Apart from the stunning VFX (those render times must have been horrendous), I enjoyed the fact that the movie was NOT about saving humanity. There was no portal to close that was about to let an alien invasion take place. There was no evil super villain.

Having only two characters and lots of still scenes and long takes make excellent use of the 3D. Other 3D movies suffer by having too many edits, shaky cam, and too much action for the brain to process.

A couple of minor downsides: the 'gotta get back on the horse' character-arc sub-plot was a bit forced, and a couple of physics quibbles (fire extinguisher, Clooney sacrifice).  Not enough to ruin the movie though. No where near it.

This movie only just opened in the UK, about.... like.... like.... 14 years after you guys in the USA have already seen and forgotten it.

But, bloody hell, that was fantastic! Saw it in IMAX 3D - the long takes and suspense and cinematography and fancy camera moves were just amazing. Makes all those endless superhero movies boring by comparison. Movie of the year so far!

Burke: Hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.
Ripley: They can bill me.