My review and interpretations-favorable

I saw the movie last night at the 5:10 show. No 3-d. I personally thought the movie was better than good, but not an instant classic, but it definitely needs time for understanding and to sink in. It's not a direct prequel to Alien, and a slightly new xeno is shown only at the end. Other than that, there is not much alien activity, as most of the chaos is caused by the engineer and a mutated Fifield. The movie itself had spectacular effects. It was probably the best looking movie i've ever seen, by a pretty good margin. Regardless of what anyone says about the plot and whatnot, the effects make this movie amazing to watch. I felt the story was good. The central theme of this story is to be careful what you wish for. People have always wondered and questioned their existence, and where they came from, but I think the theme of the movie is that we are not meant to know where we came from, and we cannot comprehend where we came from, and if we ever got to the point of discovering where we came from, we'd likely be left disappointed. I saw a lot of deep philosophical meanings that i think naturally would fly over most viewers head. When David and Holloway were talking in their key alone scene, David poses the question "why did humans create me?" and Holloway replies, in a drunken stupor with a smirk on his face "because we can". Then something is said about how thankfully David cannot experience disappointment so it shouldn't matter. David can't really comprehend why he exists, and David's creation is so trivial to humans that it wouldn't matter to humans if David existed or not, because they could just create another one. This is where the engineer's relationship to humanity lies. There's no reasoning for why humans exist, or what happened to create earth, etc. We exist whether its out of boredom, or experimentation, or whatever whims lie with the engineers. The engineers, much like humans, eventually became too powerful IMO. Their technology exceeded their capacity to control it, and that is why there was a slaughter of engineers shown by the piles of dead bodies. We don't know what killed them. I don't think we need to know, other than the engineers greed and arrogance. It is clear, as stated by Janek, that the engineers had this planet as a military base, and that's where they kept their weapons of destruction (the urns). They have been experimenting with the xeno lifecycle for years, as show by the xeno mural on the wall (likely an equation to create xenos that flew over the viewer's head). There is a planet of engineers somewhere else, and it is clear they have been creating and destroying life for centuries. I interpreted the "invitation" to come see the engineers as a failsafe so the engineers knew when humans were advanced enough that they became a threat and had to be eliminated. If earth has been around for billions of years, and considering the humans and engineers share the same DNA, the engineers would have to understand that eventually humans would get close to matching their technological advancements and would need to be eliminated so that civilization could start over and the engineers could remain at the top of the food chain. The engineers lead the humans to their military base, where highly destructive biology existed, knowing the inquisitive mind of the humans would eventually lead to infection and allow the humans to wake the engineer, who then would eliminate humanity on earth. Because humans share the same DNA as engineers, we appear to be pawns and experiments by the engineers to advance their own species. There is no existential meaning to humanity. This was clearly (to me) stated and implied throughout the movie. Just as David learned he has no real purpose, humans learn the same. Some questions better left unanswered. Sure there were plot holes, but they didn't ruin the movie. I've heard people complain about Shaw recovering too quickly from a c-section and nobody caring that they found alien life. well, it's science fiction. It's an alternate universe. I assume that these guys were on a trillion dollar voyage because they're professionals and the best in their business. Professionals stay calm under pressure. Medicine is much more advanced. Things i liked: - Story that makes you think, as long as you can handle a movie that doesn't spoon feed every answer to you -Effects -Acting: Good all around i felt. You already know Fassbender was amazing (I think he gets an Oscar for it, very standout performance), But Theron, Rapace, and Elba were particularly good too. The scene between Janek and Vickers and the scene with Holloway and David were two of the better scenes i've seen in a while. - Engineer's technology. I loved the organic style of their tech, how it blended into their environments. I had no problem with the flute, it was 2 seconds total in the movie and hinted that they're so advanced we can't even comprehend. Things I didn't like: - Pacing seemed off, I feel there was too much editing down in the final act - Brutality of deaths were very poor. Most people who died got killed by getting thrown. Several others didn't have on-screen deaths. Could've been a lot more dramatic deaths. I wonder if the c-section scene got the ratings boards miffed and prevented more violence to keep it under NC-17. Would've loved to see Weyland die by getting his head ripped of or dismembered, rather than a simple "b#$%h-slap" - Not scary at all…..I was expecting more horror and tension, but i guess it wasn't that kind of movie. Overall, I liked it. Took a bit to sink in but i'm going to go see it again next weekend. 8/10