By the end I just have no idea what to think. Except there is no satisfaction at all, because the aliens are rushed, a bit silly, often awkwardly CGI looking, and not even convincing as threats because we don't care about any of it. You end up with three different films - a first act like a modern Alien which I loved, a middle act of Prometheus style philosophizing that feels like more Westworld, then a last act of two shoe-horned in action scenes homaging Aliens and Alien 3 respectively. You can almost hear Ridley at a writing meeting saying "this'll be cool, and this, and this, and then this" and the writer saying "uh, is this for the same film or later in the series?" "Yeah just cram it all in, make it happen". Its like switching from 1977 George Lucas to 1999 Lucas. Then Ridley starts to indulge in his convoluted ideas about creation and destruction. As it progresses, this feeling continues - thankfully, a solid sci-fi film that got it right. It felt sharp, atmospheric, there are interesting character situations, emotive moments and infinitely better writing than we had in Prometheus. In the first 20 minutes I was so happy with Covenant.
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