An Entertaining Stupid Film

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2017)

This film is on all levels of stupid. The characters are entirely clueless and are like caricatures of the previous groups in the Alien franchise. Yes, this film does destroy the mythology of the Alien franchise. At this point, who cares though. If Ridley can cash in and become lazy by turning the Alien films into slasher flicks like Friday the 13th or Final Destination, let him. Either you pay to see or you avoid. They're 100% stupid, funny, and entertaining. There were pacing issues and boring points of talk about evolution and dying species, but when the action kicks in, it's terribly done and it's just all funny. I have never laughed so hard at such a self serious film as Alien: Covenant before. Everyone took it so seriously that you almost feel bad for the entire cast and production. Michael Fassbender carries this film a lot and he says some of the most ridiculous things with a serious face. This is essentially a villains film. It's as much as a villain film as Split was. I question though, how did Ridley Scott knew Shyamalan was going to make a villains film? They must have been exchanging emails or texts and decided to copy each other. Is it possible Shyamalan wrote Alien: Covenant. oooooooooooo.
Jokes aside, I will give this two ratings.
5/10 - overall.
8/10 - entertainment.