Part 1: IDENTIFYING MOVIE GENRES
TALK
Ask your neighbour,short answer requested.
Are you a movie buff?
What kind of movies do you like ? (look at the list below)
What’s your favorite movie?
What’s the last movie you saw? Where did you see it ?(at home, on TV, it w a DVD/at the
cinema/US: movie theater)
Genre
Title of the movie
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Action, War
Action,Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Epic (history)
Horror
Musical
Romance
Science fiction
Western
Silent
Drama
Observe the following dialogue and try to do the same with your partner.Pick up a movie
from the list below.
A:Have you heard of Fame ? B:Yes I have, I think it’s a musical movie.
A:Have you seen it ?
seeing.
B:-No I haven’t, not yet but I think I will, I think it’s worth
-No, I haven’t and I don’t want to see it, I hate musical movies!
- Yes, I have and I didn’t like it.
With your partner, match the movies you just talked about with their genre.( write your
answers in the first chart.)
Excalibur
Apocalypse
Now
The Kid
Shrek
Once upon a
time in the
West;
Into the Wild
Titanic
Fame
2012
Alien
Mr Bean’s
Holiday
Die Hard
Document pour rétroprojection: pour aidez aux exercices de classification ou en
“rebrassage du vocabulaire”
Practise and memorize vocabulary. Answer without looking at the list.
Exercise 1:In what kind of movie do you expect to find:
1 Stunts and chases, floods,fires,explosions, natural
disasters
2 Jokes, light plot,over exaggerated situations
3
4
5
6
Mythic,legendary,heroic figures,costumes
Special effects
pistols,dusty towns,horses,cowboys,indians
Helicopters,planes,helmets,uniforms,guns
Exercise 2:Play on line: match film genres and definitions:
http://www.hkedcity.net/article/ec-wat-reviews/1/
Same exercise if you cannot have internet access.
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a movie without real people- another word for a cartoon
an old movie,often in black and white
a movie with cowboys and indians,usually set in America
a movie with lots of songs and dancing
a movie that is very frightening
a movie involving the police
a movie set in the future
a movie that is factual
a movie that will make you laugh a lot
a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat as you’re not sure what will
happen next
a movie with a love story
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
Silent
Sci-Fi
Comedy
Romance
Thriller
Animation
Action
Drama
Western
Horror
K
musical
Listen
Listen to these short soundtrack extracts and tick the genre you think the movie is. The
sountrack is a very important part of a movie.
Pistes 1à
7 (CD)
Genre
Genre
Extract #1 Sci-fi animation
Extract #6
Extract #2
Extract #7
Extract #3
Extract #4
Extract #5
 drama
comedy epic 
horror
epic silent
war
Sci-fi animation
 action
romance
western 
comedy
Part 2: IDENTIFYING WHAT WE LIKE AND DISLIKE IN A MOVIE
The genre:
Listening : http://www.esl-lab.com/like1/like1.htm
Exercice online (Randal’s web)
war animation 
drama
drama romance
 horror
What about you ?What kind of movies do you like ?
The plot,the characters,spécial effects…
Exercise 1: Listening Comprehension :WHAT KIND of MOVIES do you like?
(CD Piste 8) http://www.elllo.org/english/0551/574-Nitya-Movie.html
Listen to Todd first, then listen to Nitiya.
genre
Important things about
a movie
Todd
…………….
……………….. (adj. used:……………..)
special effects good dialogue
 good writing
good actors
Nitiya
genre
……………….
……………….
Important things about
a movie
special effects
imagination
 factual
different from reality:
fantasy
……………………..
……………………..
Titles mentionned
What is Nitiya’s nationality?
What kind of film do you
think she fancies? (= likes)
Listen to her answer.
LISTEN again and READ the script : check your answers. (+ traduis les parties soulignées)
Nitiya: OK, so something about fun, actually what kind of movies do you like?
Todd: Um, well, let's see, I like. I love comedy movies, and for me the most important thing about a movie is, does it have good
dialog, does it have good writing, so I don't care about special effects, and stuff like that. It just doesn't interest me, and actually I
don't like big Hollywood movies (OK) I think they're terrible.
Nitiya: Terrible!
