So. This is a documentary about the origins and making of the first Alien movie. I am a fan of the the movie and the movies that followed not counting the last two stupid ones that Sigourny Weaver was in. Overall it was a good little documentary BUT... It starts getting in the weeds when they start getting into a gender studies class and a whole lot of other nonsense. At that point it reminds me of some of the art history classes I have taken . I once had an Art History Professor that was kind enough to impart some actual knowledge upon us. I was reminded of this knowledge while watching this documentary. This professor basically told us that in the art world an artist can sit down and tell people all day what their piece art is, what it means, what inspired it, etc etc, but the truth in the art world is whatever art critics think it is, represents, and what inspired it. Those two things can be widely different. I feel that is the case with this documentary. They take a really good horror/sci fi movie, after it is 40 years old, and describe it as some giant philosophical humanities project. I don't buy it all, but whatever!

I had high hopes for this doc but it was hijacked by the feminist. They try to connect Alien to women's empowerment movement and a fighting the patriarchy. What nonsense.

I sat down to watch the 2019 documentary "Memory: The Origins of Alien" without actually knowing about it existing before I stumbled upon it by random chance. And with it being about the "Alien" movie, of course there was no doubt that I had to sit down to watch it.

Writer and director Alexandre O. Philippe didn't really deliver what I was expecting from "Memory: The Origins of Alien", I have to admit that much. This documentary spent a lot of time talking about what the "Alien" movie was reflecting from the time it was being filmed. Ugh, no, sometimes a movie is just a movie meant for entertainment and not actually a projection of other things.

It should be said that there were also good aspects to Memory: The Origins of Alien", such as getting some insight in some of the scenes and how they came to be, the transition from idea and script to screen, concept ideas and such. So it wasn't all bad.

Ultimately then "Memory: The Origins of Alien" was watchable, but that was about it, as I wasn't left with a sense of overwhelming bliss of having sat through 1 hour and 35 minutes of this.

My rating of "Memory: The Origins of Alien" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.