I Hate To Love This Movie & I love To Hate it

Rating: 4/10 (14 January 2013)

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This movie is what I was waiting for, for a long time. Ridly Scot did it again, a truly remarkable mysterious story line which answered all the loose ends from the original Alien movie, down to the hole in the chest of the giant. So, it would have been a truly mysterious captivating film except for the fact that the mystery was revealed in the first act of the film. The rest of the film was clumsy shallow attempt to discover the meaning of the first act. It is like starting an Agatha Cristy novel by knowing that the "butler" did it.
There are 2 type of mystery stories:
1) we only know the answer in the end, the story, even an average one, is still interesting in anticipating the conclusion.
2) We know the answer in the first act because the story is not about the mystery but about the people and their struggle to solve the mystery. In these stories the process is far more interesting and entertaining than the mystery itself.
The film "alien" was like category 1, we only knew what it was in the climax of the film. In the second and third film there was great action and drama in overcoming the alien, category 2.
This film could have been a great category 1 film even with a mediocre story line. But not with this order of discovery. Once I knew the answer to the mystery I expected great depth and dynamic characters. All i got was a not so bad episode of "Babylon 5" (does anyone remember that series?).
My advice to you is, if rent this film for the first time skip the first 5 minutes and 10 seconds and then start the show. Believe me you will not regret it. after the end play the first 5 minutes as an afterthought of the hero of the film.