Movies and movie stars - Internet activities - 5L1 - Daniel Janssens.
Use the Internet Movie Database at http://us.imdb.com/
Activity 1: answer the following questions (on a separate sheet of paper).
1. What kinds of movies do you like? (for movie genres, go to http://us.imdb.com/Top/under "Top-Rated Movies"): .....
2. What is your favourite English-speaking movie (give the original title)? Explain briefly why. .....
3. Who is your favourite actor/actress? .....
Activity 2: list the ten most profitable movies at the international box office (go to http://us.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=non-us).Write the titles and the year the films were produced on your paper; tick the ones you have seen and indicate whether you liked them by giving them a mark out of 10.
Activity 3: upcoming movies: find the titles of three English-speaking movies that will be released soon in Belgium (go to http://us.imdb.com/Recent/Belgium ) and whether or not you will go and see them. Write the following information:
Title of movie: .....
Genre (a list of genres can be found at http://us.imdb.com/Top/under "Top-Rated Movies"): .....
Rating (number of stars: five stars: loved it; four stars: enjoyed it; three stars: ok; two stars: didn't like it; one star: hated it: .....
Release date: .....
Stars: .....
Other information: .....
Will you go and see it (yes-no-maybe): .....
Activity 4: find information about your favourite movie star (see Activity 1.3.). Write the title of 3 movies s/he was in and 3 interesting facts about him/her. Go to http://us.imdb.com/search.html
Activity 5: find information about the film we are going to watch in class to illustrate the theme of family relationships, love and marriage (arranged marriages); the title of the film is EAST IS EAST; find the following information about it:
genre:
release in ...
director:
main actor:
main actress:
rating (average):
country:
theme:
Hand in your paper with your name and class at the end of the lesson . Thank you.
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