CINEMA

UNIT 3

App 1

WARMING UP

ADVENTURE ▼ROMANTIC▼ WAR ▼ ACTION ▼ HORROR

SCIENCE FICITION ▼ THRILLER ▼ COMEDY▼MUSIC

App 2READING

Amusing but far from arresting, Starsky & Hutch stars Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as the detectives made famous by the 70s TV series. Big on potential, short on really big laughs, it's a buddy cop comedy which coasts on the charisma and chemistry of its stars. One uptight, the other easygoing, they clash, carp and bond while busting Vince Vaughn's drug-dealing murderer. If you adored them in Zoolander, you'll likely like them in this. Non-fans need not apply.

An epic in the truest sense of the word, Troy is inspired by Homer's tragic poem The Iliad - a mythic rendering of an ancient war fought between Greeks and Trojans. Director Wolfgang Petersen retells the tale with swagger and grit, while a buff and burnished Brad Pitt leads the assault as the warrior hero Achilles. No doubt this is pure Hollywood sensation, but it's also poignant storytelling, acutely sensitive to the themes of human frailty at the heart of its source.

Loud, proud and very Hollywood, Van Helsing is a fantasy blockbuster that never lets up. Hugh Jackman stars as the monster-mashing vigilante of the title, who sets out to off Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh) in the depths of Transylvania. Teamed with vamp-hating totty Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), Van the Man must battle the bloodsucker, his brutal brides, and the Wolfman (played by a bundle of CGI). Bung in Frankenstein's Monster (Shuler Hensley), Bondian gadgets and a tongue tucked firmly in its cheek and you've a lot of campy fun - even if it never elicits any real emotion.

Majestic, moving and immense, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is about as awesome as cinema gets. Sure, there are some problems, but it's hard to imagine a more assured adaptation of the final volume of JRR Tolkien's fantasy masterwork. Combining the 'ooh' factor of Fellowship with the zippy action of Towers, Peter Jackson's monster epic sees Frodo (Elijah Wood) and friends continue theirquest to destroy the all-powerful One Ring, and free Middle-earth of evil.

Grammar1.Read the following sentences and find the verbs. :(Inductive approach)

He has worked in London for a year.He has been working in London.

What is the difference in meaning? Which tense is used in each sentence?In which verb is the action copleted?2.Read the following sentences and identify the verbs and then tell which actions are completed or still going on (this is a very simple exercise that has the only intention of checking whether my students have understood my explanation3. Fill in the gaps.4. Broken sentences.5. Complete sentences.6. Fill in the blanks without giving them the verbs.7. Write sentences from pictures (freer writing)

Grammar 2ORAL ACTIVITY In pairs answer the given prompts

1. a sport or activity you have been doing recently.......................................................

2. a sport you have not done for a long time......................................................

3. a book you have been reading........................................................................

4. a country you have visited...........................................................................

5. a film you have watched recently..................................................................

What has Peter done on Monday?

What has Sam done on Tuesday?

Student

A

Student

B

INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITY

Student A

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

SAMBreak an arm

Play tennis

Visit my uncle

SUE

BOB

Monday Tuesday wednesday

PETE

MARY

JOHN

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Student B

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

SAM

SUE

BOB

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

PETEWatchA film

Read a book Visit a friend

MARY

JOHN

comparatives and superlatives

er est

more the most

1. Match the adjectives to the suffixes, more or most to form their comparative and superlative forms.2. If you can think of more adjectives write them and match them in the box.

-er-ier most

-est -r

-st more

Comparative Superlative

• Pretty •Short•Long•Small•Happy•Beautiful•Interesting•Intelligent•Dirty•Large

PHONETICS

1.Listen to the following words. Decide whether they are written with a “b” or a “v”.

B v

The teacher can read them out loud: VERY/BERRY VASE/BASE VAT/BAT

VOTE/BOAT VEIL/BAIL VAN/BAN

BEFORE LISTENING

Look at the photos.

Who is the man in the picture?

What do you know about him?

In what movie does he start?

WHILE LISTENING

Eric Bana is one of the main characters in the blockbuster film Troy. He is going to talk about his experiences during the film.

Which other films has Eric considered as an epic movies?

