Visually Amazing, Horribly Written

Rating: 5/10 (27 June 2012)

I will make this as simple as I can. The look and feel of the film was beautiful. The combination of cinematography, lighting and effects was just stunning at times. Unfortunately, the script was awful. I never felt any empathy for these characters. So, even though, conceptually, the plot had some compelling points, I was never drawn into the story. Then I remembered, this is the same writer behind Lost and it all made sense. I tried to watch that meandering train wreck of a series for the first two seasons before I realized that the writers idea of motivation for characters was either painfully corny are made purposely and unnecessarily ambiguous. So, if you enjoy blatant, phony manipulation using overwrought abstract concepts, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, spend your ten bucks elsewhere. Too bad, 'cuz Ridley Scott is generally a good director.
Ah, I see now that same guy produced and wrote stupid Cowboys and Aliens too, that explains that movie's stupidity then too. Wow, talk about a crappy character. Poor Harrison Ford, they made his character so despicable that it made no sense that he was supposed to have this huge change at the end and you were supposed to like him, whatever. Sorry, I hate crap writing, especially when they con me out of money to be exposed to it.
Oh, and I really feel a little ripped off by the it's not really a sequel BS too. I mean, really? You are going to have all these concepts and characters but then show us creatures that require some evolution or explanation as to why they are what they are. Just seems ill-conceived if you ask me. I hope they either don't do sequels to this or at least try to clean up some of the mess if they do.