It's usual to "play along"... but to what extent ?

Rating: 4/10 (23 September 2017)

Most of the time, watching a movie involves a certain level of "playing along" since most of what we watch (scifi of not) is "inflated" versus "normal" life. Car stunts, fights, emotions, beauty, ugliness, etc. And in general, viewers gladly lower their skepticism level to "get into a movie"... But this only goes so far.
When the actions and decisions of "normal" characters are so remote from what the viewer would do or decide, that's when he stops caring for characters, the plot and its outcome. Unfortunately, that's what happens in this movie. Like several others wrote, there are SO many instances in Alien:covenant where the protagonists make incredibly bad decisions that NOBODY would, let alone elite/professional/trained/ crew members. Ya know..."It's dangerous... let's split the group to investigate" kinda decisions you see in Friday the 13.
I give this movie a 4 because of its Xeffects and its look (big budget).