Entertaining, if you don't think about it too much: CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Rating: 4/10 (11 June 2012)

I've really enjoyed reading all of the negative reviews here at IMDb. In some ways, it's been as entertaining as the film. I enjoyed watching the film, but ultimately it's a dumb movie, very poorly written and conceived. Visually it's quite fine (though not as stunning as Avatar), but the characters' actions, as many reviewers here have stated, are nonsensical and the whole film seems like a cheap set up for the next in the lucrative series.
Agreed: There is no reason or motivation for Charlize Theron's character. She's sexy as hell; guess that has to be good enough. Makes no sense that they would open the door for the zombified geologist; only reason was to create the ensuing action sequence. Dr. Halloway acts like a petulant frat boy when he learns that the Engineers are long dead-- yeah, I guess discovering the race that visited ancient human civilizations isn't very exciting. How did the guy who was in charge of the sophisticated mapping orbs (the geologist) get lost in the structure, especially when in contact with the ship, which has a detailed map of the whole structure? Makes no sense at all. Why don't Charlize and Noomi run left or right instead of the way the spaceship is rolling? How did the Engineer get so quickly out of the crashed ship to chase after Noomi and why is he so intent on killing the remaining human? How does the decapitated David know what's going on in the space pod while he's laying on the control room floor? What was the point of Weyland keeping his presence a secret? Why wouldn't you perform psychological and personality tests on the crew before sending them on such an expensive mission? Why would a biologist be such a scaredy- pants? These are not "mysteries"; these are holes in the writing. Horrible script, just horrible. I guess if you truly believe in Xenu and the Body Thetans, though, as Scott supposedly does as a Scientologist, then your need for things to be logical or believable is at a much lower level than most people. All the Christian and Jesus stuff seemed out of place, too, as if setting us up for a sequel in which Jesus is an Engineer, etc.
Great visual effects and design. Terrible writing.