A movie that delves deeper into the subject of creation.

Rating: 10/10 (2 June 2019)

This movie actually confirms the fact that the Engineers created humans, the Humans created the Androids, and the Androids created the Xenomorphs. Within the Alien universe, I really like this idea, its irony, and all this full circle touch to it. Which is the greatest of the creations? Which one is the most destructive? Can a creation surpass its creator? What does it really mean to be human? Do we think of the moral and ethical implications that our creations might pose? This is a movie that talks about the need and eagerness of a creator to create something that is greater than them. That can transcend their limits, their flaws, their limitations, their body, their life itself. That can give their life some purpose. That's what we humans do with robots and androids and cyborgs and bionics (and, ultimately, with all the religious Gods we created before we even learnt how to write). That's what David the android wanted to do with the Xenomorphs: to create a perfect organism that transcended his soulless life, so he could too become a God (is quoting of Ozymandias and his "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" scene are just chilling), not a mere product created by an undeserving human God (there's more to the movie prologue than meets the eye). The last piece of the puzzle, which I hope we'll get to know, is why the Engineers created humans. I suspect the answer will be the same: the egocentric nature of all thinking creatures, their endless need to see themselves as Gods, and also their never-ending search for purpose to their lives.
I actually believe Alien Covenant tied up all these ideas brilliantly and magnificently (and, by doing so, tied too all Alien movies very well). It's a modern day piece of Philosophy. In fact, it surprised me that Covenant tried to make people think about such themes, which is something movies rarely do these days. I can only interpret that the backlash it got comes from the fact that the mass culture audience is incapable of understanding what it really tries and wants to convey. It you want a movie where everything is spoon fed to you, then avoid watching Covenant.