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A (girl)
I really like The Notebook; it’s a romantic classic. The story is about a poor boy, called Noah, who meets a rich girl, called Allie, and they fall in love over one summer. But of course there are problems. Allie’s parents don’t approve of Noah because he’s poor and they get separated, then a lot of time passes before they can get together again. She goes away to college and he writes to her every day, but she doesn’t get the letters. Then after quite a long time, Noah buys an old house which he promised to restore for Allie. He does it up and she sees a newspaper article about it and goes to find him again. You can probably guess the rest, but it’s a bit complicated because she is engaged to another man. Noah is played by Ryan Gosling, who’s my favourite actor, and he stops the film being too soppy – but you still cry a lot at the end. Rachel McAdams is really good too, as Allie.
B (boy)
I think my favourite film is Skyfall, the last James Bond movie. It stars Daniel Craig again and Javier Bardem is this really evil baddie. They’re both great, and so is Judi Dench as M, Bond’s boss. It’s a bit different to other Bond films. The story is more important, although there is still a lot of action. It’s really well filmed, especially in the scenes which are shot in Shanghai and Scotland, and it’s really exciting, of course. Bond is also a bit different – although he does amazing things, he seems older and that makes him more human and the story more realistic. Oh, the song by Adele is great, too. You know it won an Oscar?
C (girl)
It’s not a very recent film, but I love Pride and Prejudice – the version with Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy. The story is really clever and interesting, besides being romantic. It’s all about how we tend to jump to conclusions about people and we’re often completely wrong. Elizabeth thinks Mr Darcy is stuck up and snobbish at the beginning of the film, but at the end she realises she has been completely wrong and he isn’t like that at all. She also realises he has an enormous house and that maybe helps her fall in love with him too! After I saw the film I read the book by Jane Austen and I really recommend that too. Although it was published 200 years ago, it’s still a great read and really funny in parts.
D (boy)
My favourite film has to be The Matrix. Even though it was made back in 1999, it still feels really modern. It’s about this ordinary man, Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, who works with computers during the day and is a hacker at night. One day he is contacted by a woman who introduces him to a very strange man: Morpheus. Morpheus explains to Neo that what he thinks of as real is actually fiction and the world is run by evil machines who have imprisoned and tricked the human race. Laurence Fishburne is terrific as Morpheus, and Keanu Reeves is excellent, but the best thing about the film is the special effects. I can watch it again and again.
E (girl)
Let the Right One In is my favourite film. There are two versions, the first is Swedish and the second American – I prefer the original, Swedish version. It’s a modern vampire film and also a kind of love story, but it’s really unsentimental and a bit scary in places. Oskar is a young boy with a lot of problems. He is being bullied at school and wants revenge on the bullies. Then some new neighbours move in next door and he becomes friends with Eli, a beautiful but strange girl. I won’t tell you any more, because it will spoil the story, but expect a serial killer, a lot of violence and blood-drinking. If you like that kind of thing, you’ll love this.
Discussion
Have you seen any good films recently? Tell us about them!
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I saw nerve it was kinda romantic. There are the two protagonist have some dare to do with a limited time. I love this one.
I don' t remember the last film i had see
My favourite kinds of movies are the action movies, romantic,romantic comedies, comedies ,fantasy, etc.
Recently i went to the cinema and saw Wonder Woman. I was really anxious because the last 2 movies of the DC Cinematic Universe were not so good, so i believed, if Wonder Woman failed too, DC's reputation would go down. But i really liked the film! The landscapes were beautiful, the actors were quite good, and it made me cry 3 TIMES. Woah!!! that movie totally filled me with hope of a better future for DC.
I have seen excellent film , " Perfetti sconociutti", italian production.
Very good film!
Is that with Ricky Memphis?
Yes, I've. I have seen the movie "Grown ups 2", this movie is very funny because it shows unusual actions in an adult person.
In this film acted Adam Sandler, I think he is the best actor in a funny movie.
