Mad About Movies - Winter 2014.1: Introductions

[DavidC]

Welcome to the Movie Elective!

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Please POST/REPLY a few words here about your interest in movies. If you're not sure what to write, you can answer these questions:

1. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
2. What was your favorite movie when you were a child?
3. What is your favorite movie now?
4. What is your favorite movie genre?
5. Who is your favorite actor/actress/director, etc.
6. Why did you sign up for this elective and what do you hope it will be like?

Also, please examine the movie list you received in class and include in your POST/REPLY five movie recommendations (ones you'd like to see) from the list. Choose movies from at least three different genres. You can read about the listed movies at the first page of http://www.MoviesGrowEnglish.com. (Scroll down the page for individual movie links.)

If you have a question, please e-mail me at teacherchrisman@gmail.com or ask another student.

I hope you enjoy the class!

David Chrisman

[Austin]

1. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
The first movie I saw in theater is Lion King.

2. What was your favorite movie when you were a child?
My favorite movie in my childhood was Batman.

3. What is your favorite movie now?
I would say," One Day."

4. What is your favorite movie genre?
I prefer science fiction, action and comedy.

5. Who is your favorite actor/actress/director, etc.
Amanda Seyfried, Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anne Hathaway. Director: Ang Lee, Luc Besson

6. Why did you sign up for this elective and what do you hope it will be like?
Because of the high stress from academic class, I want to get some relax in elective class. I thought that watch movies is the best
way for me to release pressure!

I would like to see Argo, Wall Street, Forrest Gump in class.

Hi Austin,

Thanks for your comments. I agree with you about Ang Lee, but these days, I'm particularly impressed by Alfonso Cuaron. Have you seen GRAVITY?

Those are good movie picks. We probably won't watch WALL STREET in the first half of the quarter, but we might fit it (or its sequel, MONEY NEVER SLEEPS) in during the second five weeks.



David

Moderator Comment: I greatly enjoyed Gravity. I liked Captain Phillips even more. As for Argo, we watched it in my movie class. The students seemed to really appreciate it.
Thanks, --Mike

[Esra1234]

1. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
Shrek
2. What was your favorite movie when you were a child?
Snowwhite
3. What is your favorite movie now?
Transformers - The Originals
4. What is your favorite movie genre?
action - comedy romance
5. Who is your favorite actor/actress/director, etc.
Van diesel - Johnny depp
6. Why did you sign up for this elective and what do you hope it will be like?
learning English with entertainment is much easier than morning academic classes

(Kung fu panda 2 - LA story - The royal tenenbaums - Unstoppable - The hunger game)

Hi Esra,

Thank you for your comments. I have fond memories of SHREK because when it first came out, my mother asked me to take her to see it.

I hope you do find our time together "easy," but I also hope you pick up a few things you might not have expected.



David

[Amy1735]

Hi!
I would like to know more about the American history and the dynamics around 19th to 20th century, there are also many elaborating and fascinating movie background based on this period of time.

My 5 movies:
When Harry Met Sally, Inception, The Artist, Wall street, Little Miss Sunshine.

Hi Amy,

I agree with you about LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. It's a terrific film and an interesting exploration of American values. I'll see if I can fit it in.



David

[Hashim95]

1. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?

I don't exactly remember but I think that it was 2 Fast 2 Furious.

2. What was your favorite movie when you were a child?

My favorite movie when I was a child was Toy Story.

3. What is your favorite movie now?

My favorite movie now is Hangover with all its parts.

4. What is your favorite movie genre?

I am obsessed with Comedy movies.

5. Who is your favorite actor/actress/director, etc.

Eddie Murphy is one of my favorite actors.

6. Why did you sign up for this elective and what do you hope it will be like?

Because I believe that movies are the best way to learn English in a fun way.

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- The Hangover
- Inception
- Transformers
- Toy Story 3
- Jurassic Park

Hello Hashim,

I'm glad to hear that you're interested in comedies. Comedy is one of the most difficult things to understand across cultures because it involves to many nuances of cultural values. Your interest inspires me to search for a good comedy to explore in class. Amy's suggestion of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE might be a good idea. I'll think about it.



David

[HashimSH95]

1. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
Pokemon 2000 i think

2. What was your favorite movie when you were a child
The Lord of the Rings all three of them were my favorite when i was a child.

3. What is your favorite movie now?
American History X

4. What is your favorite movie genre?
Action

5. Who is your favorite actor/actress/director, etc.
Jack Nicholson

6. Why did you sign up for this elective and what do you hope it will be like?
To learn more about culture and i hope it will be fun.

(End of Watch, American History X, Man of Steel, Terminator 2, and The Shinning are my five movie list).

[luis1980]

I was always interested in movies since I was a child. I am very eccletic about movies genre, because if I sit on the sofa and start to watch a movie, any kind, I start to get interested in the movie and know its end. But my main favorites are action, thrillers and comedies. I remember that the first movie I watched,in a theater was a Brazilian comedy movie named "Os Trapalhoes". But when I was a kid, my favorite movie was Indiana Jones.My favorite movie now was the Trilogy The Lord of thr Rings. Talking about actors and actresses, my favies are Russel Crowe and Nicole Kidman. I signed up for this elective because I think we can learn a lot from movies, for example, idioms and cultural aspects and I also think students get more motivated to attend a class when teachers work with movies.

My five suggestions are:
Cars, Crash, Jurassic Park, Shakespeare in love and Pulp Fiction.

[kimo1985]

1. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
2. What was your favorite movie when you were a child?
3. What is your favorite movie now?
4. What is your favorite movie genre?
5. Who is your favorite actor/actress/director, etc.
6. Why did you sign up for this elective and what do you hope it will be like?

1.Titanic
2.alaadin
3.her
4.action
5.van disel
6.its a fun class and i learned a lot about movies

[Agnes1988]

1. Titanic
2.La boum
3.Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
4.Comedy
5.Sophie Marceau, Julia Robert, Leonardo Di Caprio, Luc Besson
6.I choose this class because it's fun, relaxing, entertaining and I think that LA is the best city for this kind of class!

[1992masa]

1. first movie I saw is MASK.
2.Nightmare Before Christmas
3.Addams Family
4.Action/Commedy
5.Director Barry Sonnenfeld
6.I was interested in American culture.