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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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We went to an Arabic restaurant before seeing a Russian ballet movie.
ʅ(´-ω-`)ʃ ..... so what??
The last film I saw is Black Panther. I think it's really good. I suggest everybody...(^_^)
I have seen a lot of films. In my opinion, "Interstellar " and "the perk of being a wallflower" are awesome.
I have seen a lot of films lately but I have found IT , WONDER WOMAN and JUSTICE LEAGUE really good
Yes, I have seen. Especially I like political movies. One of them's name "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion". This film tells us about the government's bureaucracy in 1970s. Recently It hasn't changed, İ think.
I don't have a favorite film but it is a very good film and I like very much. My favorite character is the boy (Ligth) because he is very inteligent.
It's a really good film.
Have you watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? i hope to see them and i wonder if they had released.
My favourite film is Rofl
I saw many animated films, but my favourite animated film is Inside Out, and my favourite film live-action is Star Wars
I think the last film I saw was Hunger Games. It is one of my favourite and I saw It a lot of times. It is an action film and I love the actors
Recently I saw "The other side of the door",a recent good horror film.
The film talks about a little family which have had a car crash and the little child died.
The film continues with the child that infested the little family's house
At the end the mum died and the father succeeded to drive out the demon.
With wonderfull special effects
Its a fantastic horror story
The last film I saw is Interstellar. It was pretty good. It is a science film which talks about the end of our planet. I really liked it
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!
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)
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