Viral Youtube videos better than the movie itself

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2012)

Looking at the trailers and the "viral" Youtube videos of the movie, including the "Weyland TED talk" set the scene for the movie really nicely. With all the comic book movies and "franchise" films coming out these days I was really exited to be able to see an original work with no Hobbits or Superheroes in them. A new and refreshing story.
After watching the movie, I kind of wanted to ask Ridley Scott: "Please tell me what went wrong?" He truly is a master of film making and the story has such great promise. I certainly praise him for trying to make something original in today's world of remakes and comic book adaptations. However, the plot was just a jumble of loose ends and twists that don't quite fit. I continually kept asking myself: How exactly is this relevant to the story or how does this contribute to advancing the plot? A lot of the behavior and motivations of the crew are just "out of place". Probably most annoying of all was that the "scientists" behave like a bunch of kids fresh out of kindergarten. It's not something you would expect from the crew of a trillion dollar mission to explore the most profound questions of all time. Like I said before: doesn't feel right. Worst of all I got this feeling throughout the movie.
Giving it a 6 for the ambition to create something new and refreshing and grand. Sadly it could have been (a lot) better.