the fans had heard Alien when leaving the role of the cinema after watching the movie Prometheus in 2012. It has me happened at that time what happened with the crew of Prometheus , where I waited too long and approached very knowledge of the story of the origin of The whole thing, but I ended up with very little information. What exactly is that violent, sticky, black thing? What did we do wrong to deserve extermination? Why do expert scientists think that it is okay to poke things? Coming out with more questions than answers I got, I was a little disappointed, and it wasn't my only feeling.
But while Covenant continues to ask new questions, it also offers answers in return, and does so through a rewarding and more enjoyable experience. The film falls in several ways, in terms of theme, structure and artistry, completely between the existential reflections presented by the previous film and the excitement and horror presented by the original film released in 1979. Although it fails to match the original film in terms of the degree of horror and distinction, Scott makes some imaginative extras over familiar scenes as well as rich and satisfying answers to lingering questions from Prometheus .
Covenant begins with a crew waking up from a state of hibernation, a crew of astronauts, a patchwork of engineers, scientists and pilots who transport colonists after they have been put into a state of hibernation to a carefully chosen distant planet as their new home. But during the long journey the crew is drawn toward a planet that appears to be a better place to establish its colony.
From this point on, Covenant begins with a concentrated, action-packed story in which the various members of the crew play the role of the host body for a variety of sinister parasites that pop out of their bodies in a disgusting way. Scott even offers a fresh depiction of the famous chest-piercing creatures teeming with terrifying scenes although it's nearly impossible to match the surprise offered by the original 1979 movie.
Scott does not initially show the classic xenomorph , instead he shows the pale hunter-gatherer that fans of the series already refer to as the neomorph , which is no less aggressive than its predecessor, but rather that when fully grown carries a peculiar feature of its own.
And there's a compelling reason why the classic alien creature isn't shown, but when it does finally emerge, you'll find it's worth the wait, as it breaks into the film's most interesting and horrific scene. But even though it remains one of the greatest monsters in cinema history to this day, you can't help but feel kind of weird when you see HR Giger's original design come to life with computer graphics and move with such ferocity and speed. And I don't mean it was poorly presented at all, just that it appears to contradict the way the creature was originally used. Where you see in the movie Covenant naked too, and offers many action scenes outside and under the light of day, while he was stuck in the past in the shadow of a ship the Nostromo .
Covenant 's first action scenes are thrilling, although most of the unfolding events in it have been seen before in the franchise, and this is proof that Scott is able to find new and visually stunning ways to manipulate these scenes. The Covenant is the first film in the series (not counting movies alien vs. predator sub horrific) exploits completely external sites adds a kind of regeneration on the film was to be a mere repetition of normal.
The scenes of death this time have a much greater impact because the entire crew is made up of a married couple. Although this seems most logical as they seek to colonize a new planet, it turns out to be a bad idea when difficult decisions need to be made in critical situations. But it does help explain why highly-trained, intelligent individuals do more stupid things than most of the other Alien films .
The film features a strong cast: Katherine Waterston plays the resourceful Daniels who makes the transition smoothly from the role of the female actress to the role of the heroine, Billy Crudup fits the role of the friendly Captain Oram , while Danny McBride succeeds in using his little time on the screen to make his character: pilot Tennessee Most beloved character in the crew. Of course, crew numbers drop sharply at the end of the film, but each death has an even greater impact because you witness the bereavement of their partners, the people they loved more than anyone else, who left Earth together to start a new life. The people who survive are not only alone, but are also at risk of death in their own right.
But toward the end, creativity fades from the film to a certain degree, with Scott introducing what appears to be a compressed version of the Alien original. Where the vast exterior scenes are replaced by scenes inside claustrophobic corridors and tracking devices that make noises. I don't know if the reason is Scott's nostalgia for the original movie or the lack of new ideas about how to end a movie of this kind, but regardless, it remains a fun finale, although it seems trite when compared to the previous movie.
Between the renewed, exciting first section and the predictable final section, Covenant offers a second section that is more philosophical and profound, and here is where the film approaches Prometheus in terms of style, but unlike this film, Covenant offers some satisfying answers.
It's a movie that's not afraid to ask the big questions, but often does so by asking them from the mouths of its characters themselves. While the original movie had enough sticky things slithering everywhere and not scientifically illogical, Covenant confronts his ideas head-on. It is a movie in which his characters quote Paradise Lost and listen to Wagner's Das Rheingold's symphony to prove his points. Their look. He is bold and reckless in his handling of intellectual material, but he somehow succeeds for several reasons.
First, revealing how and why xenomorphs originated feels very rewarding, and none of this would have worked had it not been for Michael Fassbender's brilliant performance, who once again plays the role of the ship's robot. And he plays his role very smoothly as the drama escalates in the movie, succeeding in accomplishing the science fiction symphony that Scott wants to present quite convincingly, and even when things get very silly, Fassbender maintains his convincing performance.
Conclusion Alien: Covenant succeeds in balancing the impractical philosophical ideas of Prometheus with the classic suspense and horror of the original 1979 film. Although he continues to ask questions we saw in Prometheus about the origin of the xenomorphs and sometimes adopts his style over entire scenes, the framework is Covenant's action packed action adds enough new twists to the series' standard to allow the cast to carry the film towards a satisfying ending.
