UNIT 12. Session 5

 

FILM AFFINITY 

Reorganize the following pictures in order to form a movie scene. In pairs discuss what might be happening. 

FILM: Dead Poets Society

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Read some good and bad film affinity movie reviews. Tick off the characteristics that a review needs to have. 

Good reviews in film affinity 

https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/reviews/1/809297.html

Bad reviews in film affinity. 

filmaffinity.com/es/film217898.html

WHAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN A MOVIE REVIEW: TICK OFF FROM THE LIST 

- All the details

- Catching starting for viewers 

- Brief summary in the introduction

- The End of the movie

- Presentation of the main characters 

- Recommendation 

- Own opinion 

- Personal reflections

Choose one of the movies that you have seen and that includes Andalucía en write a review for film affinity that makes the movie international 

 Graded version. Example with movie 

A police thriller which drips with sweat in the humid wetlands of the Doñana Natural Park, Alberto Rodriguez’s film follows the investigations of an ill-paired cop duo on the hunt for the murderer of two young girls. The Visigoth's Film of the Week is La Isla Minima...

The steamy, impenetrable landscape of desolate lagoons and rivers, and remote villages, serves as a potent metaphor for a past most of Spain is trying desperately to forget and cover up. It’s 1980. The first tentative steps are being taken into a new liberated Spain, but with all the corruption of the old Falangist regime still nailed into its society. Cops can still use the most odious methods to achieve their ends. The police department wants the case sewn up, by any means necessary. Javier Gutierrez is a hard-drinking, womanizing hellraiser. Raul Arévalo, is his uptight, serious partner, who believes his morals are a notch above.... MORE INFO HERE

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TIME TO WORK ON THE TASK

Go to: FINAL TASK 12

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RECALLING

In the previous reviews we have seen different expression for recommendations. Use them and adjectives to describe movies within sentences. 

RECOMMEND / SUGGEST + ING

How should we say it correctly? There are a couple of different ways. You can use the “ing” form of the verb immediately after recommend or suggest. You can say, “It’s raining outside, I recommend taking an umbrella” or “I suggest taking an umbrella.” That’s correct.

RECOMMEND / SUGGEST + (THAT) + SUBJECT + VERB

Or you can use this structure “I recommend that you take an umbrella” or “I suggest that you take an umbrella.” Those are correct as well. Some native English speakers will actually eliminate the word “that” and say “I recommend you take an umbrella” or “I suggest you take an umbrella.” That’s okay to say too.

USE OTHER VERBS SUCH AS

- Prefer/ like/dislike/hate + ing /noun

ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE MOVIES 

Positive

first-rate	insightful	clever
charming	comical	charismatic
enjoyable	uproarious	original
tender	hilarious	absorbing
sensitive	riveting	intriguing
powerful	fascinating	pleasant
surprising	dazzling	thought provoking
imaginative	legendary	unpretentious

Negative

second-rate	violent	moronic
third-rate	flawed	juvenile
boring	distasteful	ordinary
disgusting	senseless	static
brutal	confused	disappointing
bloody	silly	tired
predictable	stupid	uninteresting
weak	incredibly tiresome	trite
uneven	cliché ridden	outdated
dreadful	bland

Neutral

suspenseful	low-budget	dramatic
highly-charged	sentimental	fantasy
slow	romantic	satirical
fast-moving	oddball	picaresque
big-budget	wacky

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