Response #1 Authority

New York Times Review of Fury

                At the beginning of A. O. Scott’s review of Fury, he brings up a past role of Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt was also in the movie Inglorious Bastards and the reviewer uses this to catch the reader’s attention. Scott starts off with one of Pitt’s more memorable quotes from the movie. The reference here is comical and interesting as we get to see Brad Pitt take on another role that involves killing Nazis. This immediately grabbed my attention as I have watched Inglorious Bastards and thoroughly enjoyed it. Also I feel as though most people have seen the movie or at least heard of it. This causes the reader to want to read more as they want to see how Fury relates to Inglorious Bastards.

                Scott also does not give away too much information too early. This is an easy trap to fall into, but Scoot does a fairly good job at withholding some information and still making the reader want to know more about the movie. This can be attributed to his reference to Pitt’s other role in Inglorious Bastards. In Scott’s first paragraph he peaks the reader’s curiosity and then hooks them in by the time they are done reading the second paragraph. This is what happened to me as I read his review.