Another new one. Plus I am running out of tape material.
Note: Spoilers ahead.
Alien Covenant attempts correct some of the mistakes from Prometheus. Not sure how well it succeeds. For starters, this is a proper Alien movie, with xenomorphs, spaceships, a crazy android. Everything that made the first one a sci-fi and horror classic.
This one doesn't quite work as well.
It's a good sci-fi flick and has some good moments, but otherwise, it is only ok.
I am not exactly sure why that is.
I talked to my wife and son about this. They pointed out that the alien was not really the enemy. They were only a tool. The real bad guy was the android, David.
Well, I had hoped for more.
After realizing that, to me, mystery is good for some characters (No, I'm not glad I now know Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett or Wolverine's origins) I'm astounded that Hollywood keeps giviing Ridley Scott the greenlight on revealing some strange and awkward origin points for the xenomorphs.
ReplyDeleteI like David as a villain, mostly because Fassbender is an incredible actor, but I don't need to see how it all lined up to get us first to the Nostromo and then to LV-426.
I don't dislike Prometheus or Covenant, but they don't match up wit the quality of the first 2 films.