Joyously stupid

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2017)

Ridley Scott goes back to basics with "Alien: Covenant", his "loose" follow up to "Prometheus", a film which many fans of the franchise didn't take to kindly to, a film riddled with plot holes, unanswered questions, and characters doing stupid sh*t. Well with this film questions do get answered and the plot holes are in short supply but if you thought the characters in "Prometheus" were stupid, oh boy, wait till you see this film. I don't know how Ridley Scott pulled it off but he somehow made the xenomorph unintimidating, the film doesn't offer many scares and rushes into the scares way too quickly, Scott's decision to go with cgi for the majority of the creatures definitely has something to do with both of those points, what made the xenomorphs so scary were the practical effects and the movements of the actor in the suit. With all the problems I had with this film, I can say that it is at least for the most part highly enjoyable because of how joyously stupid it is. Everything with Michael Fassbender is great and he totally pulls off even the most ridiculous sh*t. The ending is awesome!