This could have been so damn good...

Rating: 5/10 (18 June 2012)

With such a classic, already established story to play with from the sequels to this movie.. What happened here? Visuals are 10/10...but so are most movies these days.
I sat in the IMAX theatre with my 3D glasses on and after the initial 30 mins of draw dropping visuals, the stage was set... my brain sat there waiting to be taken into the story.... and there it waited... and waited .... for about the next 90 mins..
The big question that went through my mind during this movie was, did Scott actually read the script before he started making this movie? I could write this script, I really think I could, it's trivial. As a stand alone movie - outside of the Alien buzz, would anyone rate this higher than a 5 or 6/10? I'm from the Aliens era but loved Alien too. I actually saw this with some folks from my work, who are in their mid 20's and they thought this was a big let down. The movie as a whole is just weak... What is with the Guy Pearce story/makeup/space suit that helps him walk? Almost comical.
Mr Scott...Ridley, this is clearly an attempt at an Alien sequel, so let it be one, don't try to make it be something it is not.
Reading the comments from other viewers, there are loads of permutations of story that could have been or shouldn't have been but think the underlying tone here is - This movie could really have been a movie that we're all still talking about in 25 years time, just like people are today with Alien and Aliens.... Don't think that will be the case here.