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Alien: Covenant (possible spoilers)
We went to see Alien Covenant yesterday. I know, one of the few things Australia gets before the US!
MJ is a big fan of the franchise and he was looking forward to see this installment so badly after the disappointing Prometheus. I like the Alien movies but I’m not a fan of gore so I usually cover my eyes when that shit happens. There was plenty of gore in this one but not as much suspense as other Alien movies which was disappointing. I went in thinking there would be lots of nail biting, edge of the seat moments but there were like two.
None of those scenes were in the actual movie.
I think they spent too much time on character development and establishing scenes and not enough time scaring the audience.
Don’t get me wrong it’s entertaining but it’s as good as Prometheus, interesting but predictable. (Yes you need to see Prometheus to understand what’s going on with this one….it should have been called Prometheus 2). You know who’s infected, who’s going to die and how, and you know that a certain synthetic is up to no good.
Perhaps we need fresh blood like Neill Blomkamp to resuscitate the Alien franchise into a good scare?
I still would say go see it. But if you’re a die hard, you’ll be disappointed and a bit confused as David explains the origins of the alien. 3.5/5
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