Stop the philosophical mumbo jumbo! We want back the old feeling of Alien!

Rating: 5/10 (11 May 2017)

I went to see this movie hoping it would be better than Prometheus, which was a mediocre film at best. I was very disappointed in Covenant also. It follows the story of Prometheus to a certain regard, but makes no attempt to be a better film. I found it to be dull and way too predictable for my taste. I loved the first two movies (Alien and Aliens), mainly because they were purely entertaining and looked great, not because of some Oscar-worthy screenplay. Alien Covenant is not an entertaining film and the writers try too hard to bring some philosophical aspects into the story, which greatly diminish the movie's quality. In my opinion, the Alien series should be all about atmosphere, action and bloody scenes. Leave those "parts that make you think" for other movies with other subjects. Alien is about unlucky people getting chased and whacked by a scary creature. Sounds like a ten year old description but that should really be it.