Potential not quite realized

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2012)

This is a visually stunning movie; The effects are fantastic. It is a great cast and they play their parts well, but no outstanding performances.
The story is not fantastic.
Yes we like the idea that aliens visited the Earth way back when and now we want to find out what role they played in our past. That part works okay. That the aliens are eight foot tall muscle bound bald guys...well, we could be okay with that, too, if they had spent any time developing these aliens. Hard to love or hate these guys when they don't really do much. They should be central to the story, but somehow aren't.
Ironically what really doesn't work is the continual playback to the original aliens from Alien. They are in there too. We've seen these already: Creep & scary. They had like 5 movies or something and we are kind of tired of those aliens. Maybe if there was something new...but no.
So we've got an alien movie that splits time on two separate alien races, giving neither enough time to be worthwhile. The effects are not so good to overcome that failure. It's an okay movie, but it won't be legendary or anything.