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Giving your opinion

What films have you seen recently? Were they good? Gemma and Jack bump into each other at the cinema and talk about films.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and follow the instructions to practise your speaking.

Preparation

Transcript

Jack: Oh! Hi Gemma. How’s it going?
Gemma: Oh. Hi Jack. Have you just seen Tornado Express too?
Jack: Mm … no. I saw Friends Forever with my sister.
Gemma: Oh! Was it good?
Jack: Pfff … no, not really. It was boring. But Molly liked it. She loves that kind of thing. What about Tornado Express? Was that good?
Gemma: Yeah, it was brilliant! Really exciting and the special effects were so good!
Jack: Sounds cool.
Gemma: Yeah, I loved it!
Jack: I really want to see that film, Double Revenge. Have you heard of it?
Gemma: Oh, yeah … with Jessica Foster? Ah, I can’t stand her! She’s so annoying!
Jack: Really? Do you think so? She was good in that film Maximum Risk.
Gemma: Oh, I haven’t seen that one. OK, maybe she’s not that bad.
Jack: Well, maybe we should check out Double Revenge together some time.
Gemma: Yeah, that sounds good. 
Jack: All right, great.
Gemma: See you later.
Jack: OK, yeah. See you.

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Jack: Oh! Hi Gemma. How’s it going?
Gemma: Oh. Hi Jack. H___ you just s___ Tornado Express too?
Jack: Ah … no. I saw Friends Forever with my sister.
Gemma: Oh! Was it g___?
Jack: Pfff … no, not really. It was boring. But Molly liked it. She loves that kind of thing. What about Tornado Express? Was that good?
Gemma: Yeah, i__  w__ brilliant! Really exciting and the special effects were s__ good!
Jack: Sounds cool.
Gemma: Yeah, I l____ it!
Jack: Mmm, I really want to see that film, Double Revenge. Have you heard of it?
Gemma: Oh, yeah … with Jessica Foster? Ah, I c___ stand her! She’s so annoying!
Jack: Really? Do you think so? She was good in that film Maximum Risk.
Gemma: Oh, I haven’t s___ that o__. OK, maybe she’s not that bad.
Jack: Well, maybe we should check out Double Revenge together some time.
Gemma: Yeah, that s_____ good. 
Jack: All right, great.
Gemma: See you l____.
Jack: OK, yeah. See you.

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Discussion

What films have you seen recently? Were they good?

Language level
A2 Pre-intermediate
Topics
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cinema
speaking skills
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Submitted by Ayanali on Sat, 11/02/2024 - 07:39

I had just seen the Harry Potter film series. It is one of the most famous film franchises in the world. This series of films is adapted from J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series of books. These films have a strong cast. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley and Ralph Fiennes in the role of Lord Voldemort, the villain in the films.

The plot involves a young boy Harry Potter discovers that he's a wizard when he was 11. It follows his study lives, adventure stories, and growth experiences at Hogwarts School. At Hogwarts, Harry meets his two best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. As time goes by, Harry gradually discovers the mystery of his origins, why Lord Voldemort wants to kill him and how to destroy Voldemort's soul.

The film is set in a variety of locations across the UK, including Alnwick Castle, Gloucester Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and Lacock Abbey. The soundtrack is stunning and amazing, composed
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I would highly recommend this series not only because the brilliant acting, the captivating storyline and the magical wizarding world, but also because it teaches us about love and friendship, which makes it a perfect and popular film series for everyone.

Submitted by dea._ on Mon, 08/26/2024 - 13:04

Based on the conversation, it seems like both Jack and Gemma have different tastes in movies. Jack was watching *Friends Forever* with his sister, Molly, but he didn't enjoy it because he found it boring, even though Molly liked it. On the other hand, Gemma enjoyed *Tornado Express*, describing it as brilliant with great special effects, indicating she prefers action-packed and visually exciting films.

When discussing *Double Revenge*, Gemma's dislike for Jessica Foster suggests she may be particular about actors, while Jack, who enjoyed Jessica's performance in another film, seems more open to watching movies with her. Their agreement to watch *Double Revenge* together shows their willingness to share interests and try out each other's movie preferences.

Submitted by Malliqa- on Tue, 07/30/2024 - 08:41

Recently,i’ve watched a ghibli movie called “Spirited away”. Its about a 10 year old girl who wad forced to work at a bath house by the spirits to free her parents and herself. It was pretty good

Submitted by dipayana on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 03:23

The last movie that i watch was the Raya and the last dragon from disney. I very like the movie and i've been watching ut for about 3 times because its was so good, i like the movie was tell about the dragon was extinct because a hujan that only think about himself and make a monster that make the human be a stone. So that is why i like the movie, thank you.

