Movies vocabulary

2. GENRE
• ACTION MOVIES ARE MOVIES WITH ACTION SCENES LIKE GUNSHOTS OR CAR CHASES.
ACTION

3. WESTERN
• WESTERN MOVIES ARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN WILD WEST.

4. ANIMATED
• MOVIES THAT ARE MADE USING ANIMATIONS OR “CARTOONS”

5. SCI-FI
• SCI-FI STANDS FOR SCIENCE-FICTION. THIS GENRE IS ABOUT UNREALISTIC OR UNREAL THINGS.

6. COMEDY
• MOVIES THAT ARE FUNNY AND MAKE YOU LAUGH

7. DRAMA MOVIES
• DRAMA MOVIES CAN MAKE YOU SAD OR FEEL VERY EMOTIONAL. ROMANTIC MOVIES FALL INTO THIS
CATEGORY.

8. CAST
• “CAST” IS A COLLECTIVE NOUN MEANING ALL THE PEOPLE (ACTORS AND ACTRESSES) WHO ACT AND
PERFORM IN A MOVIE.

9. PLOT
• THE PLOT OF THE MOVIE IS THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT FORM THE STORY OF THE MOVIE.

10. CHARACTERS
• “CHARACTER” IS EACH INDIVIDUAL IN A MOVIE. A MOVIE HAS A MAIN CHARACTER WHICH IS THE LEADING
ROLE OF THE MOVIE (ALSO CALLED THE PROTAGONIST OF A MOVIE).

11. TO TALK ABOUT THE CAST
• ALL-STAR CAST
• TALENTED CAST
• STAR-STUDDED
• RISING
• MEDIOCRE
• OVERRATED
• UNFAMILIAR

12. TO TALK ABOUT THE PLOT
• COMPLICATED
• INTRICATE
• GRIPPING
• INTRIGUING
• BORING

13. TO TALK ABOUT CHARACTERS
• COMPLEX
• MEMORABLE
• ANTAGONIST
• FLAWED
• NOBLE
• RELATABLE
• RESILIENT
• DYNAMIC
• HERO
• ENDEARING
• EMPATHETIC
• EMPOWERING

14. VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE A MOVIE
POSITIVE
• CAPTIVATING
• FIRST-RATE
• VISUALLY STUNNING
• THOUGHT-PROVOKING
• UNFORGETTABLE
• IMPACTFUL
• MASTERPIECE
• EASY TO FOLLOW
• UNPREDICTABLE
• CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
• IMAGINATIVE
• ENJOYABLE
• HILARIOUS
NEGATIVE
• SECOND-RATE
• THIRD-RATE
• DISAPPOINTING
• PREDICTABLE
• CONFUSING
• DULL
• CLICHÉD

15. ACTIVITY
• DISCUSSION THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
• WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE GENRE, AND WHY DO YOU ENJOY IT?
• CAN YOU THINK OF A MOVIE WITH AN "ALL-STAR CAST"? WHO ARE SOME OF THE ACTORS IN THIS MOVIE, AND WHAT MAKES
THEM FAMOUS?
• DESCRIBE THE PLOT OF A MOVIE YOU RECENTLY WATCHED. WHAT WERE THE MAIN EVENTS, CONFLICTS, AND RESOLUTIONS?
• WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE CHARACTER, AND WHAT TRAITS MAKE THEM MEMORABLE OR INTERESTING?
• USE DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES TO DISCUSS A MOVIE YOU RECENTLY ENJOYED. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE MOVIE'S
OVERALL QUALITY, CHARACTERS, AND STORYLINE?

16. ACTIVITY: MOVIE REVIEW
•CHOOSE A MOVIE YOU HAVE RECENTLY WATCHED AND ENJOYED OR DISLIKED.
•FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE TO WRITE A BRIEF MOVIE REVIEW, FOCUSING ON KEY
ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE GENRE, MAIN CHARACTERS, PLOT SUMMARY, AND
OVERALL IMPRESSIONS OF THE FILM.

17. • MOVIE TITLE: TOY STORY
• GENRE: ANIMATION/ADVENTURE
• CAST: TOM HANKS AS WOODY, TIM ALLEN AS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
• PLOT SUMMARY: "TOY STORY" IS ABOUT A COWBOY DOLL NAMED WOODY WHO IS ANDY'S FAVORITE TOY. WHEN ANDY RECEIVES A
NEW SPACE TOY NAMED BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, WOODY FEELS JEALOUS AND WORRIED ABOUT BEING REPLACED. BUT TOGETHER, WOODY
AND BUZZ LEARN TO BE FRIENDS AND WORK TOGETHER TO GET BACK TO ANDY.
• CHARACTER ANALYSIS: I LIKED WOODY BECAUSE HE IS BRAVE AND KIND. HE ALWAYS TRIES TO TAKE CARE OF HIS FRIENDS, EVEN
WHEN HE FEELS SAD OR SCARED. I THINK HE WAS DYNAMIC AND EMPATHETIC.
• OVERALL IMPRESSIONS: I REALLY LIKED "TOY STORY" BECAUSE IT WAS ENJOYABLE AND EASY TO FOLLOW. THE TOYS GO ON A BIG
ADVENTURE, AND THE STORY WAS REALLY GRIPPING COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. I WOULD RECOMMEND
THIS MOVIE TO MY FRIENDS BECAUSE IT MADE ME HAPPY.
• RATING: 5/5 STARS