There are two main questions that some people are likely going to ask first before watching this movie. The first question is on whether it's necessary to watch "Prometheus" prior to seeing this. Yes, this installment does expect you to know the events and characters from that movie, and continues the story that started there. The second question is on whether "Alien: Covenant" is a better movie than "Prometheus." I would say that it's an improvement over it. With that said, a third question would be on how much of an improvement it is.
Let me just flat out and say that there are stupid things that happen in this movie, which definitely might annoy people. The stupidity is caused by either the characters following their emotions more than logic; which I suppose I could forgive, or there are some ridiculously unfortunate carelessness and bad luck that just had to happen for the plot; which were eye rolling inducing. There was one particular set piece that had back to back to back to back moments of carelessness, that it almost became a black comedy. Pretty sure that isn't the intentions of the movie.
Like the previous entry, this movie is split into two different themes. Philosophy and Horror. The scenes that involve the philosophizing are rudimentary in how interesting they are, but nonetheless they do add some insight to certain characters. Some people will likely find them meandering or boring. As for the slasher horror side of things, they are mostly scenes you've already seen before, but are generally passable in how they were executed. There are some cool gruesome moments and tense scares, so that's a plus.
The big ideas aspect of the story is something I do appreciate about this movie, and it did successfully convince me to continue the saga into the next installment. The monster movie parts are generally derivative and uninspired, but I would argue that it's always a plus to see a Xenomorph alien in it's different forms. Besides those incentives, for those who need another reason to watch this movie, I'll wholeheartedly say to go see it specifically for Michael Fassbender. Simply put, he gave me a reason to want to see the whole thing.
- Rick & Morty - Alien: Covenant
- Story Prologue short video : The Crossing
- Story Prologue short video : The Last Supper
loveditenjoyedit IT'S OKAY itsmehitsterrible
