New definition of boring: Alien Covenant

Rating: 1/10 (28 March 2018)

I never write bad reviews. Why bother? But I will make one exception, because the original Alien 1 was so incredibly good, it is just a disgrace for the same director to slander the legend of his own original creation Alien 1. Ridley Scott did what no other director in the Alien series has achieved: he made a boring sequel. Everything which Ridley Scott did excellently in the original Alien 1 he failed to do in Alien Covenant.
First of all the acting is mediocre. Just average to soap level acting quality. Even Michael Fassbender, who is an excellent actor by all means, looks ridiculous in its first scene where he plays an android. Acting is everything. Acting is what made the original Alien great. But none of that great acting is to be found in Alien: Covenant. Add to that lousy soundeffects, lousy visual effects, lousy story and you have the most boring Alien sequel ever made. No jokes either. Takes itself way to seriously. What a flop.
It is the death of the creator named director Ridley Scott. But I already knew that Ridley Scott had lost his original talent when I watched "The Martian", which looked like a joke also.
Well in the end I am forever grateful to Ridley Scott for what he achieved in 1979 with the original Alien. This man has made a legendary sciencefiction film in 1979 which has stood the test of time. If you have never watched the original you dont know what you are missing. You GOTTA see that classic! But please do yourself a favor and skip "Alien Covenant". Never pay for it. Watch it for free, just to see how horrible it is! As a reminder how time and money gets wasted. And then to think that director Neil Blomkamp could have been the director of this Alien sequel. That is like pouring salt into the wound, because Blomkamp really has got talent and vision. Ridley Scott however is a has been...