Finally, an ALIEN movie!

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2017)

The 1979 original ALIEN is masterful and legendary.
Then in 1986 some guy named James Cameron turned these horrifying monsters into cannon foddery bugs. After that, countless first/third person shooter video games were spawned, portraying ALIEN as nothing but mindless bugs rushing towards the player and getting executed. Shoot them up!
Fortunately, ALIEN 3 (the assembly cut version combined with the theatrical cut is amazing) brought back the dark and creepy atmosphere of the 1979 original. The funeral scene where the dog barked when death was approaching was poetic, beautiful, and memorable. Yes, I prefer the dog being the host in the theatrical cut to the cattle in the assembly cut. I also like the theatrical cut's ending where the alien embryo bursts out.
The fourth ALIEN movie, oh dear, how I adore you! ALIEN RESURRECTION was the movie that introduced me to the ALIEN universe. The monsters are deadly, ferocious, and scary. The movie combined elements of the original with fresh ideas. Bravo! I love Ripley #8, and every single moment of the newborn, the perfect embodiment of creepiness, ferocity, and raw primal power. See how the newborn baby screams and bites a scientist's head off, and later rips a soldier's head off, and smiles!
In 2004, came Paul W S Anderson's Alien VS Predator, a beautiful piece of trash, with high production value, great settings in Antarctica. It's beautiful to look at, but still a piece of trash. The movie is a humiliation of the iconic monster as insulting as James Cameron's ALIENS. In this movie, the iconic monster can be butchered for sport. How funny. The only interesting thing is the grid alien. Generally, the aliens are portrayed as weaklings, nothing but hollow shells of their glorious ancestor from the 1979 masterpiece.
Then in 2007, Aliens VS Predator Requiem... I'll not talk about it.
In 2012, Sir Ridley finally returned to this franchise! Hallelujah! The alien becomes deadly again. This time it takes the form of lethal pathogens, a force to be reckoned with, a kind of viruses that could wipe out civilisations. Such a great film, but... there's no classic alien. Sir Ridley was right. We fans do miss the big chap.
LAST NIGHT, I saw ALIEN COVENANT on a gigantic cinema screen. Wow. I love it more than I can say. Words cannot express how much I love it, or how grateful I am as a die-hard fan to Sir Ridley Scott for his returning to this franchise and revitalising ALIEN!
If I have to say something about ALIEN COVENANT, it is this: the movie is far more poetic and epic than I expected.
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." Shelley's poem is quoted in an ALIEN movie. Incredibly awesome!
Honorable mentions: ALIEN ISOLATION, the 2014 survival horror game, captures the spirit of Sir Ridley's 1979 masterpiece. For that, I am forever grateful. ALIEN ISOLATION is the perfect ALIEN game. To hell with James Cameron and those first/third person shooters that treated ALIEN like bugs.
Dead Space 1-2 are wonderful spiritual siblings of ALIEN in video game format.
Anxiously awaiting the sequels to Covenant. This is die-hard ALIEN fan. Signing off...