It's OK!

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2017)

I was really looking forward to this movie and went to see it opening night. I have to say I was a little disappointed. This review will contain spoilers!
The Good:
1. Gorgeous special effects and a really cool futuristic look.
2. Michael Fassbender as Walter and David were the highlight of the movie. Davids true villainy and disdain for humanity really showed in this movie. Walter on the other hand is a more Bishop type of android and is programmed to follow orders and have less free will than his predecessor "David.
3. The Neomorph sequence was really well done. Leeward sitting on that surgical table convulsing like a crackhead at rehab was well done. The actual back-burster scene was grotesque and filled with gore.
4. The ending was one of the best parts of the movie. It is revealed that David actually was the one who re-boarded the Covenant and stored two facehugger embryos for use on the colonists. Daniels realizes it is David right as she is put in cry and her expression is one of fear and hatred. It is also worth noting that all of Davids security clearances were accepted on the Covenant and Mother took direct orders from him and acknowledged him as David. Does this mean Covenant was destined to find him on design from the company?
The Bad:
1. Pacing was horrible! There would be ten minutes of edge of your seat action and then 45 minutes of talking and the characters doing nothing productive.
2. Characters were forgettable! With the exception of Tennessee and Daniels I left the theater with barely any recollection of the rest of the crew.
3. This movie is not all that scary. I think the uneven pacing is the reason for this. There was no suspense and most if not all deaths were easily recognized before they happened.
4. The plot made no sense and the scenario in the movie related to the ion storm was so ridiculous. - First a scientifically run mission would never launch a landing party on an unknown planet when such a storm was raging, especially a storm that knocks out all communication. -After years of scanning space for a new home they couldn't find the engineer home world? Yet they can find a less suitable planet that is 7.4 years further into space! -The crew lands on the engineer planet, with no spacesuits, no procedures, and just starts hiking into the unknown. No sane mission would enter a unknown environment with such a lack of precaution.
5. My biggest gripe is that they did not explain more about what happened after the Prometheus expedition. Prometheus was such a huge ideological movie that explored so many areas of thought. This movie made me actually more appreciative of Prometheus because Covenant felt rushed with little explanation of what happened. Also the fact that they killed off Shaw so pathetically is really irritating. Shaw was a great character and had an impressive story arch; and to throw it away so quickly was a dumb move.
I'd say go see it. Covenant will not wow you in any way, but a couple of the scenes are worth the price of admission.