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Darren (1599 KP) rated Alien: Covenant (2017) in Movies

Jun 20, 2019

Alien: Covenant (2017)

2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi

6.5

(94 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Story: Alien Covenant starts with the colony ship the Covenant heading towards a new planet, a crew of 15 and over 2000 colonist on board with just Walter (Fassbender) the android running the ship. When the ship encounters a freak storm in space leads the crew suffering loses they need to let the new captain Oram (Crudup) guide them through the damage to the systems.

When the repairs find a ghost transmission from a planet which appears perfectly habitable Oram goes against first mate Daniels’ (Waterston) opinion to continue their mission and takes a crew to this planet.

While on the planet the crew learn, this planet isn’t as safe as they had thought as they learn the deadly species waiting to be awoken along with a discovery which will give them answers about one of the mysterious of space.

Thoughts on Alien: Covenant

Characters/Performance – Walter is the latest model of the androids that joins the mission to do the jobs humans can’t manage he is good natured and understands his mission. Daniels is the second in command after the early tragedy, she doesn’t want to investigate the new planet but soon becomes the one we must rout for once she decides to fight. Oram is your standard captain trying to take the role with his own stamp, also he is meant to be religious. The rest of the crew are what you expect.

Performance wise, well this is where things get interesting, Fassbender is fine but let’s face it he is wasting his talent in movies like these. Waterston struggles to follow in the strong leading action heroine footsteps with Crudup being easily forgettable. This does have known names but nothing that comes off truly memorable in the performances.

Story – The story looks to follow up what happened after the Prometheus in what just feels like a complete rip off, of plenty of films, we have horribly written characters that just do panic instead of being professional in the role that would remain calm through each situation. This is a rinse, repeat film that ends up being one of the most predictable movies you have ever seen.

Horror/Sci-Fi – There is little to no horror in a movie that has ALIENS in which is the whole point. The sci-fi side of the story is all what you have come to expect from the genre without being anything fresh.

Settings – The film looks beautiful and stunning throughout but they also don’t have anything looking original though.

Special Effects – The special effects show us the settings looking almost flawless, it is the aliens which come off weak in places.

Final Thoughts – This is a poor addition to the franchise of aliens, we barely see them and the science versus religion question doesn’t end up getting discussed enough.

Overall: Poor franchise addition that is weak in every single aspect.

https://moviesreview101.com/2017/05/16/alien-covenant-2017/

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David McK (3649 KP) rated Nautilus in TV

Jan 6, 2025

Nautilus

2024 |

5.0

(1 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Jules Verne, "20,000 leagues under the sea"

I've read it (it was slow).

I never realised until I heard somebody say as such in this, that Nemo is Latin for nobody.

Anyway, this is a 10-part adventure/drama miniseries that follows the crew of the Nautilus from before the Jules Verne story, in which Nemo is already an established character, from the creation of the Nautilus itself by prisoners of the East India Mercantile Company (of which Nemo is one), it's theft by the same and the chase across the oceans that follows.