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Alien: Covenant - RT Watch (Currently 77%)
Posted on 5/7/17 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 5/7/17 at 3:26 pm
Update: Looks like it'll settle into the high 70%'s with over 140 reviews. Good enough for a theater trip, imo. Will try to check out this weekend.
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Only 25 reviews but I was expecting much worse. So far...so good?
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Scott has effectively created a satisfying hybrid of Alien, Prometheus and even James Cameron's Aliens.
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Alien: Covenant indulges in a spectacle that's been missing from summer movies for the past decade or so. It grosses you out and then laughs at you while you puke (not literally).
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Alien: Covenant is cruel and scary - it's a hard R, and the suspense levels are off the charts. The monsters ... are believable and terrifying.
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Here is a pretty-looking and aesthetically dazzling picture that dryly remakes the original 1979 classic with all the perfunctory effort of a master being commissioned to trace the lines of a previous work.
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Be warned that Alien: Covenant is about 40 percent Alien, 50 percent Prometheus and 10 percent absolutely bonkers.
Only 25 reviews but I was expecting much worse. So far...so good?
This post was edited on 5/17/17 at 9:06 am
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Posted on 5/7/17 at 3:46 pm to Dav
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It can't come close to matching the greatness of the first two films in the series
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An interstellar version of Friday the 13th
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dryly remakes the original 1979 classic with all the perfunctory effort of a master being commissioned to trace the lines of a previous work
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So familiar, so disposable, and so baselessly self-important that it might just make you lose faith in this franchise altogether.
Not too encouraging; sounds like the Alien version of TFA.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 3:47 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I read a review on CNet this morning that wasn't favorable
Posted on 5/7/17 at 6:03 pm to Dav
Comparisons to Prometheus are truly horrifying
Posted on 5/7/17 at 6:25 pm to Dav
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40 percent Alien
Well, looks like they safely crossed the threshold to get my money.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 6:55 pm to Dav
I think it will be pretty good.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 6:57 pm to Dav
Prometheus
72%
6.9/10 average rating
72%
6.9/10 average rating
Posted on 5/7/17 at 7:30 pm to devils1854
Quick question about Prometheus. Does this board hate it because of the basically no answers it gives for all the questions it poses? Because that's the reason I dislike it.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 7:37 pm to Civildawg
I'm not easy to please when it comes to movies/TV shows, and I liked Prometheus. I think people probably had too high expectations (Alien/Aliens) that led them to overlooking a decent thriller with a pretty good atmosphere/planet.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 8:14 pm to THRILLHO
The issues I have with Prometheus are it's pretentious as frick. I don't go into movies with "expectations" other than I don't want movies to shite over their originals. Which Prometheus did.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 8:38 pm to athenslife101
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I don't go into movies with "expectations" other than I don't want movies to shite over their originals. Which Prometheus did.
That was no where near the worst of it though.
There were some excruciatingly bad lines and moments in the movie.
"Father!" ranks right there with "Martha!"
The whole scene with the girl running in a straight line while a skinny, round piece of machinery is rolling right towards her.
The fact that their map "expert" got lost within five minutes of exploring the area plus the fact that everyone in the film made dumb decisions.
That's just off the top of my head. Again, like BvS, Prometheus had an easy path to being successful. It tried to do way too much and failed miserably at all of it.
If Alien: Covenant gets back on track, it should be (hopefully) an easy success.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 8:45 pm to StringedInstruments
Yes, that factors into mybhatebofnf that movie
Posted on 5/7/17 at 8:51 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Alien version of TFA.
i think it's been pretty obvious for awhile thats what we're getting
Posted on 5/7/17 at 9:07 pm to StringedInstruments
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The fact that their map "expert" got lost within five minutes of exploring the area plus the fact that everyone in the film made dumb decisions.
Gotta love how he and his buddy are scared of disturbing the dead alien but they have no problem playing with the alien worm when they are lost.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:06 am to Dr RC
bump...anyone plan on checking this out over the weekend?
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:13 am to Dav
Definitely.
Will probably go catch a matinee showing on Sunday or something. Been looking forward to this one for a while.
Will probably go catch a matinee showing on Sunday or something. Been looking forward to this one for a while.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:52 am to Dav
I don't know how you read those reviews and not get excited.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:48 am to Dr RC
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Gotta love how he and his buddy are scared of disturbing the dead alien but they have no problem playing with the alien worm when they are lost.
I just don't understand it all. i was too young when the originals came out so didn't really watch much of them save the 2nd and 3rd installations.
Love alien movies period, but what exactly was the point? Engineers create life on earth, then were going to destroy it at the end? Who created the alien worm assholes that morphed into bigger alien assholes? Why were the engineers asleep in the chamber instead of out creating more shite?
Posted on 5/17/17 at 12:05 pm to Dav
Not this weekend but will probably hit the 9 PM during the week.
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