How was that ending baffling? Seriously. Shaw said EXACTLY what she wanted to do and where she wanted David to take her.

Plus, the ending to the original Spaihts script was pretty similar, except that instead of Shaw taking David's head and going to seek out the Engineer homeworld, they were the only two survivors of the expedition stranded on the planet, with the giant Engineer pyramids sending out beacons obviously designed to call…

I don't understand how this comment system works.. Can we get a manual?

"Remove Spielberg's attempt to tie everything off with a nice bow and give the movie a contrived happy ending, and you've got a great film."