Alien: Covenant - Movie review

Rating: 5/10 (6 August 2017)

This movie was one of most anticipated movies of the year and also the fact that this movie is a prequel to Alien but a sequel to Prometheus, a film that a liked quit a bit, had a lot to live up to. So, like most people, I was really excited to see what Ridley Scott was going to do with this film and well let's talk about it.
Alien: Covenant I think it's an enjoyable film, I do not think it's a great film. To be honest, I was kind of disappointed with this film. If you are a big fan of Alien and you just want to see the Xenomorph kill some people and see a lot of action, well then watch Alien Covenant, you will have fun with it. Now if you are expecting a great sci-fi movie with great characters and emotional arks and big action scenes, then this movie will disappoint you.
I'm an Alien fan, and I a enjoy watching this movie but, I was disappointed mainly with the script, but let's talk about what works in Alien Covenant and what doesn't.
The cinematography here is one of the best of the year, visually, this film it's a masterpiece, everything looks in camera and it's great the way Ridley Scott directed this film also. The visual effects were mostly great and the sound editing was amazing. Another thing that I really like was Michael Fassbender's performance, his character plays a mayor role in this film and he did a great job. I really like that this movie is Rated R because, there are some scenes that were violent has hell, and this is the aspect of this movie that I most enjoyed during the entire run-time.
Now the things that didn't work in this movie. It's very noticeable when someone is gonna die, they go that direction when someone it's going to smoke somewhere or take a shower, and it's so obvious that he is going to die because of the Xenomorph that is walking around. I didn't like the fact that the entire crew of this ship it's so disposable, there is no character that I felt a connection with and the set-up for the main hero it's bland and so uncleared, that when this character is in danger, I didn't care about it. This movie it's 2 hours long, and I think that 10 to 15 minutes could be reduced from that run-time and the film will be same that we got.
In conclusion, this movie entertain me as an Alien fan, but as a film lover this film disappointed me in a lot of ways. I can watch this film for entertainment but I can't watch it looking for a masterpiece like the first Alien back in 1979. And that why Alien: Covenant gets a 5 out of 10.