Todd: Yeah. (OK) What kind of movies do you like?
Nitiya: I guess a lot of adventure, like the movie like "Star Gate" and The beach" and, and "The Beach" was not good but, I like
something which is so different, something which is about the universe, or something which is about rockets and stuff like that.
Todd: So you like movies that re quire... (detective movies also)... and what?
Nitiya: Detective.
Todd: Oh, detective movies. (Yeah) So you like movies that require imagination?
Nitiya: Exactly.
Listen to Tennesse: (CD:piste 9) http://www.elllo.org/english/0001/035-David-Movies.htm
1) Does he like going to the movies ? a) not very much
b) a lot
2) What kind of movies does he like?
a) Action
b) Comedy
c) Most genres
3) What does he look for in a movie ?
A good ……………… and good ………………..
4) What's a movie that he really liked?
a) Pirates of the Carribean
b) Lord of the Rings
c) Matrix
5) Did he read the books?
a) Yes,recently
b) A long time ago
c) No,not yet
6) What is the last movie he saw?
a) Lord of the Rings
b) Pirates of the Carribean
7) Was it any good?
a) Yes,very
b) Not at all c) It wasn't bad
script :
Todd: Alright, Tennessee, you were talking about how you like movies.
Tenn: Yes, I'm a big movie buff.
Todd: OK. What kind of movies do you like?
c) Matrix
Tenn: I kind of like, I kind of like most genres of movies, it's just, what I look for is a good story and good
characters is the main thing...so even if I like the genre, if like wether it be science fiction or historical drama, if
the, if the story isn't good then, then I, I don't like it at all.
Todd: OK. Off the top of your head, what's a movie that you really liked?
Tenn: Well, the Lord Of the Rings they've been doing, I really have enjoyed.
Todd: Uh-huh.
Tenn: They did a good job.
Todd: Did you read the books?
Tenn: Oh, yes! It was one of the first adult books I read when I was in elementary school.
Todd: OK, well, what is the last movie you saw?
Tenn: The last movie I saw, Pirates of the Carribean.
Todd: OK. Was it any good?
Tenn: Ah, it wasn't bad.
Todd: It wasn't bad.
Tenn: Yeah !
Todd: Alright, thanks a lot.
Tenn: I like pirates.
Todd: You like pirates. What? You like pirates!
Tenn: Oh, yeah! You know, when you're a kid, pirates is the thing to be.
Todd: Yeah!
Tenn: "Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!"
Todd: OK. Alright. Thanks Tennessee.
Tenn: OK.
Speak What kind of movies do you like ?
Action: Movies with lots of fighting, shooting, exploding, etc.
"I like action movies because they are fast paced."
"Action movies are my favorite."
"I like all the action movies with a lot of guns.
I like fight scenes ."
Drama: Everyone knows drama. Like Titanic and Schindler's List
"I like all sorts of drama."
"I like movies that play with my emotion."
"Drama movies are great because they are the most realistic."
"The sad drama movies that make me cry."
Part 3: GOING OUT TO CATCH A MOVIE, OR TO RENT A DVD.
A/Inviting someone to do something
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit3/listen1.shtml
Before you listen:
Language tips – vocabulary :
a bite to eat – food "my treat" - "i'll pay"
what's on - here, the films that are showing
Listen to John and Fiona: Match beginnings and endings :
We could
go and see a film
How about
going out for a bite to eat
Why don’t we
go and see a band
Answer: Did they agree on where to go and what to do ?
Remember: Making
suggestions
"Let's (Let's + base form.)
"How about (How about + -ing ?)
"We could (We could + base form.)
"Why don't we (Why don't we + base form?)
Practise :SPEAK :
Exercise (pair work)
A trouver dans 1 manuel
B/Deciding on what film to see :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit3/listen2.shtml
Listen to John and Fiona : Tick the words you hear :
1.Fiona : So, what kind of film do you
2.John :  It’s up to you 
like
fancy want seing ?
I dont mind  you choose , but nothing too sentimental  soppy  sad
3.Fiona : we could go to « The Prince Charles »  Cinema  theater?
4.John : Yeah,it’s  quite  rather
really cheap there. What’s on ?
