Were we supposed to be scared?

I totally agree with you regarding the xenomorph. It was not scary... But in a interview Ridley Scott told that it is not supposed to be scary because it is cooked... kind of ... but the neomorph was scary ... I really enjoyed all the scenes with it

Yeah I have to agree, the Xenomorph felt tacked on, that whole end sequence was a mess. Rest of the film was good up until that point.

What got me was that Daniels & T both had battle rifles, had perfectly good corridors to pen the xeno in for a narrow field of fire BUT felt it would be smart to lure it into a large wide open space, that was cluttered, dimly lit, with plenty of hiding and ambush spots for the xeno. Essentially they surrendered every advantage they had.  

And still the xeno just strolled through the door and ran around like a lost sheep. then fell for the whole out-the-airlock trick again....

Would've been better just to the let the Neomorph's have the limelight for the film.  

The only time I was ever "scared" was the first time I saw this:

and this?

IRaptus Yep especially for its time. I don't think that initial drooling close up was ever topped. I am talking about seeing it for the first time- it was like WTF? but you knew those teeth meant bad news.

Cerulean Blue, you've done it now and your lack of faith/support has ruined everything. As a special snowflake I castigate you to the shower where a xeno will wash our mouth out!  JUST KIDDING 

I think Ridley just phoned it in myself. As others have said, a little bit of creativity could have added that "Scare". With the Android Show taking so much time from the film, Ridley was unable to add that much need few minutes to frighten us. Worst case, he just can't be bothered with an inventive use of the big chap to make us jump in our seats. C.B. you're not alone

Capt Torgo lol I'd like to time it exactly, but I reckon there was as much screen time given to David deciding what song he would like to play on the piano than the xenomorph battle on the Covenant.

Nah, the bigchap was thrown in to keep the 'what! no xeno's in prometheus at all' group happy, the neo's scared me more just for their extreme aggressiveness, hell yeah.

Hey all - first post here :) I think the part with the xeno was 2 rushed. It should have been a hide and seek Szenario: Daniels and Tennessee hiding in that hangar, trying 2 avoid the Alien. The Alien wasnt sneeky enough - it just rushed into that hangar without any second thought.

@Capt Torgo - Now that is what I am talking about!!  Xeno with a bar of soap in the shower!!  HAHA!!!!

@La Quang Tien - WTF????