Too much Ambiguity

Rating: Null/10 (3 May 2013)

I don't need *everything* spelled out for me, but this movie had way to many "why" moments for me. Please explain to me Charlize Theron's character. Why is she kneeling and kissing her bosses hand? Why is she calling him father? Will that be explained later? Is she a robot? Why does Fassbender's robot seem to know more than the others about everything? What is up with the hologram(?) in the beginning? The visuals on this movie, as others pointed out were incredible. As is some of the story line. The whole "who are we..where do we come from..and does it matter?" theme is powerful, but not fleshed out nearly enough - nor with enough conviction by the actors to explain their motivations. Why would the planet Earth send a ship to find out the origins of humanity and give control to a corporation? I mean seriously? Did I miss the reason because the plot was so unfleshed-out?
Also some very not-very-thought-out moments too. If you suspects the Engineers had a virus, wouldn't you be much more cautious on that planet? Wouldn't you warn the guys trapped in the alien ship to stay away from stuff? Again, what the heck is Fessbender up to, later, when he steals aboard the ship and looks at their navigational/bridge/flight deck? Also, the other characters were just clichéd and not realistic. I know you want some cool lines etc., but I'm sure if I had just decided to kill myself, like the flight crew of Prometheus did, I wouldn't be so damn cavalier and fatalistic. I'd at least show some real apprehension of death. And Shaw screaming "its going back to earth and its bringing Death" almost made me LOL. How over the top can u be? Can't see Ripley saying something so dramatic.
It just seems like these great directors stop thinking about what they are directing and think ideas and CGI are good enough. And its not. Acting, logical motivations of characters, plot, and realism matter. Spielberg, and now Scott, has forgotten this with fancy over-the-top, over-polished scripts and cool moments. They need to pay closer attention to detail and cohesion. Go back and watch Alien. It was told from a human perspective. It wasn't perfect, but it was so much more believable in the way humans approached dangerous situations than this movie was. And this lack of sense or logic in dangerous situations is what ultimately spoiled a movie that was otherwise full of great potential.