What should I say...

Rating: 5/10 (3 June 2012)

As a huge fan of the original Alien and it's first sequel I checked the IMDb function to find a theater nearby, playing the movie before the German release date, which is somewhere around August (???). I found a cinema in Strasbourg, which is just 150 km to drive, and since my family is currently on a vacation I thought let's give it a shot and see if the 8.3 rating for the movie is justifiable.
For all the technical aspects one can imagine to be used in such a production, I would give it a straight 9. The designs look great, the picture composition is wonderful and music just fits to the situations you can see on the screen. Even having this "2001: A Space Odyssey"-like tone in a couple of scenes is a good idea...
But story-wise I would say it is a disappointment... As a couple of the other reviewers already stated, there are a lot of plot-holes, to much predictable events... Something I cannot believe Ridley Scott or any other of the big names in the production staff could have missed... One of the other reviewers blamed the movie company for that and maybe he or she is right, since the release of a 3 hours Directors Cut would bring in another couple of bucks... I hope that this is not the case, but to return to proper review of the movie:
I expected more from the combination of Director and Material... And I don't mean pretty pictures and fancy equipment...