5.Fiona :Hang on.Oh ! Taxi Driver, the Scorsese film with De Niro.
6.John : Oh, I saw that years ago. It ends in a bit of a blood bath.
7.Fiona : I want to see something that will make me cry laugh  terrified
8.John : Well, let’s see the new Hugh Grant film, it’s a sci-fi horror  comedy.
Useful Adjectives for Describing Movies : First work with your teacher to put together
adjectives which have very similar meanings /try to find their opposites and then Order
them into positive and négative.
first-rate(excellent/brillant) ; comical ; thought provoking (qui fait réfléchir) ; Absorbing
(prenant ; unpretentious ; Hilarious ; Corny (de la guimauve, cucul) ; stupid; charming ;
Riveting(captivant) ; uninteresting ; powerful, Boring(ennuyeux) ; original ;
Clever(intelligent) ; violent ; dated(démodé) ; tender ; Flat (sans intérêt) ; brutal ;
funny ; imaginative ; second-rate(médiocre ; Disappointing(décevant) ;
Entertaining(divertissant) ; Action-paked ; Distasteful (répugnant); Static (lent,il ne se
passe rien) ; silly ; surprising ; fascinating ; third-rate(of very poor quality) ; bloody ;
Bleak (sinistre) ; disgusting ; pleasant ; Thrilling(palpitant) ; Ordinary(banal) ;bland
(fade)
Positive
Negative
Correction :
Positive
firstrate(excellent/br Powerful
Clever(intelligent)=
illant)=
Imaginative
Original=
Action-paked =
Tender
Charming
Absorbing =(prenant)
Fascinating=
Riveting(capti
Thrilling(palpitant)=
Comical
Funny
vant)=
Hilarious
thought provoking
Surprising=
Pleasant =
(qui
fait réfléchir)=
Entertaining
(divertissant)
Unpretentious
Negative
secondrate(médiocre)
third-rate(of very poor
Flat
Static
(sans intérêt)
quality)=
(lent,il ne se passe rien)
Uninteresting
Boring(ennuyeux)
Corny
(de la
guimauve, cucul)
Silly
Stupid
Disgusting
Distasteful
weak
Bland
Predictable(pré
Disappointing(décevant)=
Bland
Violent
Bloody
visible)
Brutal
Bleak
(sinistre)=
(répugnant)=
(fade)
Dreadful
Dated(démodé)=
Ordinary(banal)
(=flat)
(épouventable)
SPEAK : Role playing
Jouez les rôles de Fiona et John 3 fois de suite en remplacant les éléments soulignés par :
1. Rien à changer.
2. violent / static /ordinary
3.How about going/ why don’t we/let’s go
4. Rien à changer
5. 2012 _Roland Emmerich _ John Cusack / Once upon a time in the West- Sergio LeoneCharles Bronson/
The Kid- Charlie Chaplin – Charlie Chaplin
6. I hate sci –fi !/ I don’t like Westerns / I’m not keen on sillent movies
7. entertaining / riveting /clever and thought provoking
8. Jim Carrey :Scrooge Christmas Carol _ cartoon / Anthony Hopkins : The silence of the
Lambs _ thriller /Sean Penn : Into the wild- drama
HOW TO READ REVIEWS?
1/The first paragraph of a movie review usually includes the following elements
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a short summary of the movie including its genre
Information about the director and important stars
A comparison to a similar movie
Read them and comment about each with your partner
Movie name :
Genre :
Director :
Main Actors :
Comparison movie :
Movie name :
Genre :
Director :
War of the Worlds
Science fiction
Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise
Independence Day
The Proposal
Romance, comedy
Anne Fletcher
gloria0210
2009-10-27
Main Actors :
Comparison movie :
Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds
the devil wears prada
Movie name :
Genre :
Director :
Main Actors :
Comparison movie :
Fame
Comedy,Drama,Family,Musical,Romance
Kevin Tancharoen
Kay Panabaker,Naturi Naughton
Fame,1980
Kate
2009-10-27
Movie name :
Genre :
Director :
Main Actors :
Comparison movie :
Final Destination
horror
James Wong
Devon Sawa,Kerr Smith,Seann W Scott,Ali Larter
Final Destination 2
Antoinette
Sung
2009-06-28
2/The second paragraph of a movie review is usually a short summary of the plot .
