Test your family and friends with a 20-question 'Movie Quiz'.
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Exercise 46. Compiling a movie quiz.
Read a selection of film reviews in newspapers and magazines. Decide what kind of reviewer you want to be, (a), (b), or (c). See a new film and then write a 200/300 word review (in English, of course). Compare your fellow students' views with your own. Did you agree or disagree about the film?
Do you ever read reviews before you go to the cinema? Do you agree or disagree with them? What do you think a review should do? Should it...
Exercise 45. Writing film reviews for the University magazine.
a) just tell you who's in the film and what the story's about?
b) explain why the film is wonderful/good/OK/bad/awful?
c) both?
Here are some ideas for the sort of questions you could ask:
- Name three films starring _____________________
- In which film did ___________ say '______________'.
- What is_________________________ 's real name?
- Who wrote the book which ________________ is based on?
- In which country was '____________________' set?
- One of the following stars wasn't in '_____________' Which one? ___________
etc.
Exercise 47. Match the definitions and film types:
(thriller, science fiction film, sequel, cartoon, horror film, musical, action movie, comedy, war film, western)
1. a film about cowboys and life in the 19th century in the American West. ________________
2. a film that aims to make you feel frightened, for example one in which people get attacked by strange creatures, or in which dead people come to life. _______________________________
3. a film that aims to make you laugh. __________________________________________
4. a film that has a lot of exciting events in it, for example people fighting or chasing each other in cars. __________________________________________________________________________
5. a film about life in the future, often with people or creatures who live in other parts of the universe. ______________________________________________________________________
6. a film made using photographs of models or drawings, which are put together to look as if they are moving. ___________________________________________________________________
7. a film about people fighting a war. ________________________________________________
8. a film that tells an exciting story about something dangerous like a murder or a crime. ________
9. a film in which part of the story is sung to music. ___________________________________
10. a film which continues the story of an earlier film. _________________________________