Writing a film review

Have you seen these films?

FilmName Other

Information

Hunger Games

Harry Potter 7

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Name

• You are going to write a film review. What things should go in a film review?

A film review

MatchingPlot Would I recommend it to other

people, was it any good?

Summary Why I chose the film!! How I first felt!!

Characters Are you impressed with the scenes?

Introduction The people in the story

The action The story

Can you put them in order?

Read and check!!!!!

Read the text again and number

Plot

Summary

Characters

Introduction

The action

Definitions

• Making you feel very excited and happy• Costing a lot of money• New, original and clever• Full of exciting events• A book or film that is very successful, especially

because it is exciting• The conversation which is written for a book, play or

film is very special.• You admire or respect it, usually because it is

special, important or very large• A thing or person that is very popular or successful

Look at the phrases from the reading, can you try

and put them into the gaps? • The story line was really well written, and every sentence

kept me interested. It had such an _____________.• 372 million dollars worth of tickets were sold over the

weekend making it the biggest ______________ of the year.

• The film is certainly a ______________, it cost 250 million dollars to make.

• Batman, Paranorman, and Spiderman are just a few of the _____________ released at the cinema in June, July and August.

• One event after another make Batman the most _______film of the year.

Impressive dialogue

blockbuster hit

big budget action film

Summer blockbusters

action packed

Look at the phrases from the reading, can you try

and put them into the gaps? • I was unable to tear my eyes away from the

screen, the ______________ kept me hooked.

• This ____________ is a must see for the whole family.

• The __________ helped avoid confusion and develop the characters sufficiently.

Exhilarating action scenes

Impressive action

Imaginative story line

A FILM review

• Can you use the phrases from my film review, and use the phrases to write about Titanic or Twilight.

You are going to write a review of an action film for the movie magazine

empire online. (150 words)Who is going to read the review?

Where will the review be seen?

How many paragraphs will there be?

• You are going to write a film review.

• At least 150 words

• What Can I do if I finish early?

• Does everything make sense?• Are there clear paragraphs?• Check spelling, grammar, vocabulary• Draw a picture for the book

Read the reviews around the room

Are you going to see any of these films?