Lead-in. 20 As we mature our likes and preferences in movies change
20 As we mature our likes and preferences in movies change. When a kid you might have gone in for animation. Then, you might have taken an interest in another genre. This exercise suggests looking back to how your interest in artistic cinema developed and what shape it is now. (The rough list of genres is given below.) ü What kind of films did you look for at the indicated ages? ü What prompted changes in your interest? ü What was new in the films you started to watch?
21 How would you react if somebody suggested seeing a few films from previous decades? Use some of the expressions below to describe your attitude and explain your reaction.
22 To consolidate what has been said, let’s imagine that a friend has spotted a cinema that shows old classics – something that you watched when a kid. He/she is going to a film and is seeking someone to join them. The friend is your desk-mate. They invite you and you are expected to respond to the invitation. While doing this, express your attitude to old classics in fine language with extensive use of the vocabulary above and materials from Part 1 of this Unit. 23 The categories of films listed in Ex.1 break into a lot more varieties. Group all the listed sub-genres below under the two categories to which they belong.
Addiction & Alcoholism, Alien Invasion, Artists & Writers, Biography, Blackmail, Brothers & Sisters, Buddies, Caper, Chase Movies, Class Differences, Comic Action, Costume Adventures, Crime, Culture Clash, Disaster Films, Doctors & Patients, Domestic Violence, Dying Young, Escape Films, Espionage, Fighting the System, Futuristic, Gangster Films, Generation Gap, Haunted by the Past, Historical Epic, Holocaust, Horror, Innocence Lost, James Bond, Jungle Action, Kids in Trouble, Living with AIDS, Martial Arts, Melodrama, Miscarriage of Justice, Monster Movies, Murder & Mayhem, On the Road, Parenthood, Parody & Spoof, Police & Detective Films, Political Drama, Political Thriller, Prison Films, Prostitution, Psychological Thriller, Race Relations, Romantic Adventures, Rural Life, School Days, Science Fiction, Sea Adventures, Slapstick, Small Town Life, Social Injustice, Superheroes, Swashbucklers, Sword & Sorcery, Teen Drama, Thrillers, Treasure Hunts, Underdogs, Urban Life, Women's Friendship.
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