Best Alien Film After "Aliens", It Really Is Not That Bad

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2017)

I was really looking forward to this film. I love the Aliens. They're my favourite movie monsters ever. I was curious about their origin. I have no problem with the direction Ridley Scott is going with this franchise. I mean, come on, it's the guy who brought Alien to the big screen in the first place, and the original Alien film is my favourite film of all time.
A lot of people dislike this film because they don't like how the Aliens were created by an android with a god complex and the Aliens were not this ancient species that evolved naturally. Tbh, I'm glad Ridley Scott is going against all these silly fan theories. I don't know why anyone would take these fan theories seriously anyway.
Originally, they wanted the Aliens to be created by the Engineers but Ridley Scott thought the idea of the Aliens being created by David the android would be more interesting and I can understand why Ridley Scott would say this.
Weyland creates David. David creates the Aliens. Weyland wants the Aliens.
In the older Alien films, Weyland-Yutani Corp wanted the Aliens so badly to study them for bioweapons. The company was so desperate to study the Aliens that they sacrificed so many of their own employees and other lives just to capture an Alien.
Alien: Covenant does have a lot of flaws though. I am aware of this.
I'll start off with the pros:
The movie has good cinematography and nice visuals. The CGI in this film is really not that bad. I mean, seriously? I've seen much worse CGI. Have you seen The Amazing Spider Man? Legend of Tarzan? Jurassic World? Those movies are much worse CGI. Trust me. This film has brutal death scenes (especially the back burster scene) and good amount of gore. Michael Fassbender did an amazing job in this film, just like in Prometheus. Katherine Waterston did a decent job. And this whole "SHE'S NOT RIPLEY!" criticism is really silly tbh. I really feel like people nitpick because they think hating on something is a popular trend or something. Idk. People don't make sense. Like seriously, what did you expect from Waterston's character? The Alien designs were cool. I'm glad they brought back the legendary Aliens to the big screen. This is the first time we get to see the Aliens in their own films in 20 years (Alien: Resurrection, 1997). I noticed the Aliens in this film have scorpion's stinger at the end of their tails (just like how the original Alien looked) rather than a sword-like blade in older films. The music in this film is beautiful, especially at that chest burster scene. A beautiful, emotional scene.
Now let's look at the cons:
The Engineers have very little screen time. It's funny because the Engineers played a big role in Prometheus but, in this film, the Engineers have like 10 seconds of screen time. The Engineers in this film look horrible. They look like ugly bald humans wearing white powder on their faces. And why were they wearing potato sacks when they're supposed to be advanced and superior to humans? I strongly preferred the Engineers' looks in Prometheus. The scene where the two women slip on blood was really stupid. I highly doubt blood is actually slippery. The movie does not explain why the Engineer at the end of Prometheus wanted to kill humans. The movie also does not explain why David killed the Engineers and why David hates humans. What exactly does David get out of creating the "perfect organism"? How does David hair grow? He's an android. He's not an actual living thing. That made no sense.
And the ending... oh the ending. Probably the most obvious ending ever. They really needed to cut the scenes where David is reaching for the knife and where David is looking back to the temple when Daniels and Lope are running to Tennessee's ship. Cutting those scenes would probably make the ending less obvious.
But overall, the movie is very fun to watch. People need to chill about this film. It's really not as bad as how other people say it is. I'm glad Ridley Scott is back to the Alien universe and I'm really looking forward to the sequel of this film.
But the best thing about Alien: Covenant is that it takes a huge dump on Alien vs Predator and kicks it out of the Alien timeline. Thank God. What kind of moron would want that awful, childish crossover to be canon anyway?