Underwhelming.

Rating: 6/10 (2 June 2012)

Underwhelming. A really good cast, great special effects, but poor script and directing.
There were too many clichés which were poorly executed anyway, and character behaviour & plot that is too unrealistic to ignore: "Hey. let's spend a trillion dollars on a state of the art ship, and crew it with idiots who cannot follow even basic scientific protocol".
Noomi Rapace is excellent though, and totally steals the show; saving the whole thing somewhat. The other members of this excellent cast were good but limited by the direction and characterisation.
The 3D is very good though, and the effects are good enough that you do get immersed in the universe, so it's not a bad movie, just not quite a good one either.
Disappointing, because the ingredients for a great movie were all there including outstanding effects (I loved the humanoid ET's!).