How does he compare Hulk and Troy?

Which one did he enjoy most?

Why was he reluctant to play the role?

After listening to the interview, check your answers using the script.In pairs, talk about two recent films you have watched and compare them

AFTER LISTENING

TAPESCRIPTTroy is obviously an epic production, and there's a definite style that goes along with that. Did you find

yourself looking back to any of the old epics for inspiration?

Mad Max II. That was a movie that I really loved a lot. I know it's probably not considered one of the classic epics, but it actually has so many parallels to this story, it's incredible. It wasn't until I really started to look at Greek mythology in prepping for this film that I realised how much I'd been affected by so many great movies that were actually steeped in Greek mythology. The second instalment of Mad Max is definitely one of those, along with all classics that I love - Lawrence Of Arabia, Ben-Hur, all those obvious ones.

How did shooting a film on this scale compare with making Hulk?

For me, the films couldn't have been more different in every possible way. Shooting Hulk was very small scale for me because I wasn't involved in the CGI stuff. It was just very intimate scenes with one or two other actors on a small set, so weirdly it didn't feel like a huge film to make. This one, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. The role was a lot more fun, because the Hulk was so introspective and about hiding things, and not doing things, whereas in this case I got to do everything every boy dreams of doing. It was nothing but the greatest possible experience - just incredible.

Going toe-to-toe with Achilles had to be a thrilling prospect, but you were initially reluctant to take the role of Hector. Why?

It was about just self-belief and stuff. I mean, I read the script and thought it would be the opportunity of a lifetime, and thought it was the greatest thing I'd ever read. It was just a matter of going through the process of convincing myself that I could walk in Hector's shoes, because that's the thing that no one can help you with, you know? You can learn how to fight, and you can learn how to ride a horse, and have a great cast, and a great director, but if you don't really believe that you can be that arrogant, you're not going to be able to pull it off. It was never a reflection on the part, it was more a reflection on the process an actor goes through - of beating himself up.

Your big showdown with Brad Pitt is incredible. How much preparation went into that?

It was a scene that was really revered through the whole shoot. I mean, Wolfgang would talk about it all the time, and Brad and I would talk about it all the time. It was a daily thing, because Brad and I were training for it literally every day if we weren't shooting. It took us about eight months of training during the production of the film to learn it and get it into our bodies.

BBC FILM 2004

CAMERON DIAZDate of Birth: August 30, 1972

Since her eye-popping (literally, in the case of Jim Carrey!) debut in The Mask, Cameron Diaz became the blonde to watch in Hollywood -- for more reasons than one. With her mile-wide smile and luminescent blue eyes, this San Diego native literally out-glowed Julia Roberts in the radiance department as the not-so-naive bride-to-be in My Best Friend's Wedding. You know you've got star power when you can steal focus from Jim and Julia. The adventurous Diaz landed a contract with the Elite Modeling Agency at age 16. She soon jetted off to Japan, joined only by a 15 year old fellow model. She spent the next five years bouncing around the globe -- Australia, Morocco, Paris, Mexico -- before settling in Hollywood. "Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being 16 years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home." Sure enough, she was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning in Australia when she was just 18.

Filmography

Cameron has been so prolific lately that it's hard to believe thatFear And Loathing In Las Vegas is only her third big studio film. Since The Mask she has busiedherself with juicy roles in a series of indie flicks: dumping her hubby for brother-in-law Keanu Reeves in Feeling Minnesota, playing Mrs. Harvey Keitel in Head Above Water, and running away with Ewan MacGregor in A Life Less Ordinary. Her admirable work won her the N.A.T.O./ShoWest title of "Female Star of Tomorrow". She has been making one or two films a year. More recently, she earned $20 million to do the Charlie's Angels sequel, called Charlies Angels: Full Throttle (2003). Cameron has been linked romantically to actor Jared Letoand producer Carlos De La Torre. Currently she has been attached to Justin Timberlake, with whom she has been going out for a year.

Person's Name

I. Birth date

II. Place of Birth

III Current Age if alive or date of death and age when they died

IV Life

a. Childhood

b. Adolescents/Young Adult

c. Adult

V Education

VI Accomplishments

VII Motivation in achieving accomplishment

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