Beautiful Scenery, story somewhat lacking

Rating: 8/10 (18 September 2012)

OK, I give this one an 8 out of 10. I wanted to see this movie from the first ten seconds of the trailers. As expected the scenery, sets and CGI were stunning. The Gigeresque look of the Alien/Aliens movies were in full effect and were even better than those Ridley Scott masterpieces. The story however was just OK, and a little bit lacking to me.
Maybe the Sci-Fi geek in me was just expecting too much. I like the whole "Ancient Alien" theories that I watch on the History Channel, And I would have liked to see more of a lead up on that to the actual voyage.
The star of the movie was definitely Michael Fassbender as the protagonist anti-hero David, the robot. He gave a wonderful performance where the others were so-so. Although I understand Charlize Theron's character, I also think she was just inserted in to pull more people into the theaters at $20 a pop because they wasted a great movie star with pretty much a cameo, phoned in appearance.
It is worth watching for the sets alone, but the movie as a whole seemed a little small minded in a genre that could have led to much better mind bending intelligent places. Hopefully Prometheus 2 will sort it out.