Plot Summary :
'Final Destination' is a horror movie.Main Character Alex who has
super powers and his six classmates go to Paris by plane.Before the plane flies Alex foresees
their plane will crash out,but the pilot and other passengers don't believe what Alex
says,and they expel Alex and his six classmates out of the plane.The plane really crash out
,and no one survive. Alex 's classmates start dying with mystery .Alex found out that the
Death has it's own plan .Alex tried to disturb the Death's plan ,to prevent other survivors
keep dying.This movie will make your every second with fear and trepidation.
3/The last part of the review gives an overall opinion about the movie, try to spot the
positive and negative phrases and words.It can end by clear recommendation.
Read through this movie reviews and spot the positive ones. How many?Which number?
Decide from what you have read if you will go and see it.
Final Destination 2 Reviews
1/Shawn McKenzie…when I saw the trailers for Final Destination 2, I figured this one was
going to be one of the exceptions.I was not disappointed.
2/ilmcritic.com Norm Schrager "...generally bland...
3/E! Online "You might get spooked, you'll cringe a bit, and you'll definitely laugh at how
silly it is
4/Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
as intelligent."
"...less philosophical than the original, but it's just
5/ReelViews James Berardinelli "Without characters or a coherent plot, why bother?"
6/USA Today Claudia Puig "...repulsive..."
EXERCICES
Class work (homework first)
Make three movie
riddles using the
clues in the boxes.
Read your movie
riddles to the class
(or your group) and
they will try to guess
your movies. Wait
until all five clues
have been read
before guessing.
Movie
_________________________________
(Movie Title: Keep this a secret)
Clue #1
It’s a _____________________________.
(Genre)
Clue #2
It takes place
__________________________________.
(Setting)
Clue #3
___________________ is in it.
(Actor)
Clue #4
It’s about _____________________________________
(Plot)
_____________________________________________
Clue #5
In the end, ____________________________________
_____________________________________________
Sample Conversation:
The Film Festival
A: Do you want to do something tonight?
B: Sure. What do you feel like doing?
A: Well, the film festival is in town. And I’m in the
mood for seeing a movie. How does that sound?
(= I fancy seeing)
B: We could go for a movie. What’s on?
THE KID
BRIDE AND PREJUDUDICE
PRIVATE RYAN
The film festival is on town. Find out as
many details about the movie as you can.
Write the details down in the table below:
A: ‘Attack from Planet Q’ is playing at the Odeon
theatre.
B: What’s that about?
A: It’s a sci-fi about aliens who invade China.
It takes place along the Great Wall during the
Ming Dynasty.
B: Who’s in it?
A: It’s starring Will Smith. He plays a palace
guard who uncovers an alien plot to kill the
Emperor.
Title
B: What do the critics say about it?
A: The critics say it’s frightening and entertaining.
Genre
(Climax)
It won ‘Best Film’ at the Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
B: OK. Let’s see that.
Setting
Actor/
Character
Critics/
Awards
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Writers:
Jane Austen (novel)
Paul Mayeda Berges (writer)
Release Date:
11 February 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Tagline: Bollywood meets Hollywood... And it's a perfect match
Plot: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice gets a Bollywood treatment. |
Awards: 4 nominations
Runtime: 107 min | 111 min (English version) | 122 min (Hindi version)
Country: UK | USA
Language: English | Hindi | Punjabi | Spanish
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Reviews
Bollywood meets Hollywood – fantastic !
OK, if you don't like people breaking into song unexpectedly, don't go see this
movie - let me just say that upfront!
I went to see this re-work of my favourite
novel and thought it would be atrocious and envisaged walking out of the theatre
in disgust in advance. What I got was an explosion of colour and music,
Bollywood style, and sure some of the songs were pretty awful, but hey, there
were a few terrible numbers in Grease too, and I still love that movie!
The lead
players were all virtually unknown to me but they were perfect in their roles. The
role of Lalita (the Elizabeth role in the original book) was perfectly cast - she was
beautiful and she really held the whole movie together. And Martin Henderson
was perfect as the American version of the disdainful Mr Darcy, this time Mr Will
Darcy.
