HIGHLY Recommend Viewing Yourself & Giving Little Credit to Over Abundance of Pretentious Negative IMDb Reviews

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2017)

At what point can Sci-Fi fans forget their ego for 2 hours and just enjoy a movie? (if Sci-Fi fans are actually the ones writing novella length intricately detailed critiques of every scene, sub-plot, camera angle, facial expression, etc. etc. etc.)
This is my first IMDb review because I'm incredibly surprised at the overwhelming amount of reviews for Covenant that unfortunately have the pretentious theme of "I'm too smart to find this story line interesting". I'm beginning to lose faith in the overall usefulness of IMDb user reviews. Do they know what "Fi" in Sci-Fi means?
I'll admit, Alien: Covenant is by no means wrought with Oscar-worthy performances, so those looking for such a film would best be served elsewhere. For anyone who grew up loving the Sci-Fi horror genre, and Xenomorphs from the Alien films especially, you WILL thoroughly enjoy Covenant!
Despite the endless harsh and intricately detailed criticisms from many IMDb reviewers, this film is a great installment in the Alien franchise. The IMDb reviews for for Covenant have me wondering if those who claim to have an appreciation for Sci-Fi horror films (Alien fans especially) have lost their ability to suspend disbelief for 2hrs, which one would think is basically a given when it applies to a genre labeled Science FICTION! If you don't like a Sci-Fi film because you find the character/story situations or sub-plots 'unrealistic' or 'unbelievable', do yourself a favor and stick to documentaries and avoid Sci-Fi films all together going forward, as your intellect has obviously stripped you of your ability to enjoy cinematic storytelling in a fantasy genre...
Without giving any spoilers, Covenant does answer many questions, and raises several others. However, with a film that's intended to jump start a series of additional follow-ups, I would expect nothing less! I would rank it as the 3rd best film to date in the series behind Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). Better than Prometheus and more in the same vein as the original films.
That being said, who cares what I or anyone else thinks?
I was apprehensive because of the massive amount of negative IMDb reviews prior to seeing Covenant, and historically I find the overall user IMDb user reactions to films pretty spot on, but I gotta say they're getting it DEAD WRONG with this one!
See Covenant for yourself and make up your own mind!
8/10 personally, but officially I'm rating it as a 10/10 to offset the negative reviews by brain dead IMDb members who can't get past their unrealistic pseudo-intellectual expectations.
btw, with as many "I'm so personally offended because this movie doesn't rise to an acceptable intellectual level for me" reviews, don't be surprised if another installment in the Alien franchise is EVER made again, and that's a damn shame.