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We Are Going To Hollywood
We Are Going To Hollywood
Types of movies.
1.Match the movie with the definitions.
5. Romantic comedy E. sweet films that include romance, but also lots of funny moments.
8. Science-fiction H. love stories of people finding each other and falling in love.
1. The movie was ok.It had a good _cast________, but the story wasn't very interesting.
2. The __director______________ gets really angry when actors forget their lines.
3. __________movie_____ stars earn millions of dollars every time they play a role.
4. It was a good film, but the ___plot___________ was difficult to follow at times.
5. The opening _____scence________ showed a young man leaving prison and walking to a
bus stop.
4. In groups, talk about about movies you know that are the adjectives above.
General film vocabulary
What sort of films do you enjoy? You've got a lot of genres to choose from: westerns (set
in the American Wild West) or action films (fights, car chases etc),
adventure, animated (cartoons), or horror (lots of blood or ghostly visits). Perhaps you
prefer comedy or dramas. Sometimes these are epics (long, historical dramas) and
sometimes these are adaptations (adapted either from a previous film, or from a book or
play). What about thrillers (or suspense), or musicals (with song and dance) and science
fiction (set in a futuristic world)? Or maybe you prefer the old black and white films, or
the classics.
Actors
In a celebrity-obsessed world, actors are as famous as politicians (maybe even more so!)
We like to see our favourite actors playing a character , sometimes these are in lead
roles (=main roles), or supporting roles (not main roles). Every year, the Oscars gives
awards to lead actors and supporting actors, but never to the extras (the actors who
play people in a crowd, often without a speaking part.) We like reading the film credits,
firstly to see who's in the cast (everyone who acted in the film) and if there's a special
appearance by a famous actor who's only in the film for a couple of minutes.
Film review
The Theory of Everything
Biographical drama, 2014
The Theory of Everything is about the scientist Stephen Hawking. The film is based on a
book,‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’ by his wife, Jane Wilde Hawking. The film is
set in England and starts in the early 1960s. It tells the story of Hawking’s relationship with Jane,
the diagnosis of his motor neuron disease and his success as a physicist.
I love the acting in this film. Eddie Redmayne stars as Hawking and Felicity Jones plays the role
of Jane. My favourite character is Stephen Hawking because he is very clever and brave. I think
this is an ideal film for people who like true stories. It is a bit sad at times but the story is very
interesting and there is a lot of action.
Jackie said that I had went this shop the day before.
Jackie said that we were seeing john again the next day.