TAIPE ACEVEDO, ANA LISET

WRITING ABOUT A BOOK OR A FILM

1. - What films are popular at the moment?

Which have you seen? Complete these sentences. Then talk to a partner about it.

The last movie I saw was Victor Frankenstein, it's a

horror movie based on contemporary adaptations of
Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.
Starring Igor (Daniel Radcliffe), Lorelei (Jessica
Brown Findlay) and Victor Frankenstein (James
McAvoy).
It was Igor, who is a London circus clown, physically
and psychologically abused by his companions. But
Igor is also a science enthusiast, a medical student,
who after the dramatic accident of the beautiful
trapeze artist Lorelei. Igor will change the course of
his life when he meets and is rescued by Victor
Frankenstein.
I really liked it because it is a horror movie but more like a novel from the 80s.

5. - Read the review again. What do the words in bold refer to?

it = the novel Frankenstein

they = people
it = the monster
these = bones and bodies
it = the monster
This = making a wife for the monster
itself = the monster
the first = the first movie
which = the character of the monster

6. - Look at these headings. Find the information in the review of Frankenstein.

 title and author: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

 type of book/film: horror/science fiction
 characters: Captain Robert Walton (an explorer), Victor Frankenstein (a scientist),
the monster, Frankenstein's brother, friend, and wife (Elizabeth)
 plot: Frankenstein has discovered the secret of life and makes a human being
from dead bodies, but it is huge and ugly and it scares people. The monster feels
lonely and wants Frankenstein to make it a wife. Frankenstein refuses, the monster
kills various people, and is chased by Frankenstein. Both Frankenstein and the
monster die in the end.