Go and see this film if you are open to something new - it really is quite
a faithful re-work of the story, and it is very entertaining.
The only people who
won't enjoy this are people who hate musicals with a passion, or people who are
purists to the original.
If you liked Chicago, then you can definitely enjoy this
one too. (That also had some dodgy old songs, but the story carried you past
those parts!)
Bring on the Bollywood!
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Robert Rodat (written by)
Release Date: 24 July 1998 (USA)
Genre: Action | Drama | War
Tagline:In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War,
The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving... One.
Plot:
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines
to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. full
summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
General | Invasion | Normandy | 1944 | Soldier
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 53 nominations
Runtime: 170 min
REVEWS
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. more (2053 total)
Director: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin (writer)
Contact:
View company contact information for The Kid on
IMDbPro.
Release Date: 6 February 1921 (USA) more
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Family more
Tagline:
This is the great film he has been working on for a whole year more
Plot:
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in
jeopardy. full summary | add synopsis
Runtime:
68 min | 50 min (1971 edit with new Chaplin score) | Germany:54 min
Country: USA
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono (new music score) (1971) | Silent
REVIEWS
A Must-See Silent Comedy, 4 March 2002
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio
While perhaps not as celebrated now as some of Chaplin's later features, "The
Kid" is an excellent achievement and a thoroughly enjoyable film. Charlie and
young Jackie Coogan make an entertaining and unforgettable pair, and there is a
lot of good slapstick plus a story that moves quickly and makes you want to know
what will happen. Chaplin also wrote a particularly good score for this one, and
most of the time the music sets off the action very nicely.
While it's a fairly
simple story, this is one of Chaplin's most efficiently designed movies. Every
scene either is necessary to the plot, or is very funny for its own sake, or both.
Except for Chaplin and Coogan, most of the other characters (even frequent
Chaplin leading lady Edna Purviance) are just there to advance the plot when
needed, and the two leads are allowed to carry the show, which they both do
extremely well.
"The Kid" is also impressive in that, while the story is a
sentimental one, it strikes an ideal balance, maintaining sympathy for the
characters while never overdoing it with the pathos, which Chaplin occasionally
lapsed into even in some of his greatest movies. Here, the careful balance makes
the few moments of real emotion all the more effective and memorable.
This is
one of Chaplin's very best movies by any measure. If you enjoy silent comedies,
don't miss it.
Across
1. An ________movie is a movie with a lot of fighting and it can
be violent.
3. Someone who likes to help people in need is____________.
5. What word is the simple past of escape? ________________.
9. A ___________is a movie which is funny and it can make us laugh.
12. Ghost movies are_____________.
13. What word is the simple past of meet?_____________
14. Adventure movies are______________.
Down
2. What word is similar to clever?____________
4. What word is the simple past of laugh? _______________
6. ______________is the simple past of save.
7._________ is the simple past tense of fight.
8. Romantic movies are sometimes____________.
10. Someone who is not afraid to do dangerous things is__________.
11. ____________is a movie about American cowboys usually riding
horses quickly and wearing hats.
15. ____________is a movie with animations like Tom and Jerry.
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Word Bank
Frightening
Intelligent
Word bank
Escaped
Saved
Action
Boring
Laughed
Helpful
Fought
Brave
Comedy
Western
Cartoon
Met
Exciting
Movies match
Make and appropriate match between the words in A and those in B.
A
B
1. ____ Western
a. funny
2. ____Cartoon
b. someone in a movie.
3. ____Ghost movies
c. clever
4. ____comedy
d. exciting
5. ____intelligent
e. violent
6. ____action movies
f. Cowboys
7. ____Character
8. ____movie theater
g. place where we watch movies.
h. animation like Mickey mouse.
9. ____Adventure movies
i. frightening and full of
horror.
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MOVIES WORDSEARCH
(Beginners to Pre-intermediate vocabulary exercise)
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Find these words in the puzzle
action
brave
cartoon
comedy
cruel
cute
escape
escaped
Word Association Type of movie
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Another word search to play online:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/intermediate/b_vocabulary/bank11
/nef_int_vocabulary11_02/
(Advanced)
Read this review about the movie 'Contact' and choose the word
which best completes each gap.
