Mr. Scott please, please, spend some time with Luc Besson

Rating: 3/10 (28 September 2017)

Some years ago an absolute masterpiece in the action genre came to light: "Taken" by Luc Besson. What made it so extraordinary for me, was the fact that, although everybody - good or evil - made at any time reasonable choices, the story drove on like an express train, fast and on track. I loved it! "Alien: Covenant" IMHO is the exact opposite. Only one sane decision by any of the character, and the story immediately would have come to a screeching halt. Others have laid out here all the half-wit actions that sadly were necessary to keep the story going, so there is no need to repeat them. In fact, about half way into the film I stopped fighting and achieved a level of total suspension of disbelieve, this must be this Zen thing everybody is talking about. Then the movie became somehow bearable. The visuals were nice and the acting of Katherine Waterston and Michael Fassbender was fine. However even their talent couldn't save the script. So please Ridley Scott, spend some time with Luc Besson, or even better, let him write your scripts.