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The wrong title / A disappointing result / A good past record
The Good Guys Always Win is a missed opportunity. Starring John Devon and written by Carol West, all the ingredients were there for a great movie, but, alas, this one proves that the good guys sometimes lose. With their work together in the past, I was looking forward to seeing what they had been working on. The answer is a film that lets them down.
An old-fashioned story / A fight for love / A new acting style
The story is the same old plot of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. We've seen it a thousand times before. With women playing strong characters on our
screens these days, we've had enough of the gentle heroine who just waits for the boy to fall in love with her. Patty LeBelle, who plays Wendy, cries and sighs but does little else, and those who saw her in Climbers will wonder what's happened to her.
A terrible script / Poor leadership / Future possibilities
The dialogue is slow and too much of the film is people pausing and looking at each other. Donna Short, the director, must take most of the blame since it's her job to guide the actors. It's difficult to see exactly why she was given this film when her last two efforts, Catch Me, I'm Falling and The Man Next Door, were so unexciting. Let's hope that John Devon's career can recover.
v Writing: movie review - 2
1. Read the review of the film given below. Which of the following things does it mention?
a) the main plot _
b) the location _
c) the soundtrack _
d) the quality of the acting _
e) the director _
f) a particularly memorable scene _
g) the camerawork _
h) the author's personal response to the film _
i) a personal recommendation _
j) the sub-plots _
2. Find words in the text which mean:
a) extremely funny (paragraph 2) ____
b) rhythm or speed (paragraph 2) _______
c) very talented (paragraph 2) ______
d) not obvious (paragraph 6) _______
e) stories which unfold at the same time as the main story (paragraph 5) __________
f) an unexpected element at the end of a story (paragraph 6) _____
3. Match the following summaries to the seven paragraphs in the review.
a) The first sub-plot _
b) A brief summary of the premise of the film _
c) A particularly funny scene _
d) A list of its main qualities _
e) The second sub-plot _
f) A catchy description of the film and a personal recommendation _
g) A brief description of the main plot _
You are going to write a review of a film you have really enjoyed. Decide which film you are going to write about. Then look at the list in 1 and decide which points you are going to include. Use the review of Waking Ned as a model.
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