Not that good a film

Rating: 2/10 (11 May 2017)

MAJOR SPOILERS - BEWARE
I've just got back from the cinema after watching Alien Covenant. I didn't like it, I didn't think it was that good. Apart from the beginning which was just about OK, the ship, the crew waking up, fixing the ship. From when they landed on the planet it was all quite rushed right through to the ending. Non of the characters stood out. The neomorph birth and attack scene was well done, gruesome and frightening. The xenomorph effects are nearly all CGI. The editing is really poor, I could hardly tell what was going on in any of the action sequences. Except the neomorph birth and first attack scene. The birth of the xenomorph in my opinion is dreadful. They've speeded up the time from egg implantation to chest burster. I'm sad because I'm a life long Alien fan. Seen the first 2 films over 100 times. The films score is really poor. Nothing memorable in it except for a few bits lifted out of the first Alien film. It's a really messy film. I don't think it knows what it wants to be. It's just a hodgepodge of all the other films ideas. The end scene with David is very chilling. But what's the point when the whole film is a let down. All the other Alien films (except the 2nd Alien vs Predator film) are more coherent and enjoyable than this. And that's saying something. The ending is rubbish. THEY BLOW IT OUT OF THE BLOODY AIR LOCK AGAIN, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!! It has hardly any visual flair, which is a shame. Considering Ridley Scott directed it. Overall, I thought the film was dull, boring, a waste of talent and time. I even liked Prometheus more than this. In the end scene where did David get the things that come out of his mouth from? How did he make them? It's just, corny, rubbish, cheesy. The best way to describe my feelings about the film is that it has no SOUL.