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My impressions on "Alien: Covenant"

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joylitt

MemberNeomorphMay-20-2017 4:40 PM

Let me start by saying that it is my opinion that, despite including xenomorphs, this movie belongs less to the Alien universe than "Prometheus". I guess Ridley finally indulged himself and shot his "Paradise Lost" project, he just didn't tell us.
"Alien: Covenant" is a strangely distant film where there is a fundamental disconnection from the human characters and the action from let go. Whoever told you that this is an immersive experience has been lying to you. The actors seem awkward most of the time and they are allowed very few moments of sincerity by the poorly written script. Or maybe it is a calculated albeit misguided move intended to infuse a misanthropic feel to the whole enterprise.
The second act, populated by ghoulish creatures that appear to have emerged from Goya and Hieronymous Bosch's paintings, includes several references to the director's masterpiece "Blade Runner", and it is there where Ridley Scott's craftsmanship really shines. The dynamics of the characters' interactions in this second act have some dream logic to them that works wonders, fueled by the pictorial and literary references. This is the heart of the movie, which blends superstition and technology in a rather puzzling way, depicting an imaginary realm where androids think and talk beautifully, but rather irrationally, and where common sense inquiries from their human counterparts are frequently scrapped for no apparent reason other than expediting a sudden demise. Like in "Prometheus", once again, several circumstances that precede the action of the film are deliberately obscured, either by omission or by way of an unreliable narrator, keeping the motivations of the main character an enigma.
Then then the third act arrives and it is a convoluted mess. You are confused in the same way as when you move from one dream to the next in the course of one single night. You've been watching something close to a Ken Russell film, which
turns briefly into a Michael Bay one. Daniels switches modes from teary widow to fierceless heroine, we have no idea how she comes up with her plan to fight the alien because she actually hasn't seen it yet or knows what it is capable of. The second encounter with yet another beast is another anticlimactic head scratcher, followed by the telegraphed ending, that sets up for a sequel which promises more of a hitleresque Fassbender running his human farm. This movie truly is a dive into the heart of darkness and it is unclear how the franchise will emerge (if it does) from such an experimental and likely unpopular digression into more familiar terrain.

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I Meme Everything

MemberPraetorianMay-20-2017 4:41 PM

I've heard mixed, but mostly negative reviews for Alien: Covenant. Unsure whether I'll watch it or not

"Part of the journey is the end..."

joylitt

MemberNeomorphMay-20-2017 4:54 PM

I was just like you, but I gathered up courage and I went. This is a really bizarre experience. I must tell you: even if you were given all the pieces of the puzzle in the form of trailers, the way the movie comes together is totally unexpected.

poochies

MemberOvomorphMay-20-2017 5:49 PM

The birthing  from Oram was to me , horribly done. The creature effects were laughable and really took me out of the movie and I had a hard time getting back into it. Coming out fully formed and growing quickly and waving its arms at David just looked like it was out of a cheap movie. I was sinking low in my chair, embarrassed for the film. Oh well, guess there;s some really crazy symbolism in that shot I'm missing. I think I'm done with this franchise, and I'm a hardcore fan. Movie just didn't click with me. Never felt more relieved to actually leave a movie theater. The sad thing was I was actually excited to see the pictures of Shaw and hear the theme on the flute, and I didn't really care for Prometheus either. Sorry I really tried to like it. 

joylitt

MemberNeomorphMay-20-2017 6:06 PM

I went to the movie theater expecting to be turned off by bad editing and cgi. However I don't think those are the problem anymore. Script and direction are the biggest issues, they make this movie look like a Rorschach test.

Capt Torgo

MemberFacehuggerMay-20-2017 6:11 PM

It was terrible, mostly. The instant gestation just ruined the good parts. It was all blade runner and silly. Reminded me of like a Cartoon 

joylitt

MemberNeomorphMay-20-2017 6:11 PM

Prometheus, imperfect as it is, was a step in the right direction. Alien: Covenant can be perceived as either a misstep or a diversion.

I Meme Everything

MemberPraetorianMay-20-2017 6:20 PM

Is it good?

"Part of the journey is the end..."

joylitt

MemberNeomorphMay-20-2017 6:27 PM

Ultimus Draconus Tyrannus It is very uneven. It has things to enjoy, but even if you can accept the fact that it is not an Alien movie, it would rank among those very ambitious Ridley Scott projects that failed to deliver on their promise, like "1492: Conquest of Paradise".

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