An abomination of a movie

Rating: 2/10 (2 June 2012)

Where to start? Well this is movie is so bad I felt compelled to join IMDb just to write this review. It is an abomination of a movie rather than an awesome movie about abominable aliens. The only saving grace is Michael Fassbender's character David the 'droid.
The story is so ill conceived and slow paced it is not long before all this dull cave trekking becomes monotonous. This is just another movie that does a disservice to the alien franchise. It's a mish-mash of avatar, the sanctum and a botched attempt at recreating the tension of the first alien movie.
SPOILER ALERT!...Not that I'm actually spoiling anything great but the highlight of the movie for me was the unintentional humour of the space jockey and David smiling at each other while the space jockey thing pats him on the head before decapitating him.
The studios and execs need to stop all this bs meddling and let the real film makers do their job. It seems like all good franchises are eventually butchered, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Terminator etc. If the Alien franchise had not already been butchered well now it truly has been. The plot is just laughable, as are the alien tie ins. Character development is horrific. Disregard most positive reviews which are likely studio plants.
Take home message from this review: Avoid like the plague and pretend like this movie never existed. Two thumbs down.