Good Science FICTION

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2012)

The film set looks magnificent and the acting and action scenes are good with just the right amount of horror. For those expecting the film to tie directly into the Alien franchise, you may be disappointed, but if you did your research you would know that Scott deliberately goes off on a tangent from Alien, with the attack mechanism and likeness of some of the monsters in this film being very close to Alien /s, and part of the story being associated to a pretty much unexplained scene in Alien. But thats about it.
Next, this is fiction, not much point in hammering certain scenes in the film for the lack of scientific correctness, when the whole plot has zero basis on scientific evidence. I do though agree that a little more thought should have been put into some scenes. I don't really understand why David maliciously infects Charlie with the black goo, wtf is the black goo- is it necessary? why does that stupid bloke go play with an snake like alien life form in the cave (although all horrors seem to have goons that deserve to die), and how and why did Liz's offspring become so damn big! The plot overall is an interesting one and I for one would look forward to seeing a much required sequel to tie up the story.
With the amount of discussion going on around this Movie and some things explained I have a feeling Scott and co. may have been cleverer than they seem and a good sequel to complete the story could make this a 8.5 movie. At the moment, a good space based Sci fi. To compare to recent films in the genre- not as good as Sunshine IMO, but better then Pandorum.