LET'S TALK ABOUT MOVIES

Which is your favorite type of movie?

TYPES OF MOVIES Example (or definition)

Action Robocop
Comedy There's Something About Mary
Western Billy the Kid
Thriller The Sixth Sense
Science Fiction: Back to the Future
Horror Friday the 13th
Romance Ghost
Musical Beauty and the Beast
Documentary (a film or television or radio program that gives information about a subject and
is based on facts)
Drama Titanic
War We Were Soldiers
Fantasy Spider-Man
Biography (the story of the life of a person written by someone else)
Animated Beauty and the Beast
Adventure Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Mystery (something strange or unknown which has not yet been explained or
understood)
Historical Titanic

VOCABULARY
movie noun [C]
a series of moving pictures, often telling a story, usually shown in a theater or on television; film
A moviegoer is someone who goes to movies, esp. frequently.
A movie theater is a building in which movies are shown.

movies plural noun

the showing of movies at a theater
We went to the movies last night.

trailer (ADVERTISEMENT) noun [C]

an advertisement for a movie, often showing a few, brief parts of it
preview noun [C]
an advance showing of something such as a movie or play before its formal opening, or the showing of a few parts
of a movie or television program as an advertisement

ADJECTIVES - You can use them to talk about movies.

Adjective: a word that describes a noun or pronoun
"Big," "purple," "quick," "obvious," and "silvery" are adjectives.

amaze verb [T] - to cause (someone) to be extremely surprised

amazing adjective
It's pretty amazing how much top athletes get paid.

remarkable adjective approving - unusual and surprising

He's a remarkable young man.

impress verb [T] - to cause (someone) to feel admiration or respect

impressive adjective
an impressive performance

far-fetched adjective - difficult to believe and unlikely to be true

Her story about being chased away from school by wolves seems pretty far-fetched.

gripping adjective - interesting or exciting

a gripping story

horrible adjective - very bad, unpleasant, or disgusting

There was a horrible smell outside the factory.

funny (AMUSING) adjective [-er/-est only] - amusing; causing laughter

Jerome is so funny.
She told me the funniest joke.

terrible adjective - very unpleasant or serious or bad

I saw terrible things happen.
My mother was a terrible cook.

emotional adjective - connected with or showing feelings

I'm pretty emotional about crime, because I've been a victim.

fantastic (GOOD) adjective - very good

You look fantastic in that outfit.
fantastic (NOT REAL) adjective - strange and imaginary
He drew fantastic animals with two heads and large wings.

extraordinary adjective - very unusual and special; different in type or greater in degree than the usual or
ordinary
Being chairman gave him an extraordinary sense of power.
She was an extraordinary woman, and no one will ever forget her.

spectacular adjective - exciting and interesting because of being large or extreme

a spectacular sunset
The scenery is spectacular.
He scored a spectacular touchdown.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary of American English

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