'Contact' is probably one of the best science fiction films of
recent years, and deserves a place alongside classics such as
Kubrick's 2001 or Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
This (1) ....... of Sagan's best-selling 1985 novel is
exceptionally well suited to the (2) ....... screen and the
special effects are (3) ....... . It is expertly directed by
Robert Zemeckis, and Sagan himself worked on the (4) ....... for
the movie.
The central (5) ....... is Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster), a young
scientist who discovers a message from an alien civilisation 26
light years away. The film focuses on her attempts to make
contact and the various obstacles that are put in her way. The
story works on many different levels and (6) serious issues about
science, religion and spirituality and our place in the universe.
1 A.
B. development
. adaptation
2 A. big
C.
D. transformation
conversion
B. large
C. great
D. grand
B. stumbling
C. toppling
D. tripping
B. script
C. edition
D. text
B. personality
C. character
D. individual
B. raises
C. relates
D. works
.
3 A.
. staggering
4 A. album
.
5 A. player
.
6 A. deals
.
ANSWERS:
5. C
1. A
2. A
3. A
4. B
6. B
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AUDIO=http://www.elllo.org/english/0601/Q630-Martin-Movie.html
Tom: Do you go to the cinema a lot Martin?
Martin: I used to quite often, Tom, but lately I just haven't found the time or the cinemas
around here aren't quite as big here.
Tom: So, I guess you've had time to contemplate
on it. What's your favorite movie of all time? Well, my favorite movie, and the best movie
I've ever seen would have to be Seven Samurai, the story about a small peasant
village
in Japan, hired in Seven Samurai to protect it and the ensuing struggles that the
villagers had with the samurai, and the Samurai did with themselves and then the final
fight that they has with the bandits
that were trying to take the peasants grain. It's a magnificent story.
Martin: It's a classic. It's black and white, right?
Tom: Yes, it is. It was made by the Japanese director Akira Kurasawa. I think it was
1956 or 57, but it's affected so many other movies, Tom.
Martin: I mean if you look at the Magnificent Seven, the Western, it's modeled directly
after that, as well as some other modern movies that you might not think as much about.
Roger Corman's, Battle Beyond the Stars with George Peppard (Are you serious?) was
modeled straight off of Seven Samurai, and even Bug's Life.
Tom: Wow. Now that I think of that I can see that.
Martin: Yeah, it's a really important movie.
Martin: How about you Tom? What's your favorite movie of all time?
Tom: I don't know about of old time, but recently, and don't laugh when I say this,
Pirates of the Caribbean was an absolute masterpiece. I saw the trailer
so many times in the cinema and just thought it was going to be rubbish, but when I
eventually got around to seeing it, it was full of good jokes and it was Jonny Depp as a
pirate going around the Caribbean. There was a ghost story. There was a love story in
it. There was a young man who'd run away to join the Pirate's. The whole thing was just
action packed, funny and colorful. It was a really entertaining movie.
Martin: Yeah, I would agree with you Tom. It was very fun and Johnny Depp was great,
modelling Keith Richards as a pirate. I think that...
Tom: Well, I heard that he was modelling the original ride at Disneyland.
Martin: Oh, really.
Tom: The mechanical models jerking around
on the pirate ship, the mannequins, I heard that was what he modeled his character on.
Martin: I heard he modeled after Keith Richards.
Tom: He's the kind of actor who comes up with a different story at every interview.
Martin: Well, I guess that's why he's acting.
AUDIO= http://www.elllo.org/english/0901/T917-Ron-Media.htm
Mari: OK, next, do you go to the movies? How often do you go to the movies?
Ron: I don't go to the movies very often, maybe twice a year, I would say.
Mari: That's it?
Ron: Yeah.
Mari: Do you rent movies?
Ron: I rent movies more than I go to the cinema, but also not very often.
Mari: What kind of movies do you like?
Ron: I like funny movies. Comedies.
Mari: Comedies. What's the most recent movie you watched?
Ron: I watched Home Alone last night but it was on TV. I didn't rent the movie.
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