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Just got back from seeing it at the local cinema. Visually, it was good and the effects convincing. Sound wise, it was amazing, excellent use of surround and really helped set the scene. Spoiler! As to the film, well it was good if you are looking for an origin film as it answers pretty much every question there is to have about the Alien film. It explains the Space Jockey, how the Aliens came in to being and what their purpose was and this is where the majority of my rating comes from. As to a standalone film, it was only mediocre and was astonished to find that there were no full grown Aliens until the very end!

I did think there were some issues with the storyline. First off, if it went wrong for the Space Jockeys ( they were seen running for their lives! ) and they had all got infected then why were there no Aliens running about the place? It was clearly mentioned that one had a burst chest! What actually happened to the Space Jockeys, adn what really went wrong? Also at the end, she had 2 mins of oxygen remaning yet she never changed her suit from what I saw and went straight back outside again. Also David said he could fly other ships, but surely they would have Aliens on them so why would she want to fly it as David is clearly not to be trusted and would probably fly her back to earth?! Finally why did the other ships not take off, did the same thing happen to them as the main ship, again this was not explained.

7/10 ( would have been 6/10 as a standalone film, the extra mark is for explaining the origin story well ) Zeddoo covered some of this, but not all.

Major timeline conflict.
Spoiler! Some think this explains the origins of the aliens prior to the first Alien movie, however, this does not explain the origins. If you think back, Aliens vs Predators accounts for aliens thousands of years in the past, long before the alien seen in Prometheus. It may have explained how they were created, this is certainly not the true origins of the species.

Now a question I am wondering about is the first scene with the Space Jockey drinking that stuff and disintegrating into the water. Was this intentional or did he have an alternative purpose and the creation of life was simply an accident that was not intended? The later would certainly hint at why they would want to destroy earth. It may have answered some questions, but it left a whole lot unanswered.

I just got back from seeing it at the Imax in 3D. While I am not a fan of 3D, I thought they did a great job with this one.