I enjoyed it, it was cool how each act represented a diffrent Alien movie.
ACT 1 Was like Alien, act 2 Aliens and the final act was like prometheus.

Its not as good as the first 2 but it is the best film in the franchise since them.

There was something that bothered me and that was a
Cgi a.i Ian Holm, it was very well done technically but i dont like the idea of using a deceased actor's likeness without their consent, i know the studio must have paid his estate but i thought its kind of creepy, and his character had a huge role.

Thought it was solid. Characters besides Andy were eh but the movie moves at a fast pace so it was never boring.

A+

not as scary as I thought it’d be but still great

I was bored for a lot of it and rolled my eyes a few too many times (the literal canary in a coal mine bit even got an audible sarcastic chuckle.) Some cool scenes at the end though and the design for the human alien was not the ugliest baby I've seen.

5.5/10

I thought this was kind of dull, unfortunately, and too focused on fan servicing. The exact lines from the other movies, in particular, were rather lame and forced. The Ian Holm stuff didn't work for me, either. The character looked like he was from a video game, and it was just more "Hey, 'memba this?!"

Finding the alien from 79's Alien floating around space was an interesting start, and I kind of hoped it meant the movie would hit the ground running--except then they skipped over all that chaos that followed to do some ho-hum character intros for a bunch of forgettable nobodies, and by the time they picked up that thread again all the fun was over as the original alien was dead. It just seemed odd to me, but oh well. I found the main artificial person, Andy, a little interesting, but not enough to shoulder the whole movie.

And this is my personal thing, for sure, but I'm tired of the "Final Girl" bullshit. It's just so amazingly predictable and trite after nearly 50 years of going to the same well. Would it be the end of the world if the supposed-Final Girl was killed off halfway through and the story pivoted to a guy? Or--gasp!--what if the main character was a guy from the get-go? Why is it required that horror movies have a female lead? Lame.

I appreciate David and his anti-humanity motivations from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant more after having watched Alien: Romulus ;)

When they said it homages every other film in the franchise, I didn't expect that to include the maternity ward scene from Alien vs Predator: Requiem.

I enjoyed the expansion of the universe in how it tied Prometheus and Covenant's black goo with the first two films, and what felt like a deeper dive into the political dynamics of this Weyland-Yutani-dominated universe.

The action scenes and Cailee Spenner or however you write it got a bit ridiculous towards the end though, she should've at least gotten burnt with the acid on her leg or something. Sigourney Weaver never had to do such ridiculous stunts in the first two Alien movies, she mainly stayed out of the xeno's way and stayed alive that way. Part of what made those first two films so effective is that barely anybody survived direct contact with a xeno unscathed. She also looks too much like a teenager and came across too soft-spoken and delicate, especially for the ridiculous action they were putting her through. Sigourney (and Noomi Rapace too) came across like a boss and much tougher with much better presence compared to her. Cailee was great as Priscilla because she was supposed to be a delicate flower. In an action role like this where you've got to be a tough mfucker? Miscast.

B+

I prefer Prometheus, which felt much grander and more ambitious and intellectual. I think this happens a lot when someone who's not the creator of the franchise takes over, they're afraid to really add significant new lore and shake things up. I hope Ridley gets to conclude his trilogy, for all their faults they were more interesting than this well-made homage to the rest of the franchise.

In Alien's case, because Alien literally started that. People were shocked in '79 when it was Ripley and not Dallas who ends up surviving. It's a core part of the franchise, hell even Alien vs. Predator did it. Covenant already upended that though by having David having the last laugh while it's implied Daniels and the rest of the survivors are toast. So it's already been shaken up.

I'm quite familiar with this franchise It's been nearly 50 years since Alien, and "Because the first one did it!" isn't a reason to go to the same well every single time. That's just lazy and predictable. It's also a huge cliche in the horror genre as a whole (see the "Final Girl" in every damn horror movie), but whatever.

As for David, he's not human, he wasn't the lead character in either of his films (Shaw was in Prometheus and then Daniels was in Alien: Covenant), and he was closer to an antagonist than anything. I mean, would people's brains melt if they were expected to sympathize with a human man for the duration of an Alien film? There can still be strong female characters if a strong male is present, y'know. Oh well, I guess people can stretch their imagination to allow all kinds of things with this franchise except for this one thing.

At least a couple regular human guy side characters got to survive in Alien: Resurrection. And there's always Morse (who could forget that rando who happened to survive?) from Alien 3

Fine. Considering it's Fede Alvarez its a lot more tame than I was expecting. And any thought in it's head has already been covered by the other movies in the series. But as a fun haunted house in space movie? Fun!

3/5

I don't know how when they came across that Ian Holm abomination they didn't immediately decide to bash it's synthetic brains in.

Aliens
Alien
Prometheus
Romulus
Resurrection
Covenant
3

What are your grades for them? I might still prefer resurrection 3rd overall, hell I might even prefer AVP to both Ridley misfires, it at least knew what it wanted to be

The first two are classics, Prometheus is a 3.5 (B+), Romulus and Resurrection are 3's (B), Covenant is a 2.5 (C+), and 3 is a 2 (C).

Surprisingly good. In fact, it's right up there with Alien and Aliens. I really enjoyed Prometheus, but this entry is even better.

The Final Destination-like situations and the scares the characters faced, the aliens, the setup in the first half hour, the special effects, and the science behind the various aspects of physics, gravity, and space in general—all were impressive. I really enjoyed Alien: Romulus. The lead actress is a bit bland (though she has a Jennifer Lawrence look going for her), some of the science was Hollywood-ish, and a few character decisions were questionable. Overall, though, it’s a solid addition to the Alien franchise. Definitely in the top 3.

This film is a vibe, it does an excellent job of reviving the franchise after in my opinion two duds, Prometheus did some interesting things but it was a mixed bag, anyway, Romulus applies some more of it's space horror roots and ads a good sci-fi story to it as well. The world building in this is nice, I like the cast overall and it has very good visuals and sound. The only things where it misses a bit for me, are the alien mass killing in the corridor and the ending with the hybrid monster. Wasn't too much a fan of that, but overall this is pretty ominous throughout and quite a thrilling experience.

B+

Alien Romulus has nice special effects and production design but the film lacks enough new scares to be as tense as it needs to be. I haven’t seen the other Alien films so I can’t really compare them but this feels like a bunch of stuff from the other films rehashed.