Finished watching Alien: Covenant, directed by Ridley Scott and staring Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, James Franco, Billy Crudup and Katherine Waterston. The film opens to the beginning of David's (Michael Fassbender) first day in life as he and creator Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) talk about Weyland wanting to meet his own creator. The film then jumps several years in to the future as a colony ship known as the Covenant is preparing to recharge its power when a shockwave through space hits the ship, leading to the synthetic, Walter (Michael Fassbender) to wake the crew up early to help with the repairs. Once awake the captain of the crew (James Franco) is killed due to his status pod not opening leads to the first mate, Christopher Oram (Billy Crudup) taking charge and the captain's widow Daniels (Katherine Waterston) being his second in command. After repairing the ship the crew stumble onto a distress from a nearby planet that is almost perfect fit to colonise causing the team to almost unanimously decide to investigate. Overall this was a good film as it continues to build upon the Alien universe by introducing new versions of the Xenomorph along with the classic version and the reintroduction of David into the film with how he effects the story. The use of having all of the main characters within the film being paired up as married couples help to make some characters death more effective thanks to the reaction by the characters. While the difference between the David and Walter is shown extremely well thanks in part to the script and Michael Fassbender's performance of the different characters and even the way he has to change between two feels seamless. The visuals throughout the film are great as the with the set designs fitting extremely well within the aesthetic of the universe itself while the shots in space look breathtaking while the design of the aliens look great as well. However in some of the final action scenes the effects do take a bit of a step back from how well they've look throughout the rest of the film. 7.5/10.
Friday 19 May 2017
Alien: Covenant Film Review
Finished watching Alien: Covenant, directed by Ridley Scott and staring Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, James Franco, Billy Crudup and Katherine Waterston. The film opens to the beginning of David's (Michael Fassbender) first day in life as he and creator Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) talk about Weyland wanting to meet his own creator. The film then jumps several years in to the future as a colony ship known as the Covenant is preparing to recharge its power when a shockwave through space hits the ship, leading to the synthetic, Walter (Michael Fassbender) to wake the crew up early to help with the repairs. Once awake the captain of the crew (James Franco) is killed due to his status pod not opening leads to the first mate, Christopher Oram (Billy Crudup) taking charge and the captain's widow Daniels (Katherine Waterston) being his second in command. After repairing the ship the crew stumble onto a distress from a nearby planet that is almost perfect fit to colonise causing the team to almost unanimously decide to investigate. Overall this was a good film as it continues to build upon the Alien universe by introducing new versions of the Xenomorph along with the classic version and the reintroduction of David into the film with how he effects the story. The use of having all of the main characters within the film being paired up as married couples help to make some characters death more effective thanks to the reaction by the characters. While the difference between the David and Walter is shown extremely well thanks in part to the script and Michael Fassbender's performance of the different characters and even the way he has to change between two feels seamless. The visuals throughout the film are great as the with the set designs fitting extremely well within the aesthetic of the universe itself while the shots in space look breathtaking while the design of the aliens look great as well. However in some of the final action scenes the effects do take a bit of a step back from how well they've look throughout the rest of the film. 7.5/10.
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