Tries hard to be epic but is just another oops we released the alien sci-fi

Rating: 5/10 (16 January 2015)

I thought this was supposed to be a smart science fiction movie, I mean it was really hyped as the next '2001' or something when it came out, but this was so full of plot holes and dumb mistakes or things that are just plain ridiculous that I don't even know where to begin.
The special effects/CGI are impressive and I did enjoy the opening scene with the white alien and the whole origins of man theory. I also liked the premise where the crew of a (2093) spaceship embark on a voyage to a distant planet in hopes of discovering these origins based on cave drawings and interstellar maps but jeez.
All along this felt like it was trying too hard to be unique or epic, taking itself seriously in a very pretentious way when really the plot is like so many other sci-fi disaster, oops we released the alien movies I've seen before.
To begin with this is a "fairly" important mission, with a one trillion dollar budget, a team of the best scientists and then some (seemingly criminal) blue collar workers thrown in (?) and damn do they make some dumb mistakes along the way. I won't get into all the instances but one example; Charlize Theron has her own personal medical pod but when it comes time to use it, huh, its only programmed to be used on males. Wouldn't she have checked it out before they left?
Okay, I did enjoy Michael Fassbender as Data I mean David, a great character who steals every scene he's in. And in the end I liked that this was a prequel to 'Alien', it made zero sense but it was still kinda cool. 12/3/14