Excellent film set in Alien universe, with a different emphasis

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2012)

I loved this film. It's a different beast to the other films sent in the Alien universe. Of all those that have been made before, it feels most like Alien 1, but the emphasis is not so much on terror, but on an interesting, sinister sci-fi mythology that concerns our origins and that of the Aliens. However, there is horror and violence and gore, which was all done well.
The film does leave questions unanswered - that's fine with me. I didn't know sequels were planned when I watched it and I thought it was great. However, I'm incredibly keen to see what the sequels have to offer.
I thought all the acting, action, cinematography etc was great.
I would give Alien 1 10* because it is the most terrifying film I've ever seen, and it's got a great sci-fi feel too. This film definitely has the great sci-fi feel, and it is disturbing and freaky in a good way. It is not aiming for the terrifying award, and though I'm not sure how to categorise the objective of this film, I suspect it will take sequels to realise whatever that is.
One could criticise the 'science' bits - some are rather dodgy. But what the heck, I didn't notice what little they detracted from the film.