Submitted by Denias on Sat, 07/27/2024 - 07:56

The last movie that i watched is "Despicable Me 4", but because one of my friend already describing this movie, so i choose a movie that called "Agak Laen". The genre of this movie is horror and comedy but in my opinion there is only a little bit horror. So this movie is about four friends who make a haunted house in the night market, but there is 1 incident where they accidentally kill a state official which makes their haunted house really haunted. Since then the police suspect the house and arrest the four of them. I really like this movie because of the comedy.

Submitted by kasih on Wed, 07/24/2024 - 12:42

The last movie I watched was the inside out 2. it was a good film because it tells the story about the emotions that we had during puberty. I really like this movie.

Submitted by Satyagraha on Wed, 07/24/2024 - 12:21

I've recently seen a movie called "Despicable Me 4", it was about a retired villain called Gru working with an anti-villain agency to catch a dangerous villain, but the villain escaped and hunted Gru and his family down. In the end, the villain managed to take Gru's baby and turn him into one of his minions, but Gru managed to defeat him and the baby is saved. In my opinion the movie wasn't that good, there should be a lot more action considering it's a Despicable Me movie, and the story is also pretty boring.

Submitted by Sara Rufino on Fri, 06/28/2024 - 10:24

Recently I see a adventure film. It name's Hunger Games. Is a science fiction movie where the Capitol (the important people) chose 1 girl and 1 boy of the 12 districts of the country of Panem for participate obligatory in a deadly games, and only 1 person can survive. Are so exciting. It's a saga with 3 movies, evry one during about 2 hours. If you like this tipe of movies, the 2 hours are like 2 minuts.

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Submitted by fatma on Fri, 01/12/2024 - 19:02

i loved it

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Submitted by fatma on Fri, 01/12/2024 - 18:59

i loved coco .
it's a mexico film , taking about a boy , and his family is famous in making shoes but he loves knowing about a famous musical man in the end that famous musical man was his grandpa.

Submitted by Matilo on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 14:35

The last film I've seen was King The Land, is a korean serie, it was so good.

Submitted by Turtle08 on Tue, 09/06/2022 - 07:18

I usually watch films at home every night with my family if the day after there isn't school, but I rarely go to the cinema. I usually like the films I watch.

Submitted by trungtnd on Tue, 12/21/2021 - 00:35

Because of the COVID epidemic, the movie that I watched quite a while ago was "Spider-Man Far From Home". It's a very dramatic and engaging series.

Submitted by Hoang123 on Tue, 09/28/2021 - 10:14

I have recently seen " mat biec" this movie is very sad. this movie tells the sad love story of a boy and a girl of school age.

Submitted by lemaya5899 on Thu, 09/02/2021 - 16:57

I have recently seen film "the love and destiny" This movie is very interesting. This movie is very intelligent. The man is named "cuu than" in the film has a warm heart. He loves the girl very much so that he can die for her.

Submitted by Negrita on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 13:54

During the quarantine i saw Harry Potter's saga, it was amanzing,i saw one film for week because a saw it on tv but every time i couldn't wait for the next film.This saga is gold.I just love it.

Submitted by Ammar on Wed, 07/28/2021 - 18:45

I have seen a romantic film called rose, it was good.
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Submitted by FlowerQueen on Tue, 07/06/2021 - 17:50

I watched a film with my friends at her home. It was "Misfit" and I watched it for the second time, and I love it! It's one of my favourite movies. (Misfit is a German film)

Submitted by hermione123 on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 13:06

I watched A Wrinkle In Time yesterday. I don't think it's good. I mean, there are some parts that I like, but there are some parts that I don't really like. But their soundtracks are awesome.

Submitted by Arivelde on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 14:57

Yesterday I watched a movie called "The Last Of The Mohicans: A Narrative Of 1757". It was a good film, showed a litte bit of history about the wars, and still managed to put a bit romance in it.

Submitted by Ashley_122 on Fri, 03/05/2021 - 17:03

I've seen a film called "Prestige". I have seen it at home, with my family. It was about two magicians. Actually, I don't know that was it good ör not. Because, I can't understand that film very well. It was very complicated.

Submitted by Anzoaz on Fri, 02/19/2021 - 02:04

Recently, I saw "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". I read the book before to see the movie, and i found some differences, but I was enjoy so much the movie. It was very significant for me, and I love the soundtrack.

Submitted by Yigitcan on Sun, 12/20/2020 - 15:41

I have seen 'Blind Side' recently.It was so good.Film is about truth of the USA which place of freedom!.

