Liked this much more than Prometheus

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2018)

I'm a huge fan of the old Alien movies pt 1-3 especially, even 4. Where as I could say that I as much as hated Prometheus, I actually liked this latest Alien movie. I wasn't sure what to expect anymore, but I was positively surprised.
Prometheus was a mess. It had too many themes added into a single movie (might've worked better as a tv series). It had too many and too dumb characters and none of them was very likable. A lot of things happened way too conveniently. The soundtrack was totally inappropriate, it belonged to a whole different movie. There was no suspense at all, everything was rushed.
Covenant surprisingly gets pretty much all of these things right, or atleast does a lot better. The cast is small enough to be manageable with the time given and they are much more likeable this time around. The soundtrack is more fitting and suspenseful (similar to the original Alien, altho it does feature the horrible Prometheus theme). Locations are nicer to look at and really awe-inspiring. The story doesn't try to cover quite as much this time, but continues the creator theme. My only gripe is probably that some things don't seem to get proper attention (if you consider what the crew actually finds), but this was a problem with Prometheus also.
I had to force myself to re-watch Prometheus for the second time before watching Covenant. I had to make sure I didn't miss anything crucial first time around or that I just didn't watch it on a bad day. Well, I didn't, I think I liked it even less the second time around. But I'm seriously considering watching Alien: Covenant second time within the 48 hrs the rental is watchable.
Alien: Covenant isn't a perfect movie, but it is highly enjoyable, moody sci-fi horror.