The Cooking
TEACHER
Films: vocabulary and reviews
parlare di un film e recensirlo, proporre di vedere un film
Shall we watch...?
What about (watching)...?
Why don't we watch...?
Let's watch...!
HORROR FILM: scary, scaring (fa paura), with monsters (mostri) and blood (sangue)
SCIENCE FICTION FILM/SCI-FI (di fantascienza): set (ambientato) in the future, in outer space (nello spazio)
FANTASY FILM: imaginary world and creatures (mondi e creature immaginarie)
ACTION FILM: lots of chases (molti inseguimenti), violence, strong heroes
COMEDY: funny, entertaining (divertente), makes me laugh (mi fa ridere)
DRAMA: about human relationships and life (parla di relazioni umane e della vita), sad (triste)
PERIOD DRAMA: set in the past (ambientato in un'epoca passata)
HISTORICAL FILM/WAR FILM: (storico, di guerra)
LOVE STORY/ROMANTIC FILM/ROM COM: about love
MUSICAL: a story narrated with songs and dances
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Give your opinion about a film
(the acting, the scenery, the special effects, the lines...)
I think...I believe...The best thing about... In my opinion...
brilliant, excellent, amazing, awesome
perfect, very good, enchanting (incantevole)
very interesting, convincing (convincente)
good
so so, it's not really my thing (così così, non fa per me), a bit boring, too slow
disappointing (deludente), trite (banale), dull (scialbo)
horrible, disgusting, the worst film I've ever seen (il peggior film che abbia mai visto)
Other words/expressions regarding films:
ENDING (finale): happy ending
A STAR: a very famous ACTOR/ACTRESS
CAST
The film is SET (ambientato) in...,
The film is BASED on a book
PLOT: trama
The film DEPICTS/TALKS ABOUT the life of....
CHARACTERS (personaggi): MAIN CHARACTER/ LEAD (personaggio principale), EXTRAS (comparse)
SCRIPT (sceneggiatura): confusing, realistic, unrealistic, good
SCREENWRITER: sceneggiatore
SPECIAL EFFECTS: fantastic, stunning (strabilianti), poor (poveri), laughable (ridicoli)
MAKE UP ARTIST
DIRECTOR
a FILM-GOER (una persona che va sempre al cinema)
Film Clapboard
Talk about a film you have seen recently
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What was it called? What's the title of the film/ tv series?
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Who was in it? Who is the lead?
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Who directed it? Who is the director?
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What type of film is it?
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What is the basic story/plot?
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Did you like it?
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What was good about it?
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Would you recommend the film? To whom? Why?