Submitted by picopeca on Mon, 11/16/2020 - 10:12

The more recently film I have watch is The hobbit. Its really good I loved it, it’s exciting and amazing. :)

Submitted by samianaznin on Tue, 09/29/2020 - 05:26

I have recently saw the "jungle book" film...It's too good...

Submitted by Orangg on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 09:03

I have seen "Exit", film from South Korea. It was so good film, i loved it. "Exit" can make me laugh and tensed in one time!

Submitted by cookiepg on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 13:43

they good but..............

Submitted by elwuapisimo777 on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 15:58

i have not seen a flim recently and series, but i am really into streamers, how ¨elrubius ¨ with the video game Among Us beacause is excekkent, very interesing an funny

Submitted by mejiasebastian on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 15:53

I have seen a few films but i have seen more a series that I really like, this series is Lucifer and this has five sessons.

Submitted by teacher5m6 on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 15:49

I have not seen a film recently, but I'm really into series. I recommend the GOOD DOCTOR because is excellent and very interesting
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Submitted by rafaelyeshua on Mon, 12/21/2020 - 16:38

i seen it with my mother, i liked it, specially when have to do a surgery 3

Submitted by stilinski on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 15:03

i loved it

Submitted by Miaana on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 02:37

I liked so much, it's very interesting

Submitted by Smanivdastudent on Mon, 08/31/2020 - 03:26

i have seen Hunger Games, its so awesome because i like the storyline and the video effect was so good. and i like the action and actor in that film

Submitted by nakeisya on Mon, 08/31/2020 - 02:42

Hello, recently i watched film that called "Revolutionary Road" i was interested in that film because of the main characters. there were Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, both of them were so great on that film,the story though. Another film were "Titanic" and "Romeo and Juliet" ups, there's Leonardo again on it. Those film were absolutely great!! We can re-watch it and it's never get me bored. I truly loved it!!

Submitted by ImurAdel on Mon, 08/31/2020 - 02:41

I've seen "ghost of war" And the film is very horror, I love the film. And also I saw the movie "we bare bears" I like it very much. Great movie to watch.

Submitted by Vuquan on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 08:44

I've seen Gladiator. Its very good and that is one of my favorite films
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Submitted by zagrybast on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 08:15

Recently I’ve seen the film “Ender’s game” it was not bad but I think this film is very naive. It could be better
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Submitted by Xuka on Sat, 08/08/2020 - 18:39

I'm following the supernatural horror serial film - Annabelle that has three-part. The film was inspired by a story of a haunted doll named Annabelle. It is taken a series of paranormal activities occur around the main characters. There were lots of blood, scary images, plus some jump-shock moments, shooting, fighting, and dead bodies. I was impressed by all scenes and sounds in the film. I have been horrified until now.
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Submitted by muhamilman on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 16:32

What does it mean when someone says "I can't stand someone"? Please reply me!
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Submitted by Tina - coordinator on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 13:51

Hi muhamilman,
If someone says they can't stand someone or something it means they dislike someone or something very much.
Best wishes,
Tina (LearnEnglish Teens team)

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Submitted by IANPAUL on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 18:36

I recently saw that of the Nun

Submitted by Thapa01 on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 07:01

I recently seen Ender's Games. This movie is very interesting. This movie is about intelligent children. They save Earth from the alien. But unfortunately the alien are good they only come from Earth because alien needs only water. Alien don't want to harm human.

Submitted by lisi06 on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:37

The last serie I watched it was Lost, it is good and it has all brillant actors. The plot is very nice and long with many different things. And the serie happens on a strange island

Submitted by JasmineD03 on Tue, 05/26/2020 - 18:23

I recently saw the Twilight movie saga. Is a 5-film saga about vampires, werewolves and humans. I liked it a lot because the story is very exciting and it takes you a lot, in fact I finished it in two days.

Submitted by Starchevskiy_Oleg on Sun, 05/17/2020 - 22:08

I recently saw the movie Home Alone 2. I liked its atmosphere. All the actors played very well. I especially liked the main character Kevin. He stopped the robbers very well. Invented different ways to escape. The robbers were also sold well. One is smart and the other is a little silly. Kevin's family is very specific. His grandfather and older brother are very funny. The hotel where Kevin stayed had a very curious staff. This movie is definitely one of my favorites.

Submitted by AntonMahnitsky on Sun, 05/17/2020 - 21:50

The last movie I watched was The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. It tells about life in the wild west and the stories that took place there. By genre, the movie is western. It has a lot of shots and battles. I also liked it for its beautiful locations. I seemed to visit there and see the real life of the people who lived at that time. Interesting stories and great music made this film interesting. But the last two stories are not interesting. So I can't say that this film is perfect.
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