The author of the movie review was A.O. Scott, and the movie being reviewed was the movie Momento. The organization that published it was the New York Times. The writer starts out by giving a brief opinion on the movie. Then he describes the plot of the movie, and periodically sprinkles in his opinion. He also briefly touches on the acting. He does dicuss literary aspects, at great length, as well as dramatic aspects, but he barely touches on cinematic aspects. The review is written in a serious tone. The reviewer wants to let people know about the movie, and that's it. The reviewer doesn't give away the ending, and finishes it without being clear on whether he recommends it or not, although he praises the movie a lot, making one believe that he recommends it.
I think that us CAP students should get a lot of freedom when writing the movie reviews. This would allow us to be creative, while also being informative. There should be a required checklist of things that we need to touch on, but when and how we touch on them should be left to ourselves.
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