Hello again!

Welcome to post numero deux of this utterly delightful CAP blog.

I read the movie review 'Beasts': Taking Southern Folklore To The Next Level  by David Edelstein on the NPR website.  It was about Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild. This review starts off with a basic description of the overall movie, and then a more detailed synopsis of the plot. Throughout the summary, which discusses the literary aspects of the film, Edelstein alludes to the other aspects of film. For example, he mentions the "catch-as-catch-can" style of the hand-held camera while describing the chaotic personality of Hushpuppy's, the main character's, father. By far, however, he covers the literary aspects of the film much more than the other two.

After Edelstein gets the descriptions of the movie over with, he criticizes the  almost amateurish style of the shots as well as the insistent underscoring music, but evens it out by praising the powerful performance of Quvezhane Wallis as Hushpuppy.

The review ends with a description of one of the more powerful scenes of the movie and ties it to the theme.

I think we should use this basic model for our class reviews, with an introduction, summary, the author's opinion, and conclusion; however, I feel it is very important for us to have some freedom as well. A basic, flexible outline would most likely be best for this assignment.

The link to the article with annotations: http://diigo.com/0su9d