Very disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2017)

I first saw Alien at the age of 15 back in 79, it changed my life,it was my Star Wars. I greatly admire and respect Ridley Scott as an artist,Blade Runner is now considered a classic,I knew that back in 82, I've gone to see all his movies,varying in quality,but always visually distinctive,he has such a great eye. I was one of those that loved Prometheus,every frame was filled with ideas,both visually and in its storytelling,it's such a beautiful film,and was my favorite of all the Alien sequels. So Covenant. I could tell right away that this was not the film he had wanted to make,it has very few of his flourishes,it looked as though it could have been made by anyone. The Engineers of Prometheus were wondrous in their practical,silicone glory,Scott loves practical, and reserves CGI it for Fx only, 80% of the creatures and gore are CGI,as his dislike for this technique is well known,that should tell you what he thought of yet more Xenomorphs,it's dismissive,and you can tell on the screen. He and I wanted more practical Engineers,but the Transformers crowd wanted bugs in corridors,Scott had rightly said they were done,we had 3 sequels and 2 AVP movies,they are done! So Scott said " You want bugs?! Here they are,knock yourselves out!" And we end up with this mess. I wanted Prometheus 2 but thanks to 'Fans' I got Alien and the Furious 6. Brawn instead of brain,AGAIN.