While being perhaps somewhat less abysmal than the majority of reviewers suggest, this film did not need to be made. As others mention, the characters are stupid, and the "story" is predictable, and most of it is wildly contrived.
My biggest complaint revolves around the unneeded narrative they seem to be welding together as they go. For example, the original movies had an unknown menace against whom the humans had to fight to survive. It was never made fully clear where the alien came from, nor *why* it existed... that didn't matter. In this, as in Prometheus, there is a bizarre back story that is alluded to, but doesn't develop in an interesting or even relevant way.
I find that I care less about the history of this organism the more they try to fill it in.
Unfortunately, contemporary culture precludes stopping while they are ahead, and we will no doubt see a third installment in this silly trilogy.
My biggest complaint revolves around the unneeded narrative they seem to be welding together as they go. For example, the original movies had an unknown menace against whom the humans had to fight to survive. It was never made fully clear where the alien came from, nor *why* it existed... that didn't matter. In this, as in Prometheus, there is a bizarre back story that is alluded to, but doesn't develop in an interesting or even relevant way.
I find that I care less about the history of this organism the more they try to fill it in.
Unfortunately, contemporary culture precludes stopping while they are ahead, and we will no doubt see a third installment in this silly trilogy.