Lately I have not seen any but the last one I saw is called No Manches Frida and it was a comedy movie, with which I had a lot of fun since it was very funny. I currently want to see Compadres in which the same actors come out.
Harry Potter is the best film I've ever seen.I read the story and watch the film between them have many different
Of course! Recently I have seen interstellar, that movie is awesome beacuse unlike others ends world's movies this movie get us a confluct between save the humanity or save the people in the earth.
Recently I have seen ''Your name''- an anime from Japan at cinema.
It's such a great film about love, youth and destiny.
It was so great that i watched it fourtimes. So sad that it can not get OSCAR prize . However I wish they could make the same film which will be more famous and beatiful.
ofcourse...
color of paradise is the best.
thank you learn english teens for asking this question
of course ! Harry potter movies... i just love it .the last one awaits me. THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
Firstly,I love science fiction movies and last watched movie is space games. I think movie is very entertaining and good. People are war ailen.
I've seen recently "Aliados", the story of a spy cuple. It takes place in Sahara Desert in the beggining, and after in England. I'ts exciting until the end.
Hi amarti. Thanks for the recommendation! I think this film's English title is Allied. :)
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi Jonathan. I want to suggest you a very good TV serial "Sherlock Holmes". I think you know who is a Sherlock Holmes and his friend John Watson. This TV serial is translated on BBC. There are 3 seasons now. Every season has 3 series, every series lasts an hour and a half. In January will pass new season, it passed in 00.01!
If like a serial you would like to read a book.
Goodbye!) (Antoniy from Belarus)
This show is titled "Sherlock" not "Sherlock Holmes". And thank you for your suggestion. I've already watched all the episodes twice (because Benedict Cumberbatch talks too fast and it's hard to follow). Sherlock is my most favorite series.
Hi Antoniy and thanks for your recommendation! Yes, the show is very popular these days. What do you like about the series? For me, there are several things. I like the mystery of the stories, although I find the plot sometimes hard to follow. The actors are very good. And, many of the episodes are filmed in London and there are great shots of buildings and the skyline, like this. (By the way, that page is by one of our blog team. Here's another about Sherlock.) Are you looking forward to the new series?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hi Jonathan. In the series I very like to watch how SH thinks. It is very interesting. When Mary shot to him he included the palaces of the mind and at a couple of seconds his mind understand where it is necessary to fall forward or backward. It is amazing.
I'm looking for new series and in January i will to see new season.
Antoniy from Belarus)
Recently, I saw a film called " Tam Cam, unteld story ", it's follow a folk tale of Vietnam, it's talk about 2 sister, one is Tam and one is Cam. Tam is nice and hard-working but Cam is lazy and ugly. It's taught me a lot of lesson about life style :))
i think they dance quite good. You can try to see it . It is a 4-minute video which is called " Bống bống bang bang".
I like watching romantic movies and also of action. but I dislike the series
I like romantic comedies, action movies and vampire movies but I do not like horror movies because then imagined that everything that happens there for me.
the spell 2, horror movie.
i like this movie because i love horror movies.
I have seen Bicentennial Man, it is science fiction comedy-drama film, starring Robin Williams . The story is about robot in which a family bought it and called it Andrew, he loved this family so much especially their little daughter , he became sad when anyone from this family die, as time passed he changed himself to a human look but he could not feel,eat,drink or taste the food and he has no heart or brain . He was separated from this family because he took from them his freedom. Several years passed as he tried to found the girl who he loved then he found her but she was older and died . He became very sad for her death but he loved her daughter as she looked like her and he wanted to change himself to a complete human he want to feel,eat,live like any human and in the end die , also he wanted to take the court's decision that he is human to marry her . Finally he succeed to be a full human who has a heart to feel , brain to think and stomach to eat and taste the food and when the time came to listen to the court's decision that he is a human unfortunately he died before listening also his love decided to end her life.
harry potter movies of course ......
and i'm sure my openion will never change !!!!!
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