Director Benh Zeitlin's Academy Award-nominated first feature Beasts of the Southern Wild is an interesting movie because it has been somewhat vague about where they are, a bayou community simply referred to as "The Bathtub", and it's use of symbolism especially that of the titular beasts [the Aurochs, ice-aged mammoth boar-like creatures] that seem to be getting closer to Hushpuppy, the five year old female protagonist of the film superbly portrayed by then unknown Quvenzhane Wallis.
What I found weird is that Hushpuppy's father Wink, even though he is sick, keeps refusing treatment even though he recognizes that he as a responsibility to take care of Hushpuppy.
Also it appears to be a very nice community; however, in the beginning of the movie Hushpuppy's father doesn't really care about her [Brigham, why do you say this? What evidence is there of this?] until after the flood. It's a good movie that shows a lot of hardships [examples?].
Not getting a very clear picture here. When revising and writing future posts assume that your reader has no prior knowledge of the film you are analyzing.
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