to create twists in this completely mundane storyline.
You will see unprofessional crew, scientists vs soldiers, obvious expendable characters, young actor with "oldman mask", stereotypical alien base, stereotypical aliens, casual making the greatest discovery in human history, and so on. I believe they are "TV-Tropes" or whatever...
I don't understand why there must be retards on spaceships that make tons of stupid mistakes just to further an empty plot. JUST LET EVERYONE BE SMART, AND MAKE THE ALIENS SMARTER! One good thing about the movie is the main character played by Noomi Rapace. Heck, all performances are at least decent. The CGI is great, it has some very beautiful sceneries. The story isn't terrible either. My beef is mainly that a movie about aliens should feel alien, shouldn't it? And the idiot/expendable characters... FFS.