Star Trek Into Darkness 1 the Songs in the Musical Were Wonderful, a Great Film for All Star Trek Fans the Last Song

Name: Writing 9 Class: W Date: 1 A FILM REVIEW Focus on language: generalising 1 Read the review. Answer the questions. and being specific 1 What genre is the film? 4 Which words and phrases do you use for generalising. 2 Which actors star in the film? Which do you use for being specific? Write G or S. 0.13 Who is TalkingKhan? about favourites 1 in particular 4 Did the reviewer enjoy the film? 2 especially 3 more or less Translate the underlined expressions in the review. 2 4 overall 5 generally 6 apart from

FILM REVIEW 5 Complete the sentences with the words/phrases from Ex.4. Star Trek Into Darkness 1 The songs in the musical were wonderful, A great film for all Star Trek fans the last song. 2 The acting wasn’t very good, from August 17th 2014 by scifi geek (CA, USA) Brad Pitt – he was OK. 3 The action scenes were very good, ▶ SEE ALL MY REVIEWS but the last scene was a bit stupid. 1 Star Trek Into Darkness is the latest film in the Star 4 The whole soundtrack was fantastic, Trek blockbuster science fiction series. The director the music at the beginning. is J.J.Abrams and it stars Chris Pine and Benedict 5 The main character was a bit boring, but Cumberbatch. the cast was good. 2 The film is set in 2259. Chris Pine plays the arrogant and emotional hero, Captain Kirk. In the film, Kirk leads his crew in search of the cruel villain Khan, played by Benedict Step-by-step: A film review Cumberbatch. Choose a film and write a review (100–150 words). 3 There was a lot to enjoy in this film. The plot was gripping Step 1: Before you write and the special effects were truly amazing, especially when Make notes on information to include in your review. the starship crashes into San Francisco! Cumberbatch is Step 2: Plan your work such a fantastic actor and very entertaining to watch. I also Decide which notes go in each paragraph of the found Kirk’s conversations with the cold, logical Spock very review, then write it. funny at times. Paragraph 1: title, genre, director and stars 4 However, I thought the romance between Spock and Uhura …is the latest… The director… It stars… was a bit soppy, to be honest, and the Paragraph 2: characters and plot Klingons’s make-up was so terrible, It’s set in… In this film, he/she plays… I was actually shocked. The hero… The villain… 5 Apart from that, it’s a Paragraph 3: positive aspects of the film film I can recommend The…was/were… especially/in particular… both for Star Trek fans Paragraph 4: negative aspects of the film and anyone who likes However, … action and sci-fi. As a Paragraph 5: general opinion, recommendation ‘trekkie’ I was so excited Apart from… Overall, it’s a film I… about seeing it, and I Step 3: Check your work. Look at: wasn’t disappointed! • spelling and punctuation • use of Past simple of be • use of so + adjective; such a/an + (adjective +) Analysing text structure noun • use of -ed or -ing adjectives Put the paragraphs of the film review in order. 3 • adverbs for generalising and being specific a negative aspects of the film • order of paragraphs b positive aspects of the film c general opinion and recommendation d title, genre, director and stars e characters and plot B1 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press