Best Alien movie since Aliens

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2017)

I am a huge Alien fanboy. I've seen Aliens at least 50 times. I was hugely disappointed by Prometheus and not because they didn't show the actual alien until the last two seconds. Prometheus wasn't good because there was a disjointed flow to the plot, which was basically a series of disconnected scenes. The zombie guy and the middle third of Prometheus was terrible.
Alien Covenant on the other hand had a completely coherent plot. Every scene flowed smoothly into the subsequent scene. The plot was awesome, tying multiple alien movies together. The acting was excellent. The amount of Gore, scary moments, anticipation, and action balanced perfectly with the dialogue scenes. Wow, just wow. Best movie I've seen in years, 9.5/10.
I just wanted to add that I went and watched this movie a second time, and feel exactly the same way. I honestly don't understand all the negative backlash. The main gripes with the negative reviewers (1 star, really?) are with stupid characters and a bad plot. I disagree on both accounts. The characters react realistically in an emotional unprecedented situation. Their captain is burned alive, the 2nd in command is an inexperienced leader with confidence issues (played brilliantly by Billy Crudup). Waterson and Fassenberger are amazingly believable as well. Waterson brings back some of that old Ripley leadership badass in a female lead. The complimentary characters are solid as well in their smaller roles. The one thing that seemed a bit unrealistic during the film that I mentioned to my friend was why they didn't wear any type of breathing apparatus on an undiscovered alien world. That seemed like an obvious oversight in the script, but other than that, everything else made logical sense to me. I loved the plot twists and how there was a smooth flow to the movie. Each scene felt completely appropriate for that point in time of the film when it was shown. This was a big flaw with Prometheus, but a big strength for this film. Again, I do no understand the criticism. I'm not some teenager that have only seen a few dozen science fiction films. I've seen every Sci-fi movie and TV series made since 1977, and this is one of the best ones I've seen. As far as a cross breed of sci-fi and horror, it doesn't get much better than this movie. Go see it, ignore the haters!