Prometheus

Prometheus. Review of a review by Philip French

Gusiachkin Anastasia

22^nd March, 2015

            The review is academically well structured and divided into three parts, which are the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. The introduction part opens up with familiarizing the reader with the movies’ director, Ridley Scott, and his success with the Alien series. It carries on by shorty summarizing the plot of the Alien, however, without spoilers and emphasizes the importance of a female protagonist appearance, “first in succession of strong women in Scott’s movies” (French).

            It slowly mixes up with the body part when French writes that Riddley Scotts has always been thinking about sort of a pre-story for the Alien, since there were no answers within the series neither about the origin of the Xenomorph, nor the nature of its hostility. This is what we get in Prometheus, “an ingenious, well-worked-out exploration of the source and nature of the creature that caused havoc on the Nostromo” (French). For those who are not familiar with the movie series, Nostromo is an inter-stellar cargo vessel that responds to an SOS signal coming from another space ship and, by investigating it, dooms itself. The review explains these details as well, along with an effective summary of the key events. French then concentrates on the beginning of the Prometheus, mainly the clues gathered by the explorers on Earth, which later brought them into space. French introduces the readers to the main characters of Prometheus, both protagonists and antagonists. He briefly describes the situation on board of the space vessel. I specifically like how he draws reader’s attention to similarities between the two films, he sort of points at the “Easter eggs” within the movie. By “Easter Eggs” I mean indirect along with direct references to the Alien series, such as, for instance, an android on board of the ship, or suspicious-looking eggs in the discovered cave.

            French pays just as much attention as needed to the description of the characters and their interaction; personally, there is nothing too much or too little in his review. I also like an objective conclusion which does not promote any specific reception of the film. Even though the conclusion includes personal experience, it does not enforce itself, it is just there.

Works Cited

French, Philip. “Prometheus - Review.” The Guardian. The Guardian UK, 3 June 2012. Web. 22    Mar. 2015