1. Films and you.
Do you go to the cinema very often? Is the cinema a popular pastime where you live or do people prefer to watch TV or DVDs? What films are popular at the moment? Write a message telling other students about cinema going habits where you live.
Prepare your answers and then post them on the Noticeboard in the Study Room. Read and respond to the answers of your classmates.
I go to the cinema at least once a month. Nowadays there are a lot of television's channels and people prefer to watch TV . In addition, a lot of people download films to watch it at home. At the moment the most popular films are fiction science as Avatar (James Cameron) or animation films as Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.
2. Your favourite films.
What types of films do you enjoy most? Write a message telling other students about your favourite types of films. Recommend one or two films for other students to go and see.
I enjoy most tragicomedy, historic and thriller films. I recommend to see “Millenium 2” and “Before the devil knows that you are dead “
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3. Films from your country.
Angela's Ashes was based on a book by an Irish writer and made on location in Ireland. Write and tell other students about films from your country, and recommend some films that they might enjoy. Prepare your answers and then post them on the Noticeboard in the Study Room. Read and respond to the answers of your classmates.
I recommend to watch “Todo sobre mi madre” a spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodovar and the cast include famous names as Penelope Cruz and Marisa Paredes. Set in Barcelona and Madrid, the film tells the story of a singer mother Manuela. When her son Esteban deads in a tragical accident, she decides that the Esteban's heart be transplanted to a man in La Coruña...The film won a lot of awards.
I recommend also to watch “El laberinto del fauno” a spanish fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Maribel Verdu, Sergi Lope and Ivana Baquero. Set in Spain after Spanish civil war, the films tells the story of a single mother and her daughter Ofelia. She loves to read and she discovers a fantasy world through a book that she reads.
Other films: "Hable con ella" (directed by Almodovar)