Just got back from watching this. I absolutely loved it.
I don't understand what was so divisive about the movie. As for the "questions" that the movie supposedly leaves open well I feel that it actually answered a good deal of them. The most important one too.
It's pretty clear that these "
engineers" have different factions and philosophies towards life and terraforming. The one we saw in the beginning was willing to sacrifice itself to give birth to life. It had no fear of death.
While the one that was in cryo in the weapons manufacturing "facility" had a great fear of dying (
holograms of them running from their own weapons and the one that chased after Shaw struggled for its life against the proto-Xenomorph). Clearly the latter group of Space Jockeys weren't happy with the decision with creating life on earth thus sending those WMD to earth to eliminate the life the self sacrificial and seemingly more benevolent faction of Jockey had given Earth.
I was wholly satisfied with this movie and the set up for the sequel is interesting to say the least. I feel Ridley will further elaborate on the clashing views from different factions of Jockey if Shaw ever reaches their home planet. Shaw kept wondering why they created humans and then wanted to destroy them. Well the answer is fairly simple. The Jockeys are no different than us just like Earth where we have people with different religions/philosophies & cultures. The more militarized faction just didn't agree with the other group and their decision to give Earth life.
Guess they can go further into the schism between the two in the sequel.
10/10