Disappointing (minor spoilers)

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2012)

I have real doubts that Ridley Scott was as involved or controlled of this movie/story as most of his other movies. The direction is good, but many other elements are sub-par. The characters are somewhat hollow. The female lead has almost no screen presence. Meanwhile Theron is wasted in her role. There are some good bits of information that help add to the Alien lore, but also a lot of new questions raised (not necessarily a bad thing).
The story suffers in that I didn't really care about the characters, especially the protagonists. Theron's character evoked the most emotion (ironically given her character's stoic nature) and then where that character ends up makes no sense.
The basic framework of the story is good and the setting is compelling. But the plot details, dialog, most of the acting don't deliver the goods.