Saw Beasts of the Southern Wild twice-back to back-yesterday. It is a film I was reluctant to watch. I am not sure why... but shaky camera work had something to do with it. If you watch closely, the close shots are shot with a telephoto lens from far rather than a wide or normal lens from close. That's what makes close shots shaky. I wonder why they decided to shoot like that. Perhaps with telephoto lenses you can create better separation of the subject from the background. You can shoot better with a Steadicam but then you need the budget for it. I loved the film. The story is about a tug of values surrounding need, materialism and survival, quite relevant in today's times. I loved the performances, direction, art direction and make up, which is fairly obvious. But the superb casting, editing and sound design is not so obvious. I was very happy with the sound design and music. It's quite a relief compared to Hans Zimmer's scores. I changed my opinion about the ...