A very polished, nice looking movie. Not much else.

Rating: 3/10 (17 January 2013)

The title of my review says it all. This movie is visually stunning, one of the best looking films I have seen in years probably. Otherwise, I did not care too much for this movie.
Half of the characters in this movie are canon fodder. They are there simply to be killed, and in some cases only have about 30 seconds to two minutes of screen time. You won't know their names after the movie, because in some instances you won't know their names during the movie. As for the main characters, I can't relate to any of them. Michael Fassbender's David is the most likable character, and he is a robot. This film is a case where sheer stupidity by all characters is necessary for a lot of the plot to happen, and that is a major failing of almost any movie that is of the horror/sci-fiction genre.
I say the understatement of the century when I say that this movie promises answers, but in the end just leaves you with a crap-ton of questions. If you see it and like it, more power to you. As of the time of the review this movie is posting a 7.2 rating, so obviously more people like it than hate it. I would say it is good for entertainment value, but it is obvious that Ridley Scott wanted for it to be more than that. Unfortunately for me it just isn't. It is a polished turd that has fooled some people into thinking it is the best sci-fiction in the last decade.
A Challenge to the Viewers: I challenge anyone who watched this movie, or plans on watching it, to name as many of the characters, by name, as they can by the end, and see in the credits how many you got right. I personally got five or six (out of about eighteen or twenty) and thought I did very well. If you can get half of them, you are amazing.
Don't worry if you do bad. It's not like you forgot any characters worth remembering, cause there aren't any in this movie.