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Movie Discussion – General Statements; Day: 86

Movie Discussion – General Statements

In this movie section, we are going to have discussions about movies that we already saw. This is useful because whenever we come out of a movie theater, we always ask our friends what we thought about the movie. Sometimes, it’s a simple answer such as, ‘It was alright.’ But sometimes, a good discussion can arise from a great movie. Let’s get started…

āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨, ‘āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤’ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻ‰āĻ āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ…

Every time I finish watching a movie, I either ask someone, or someone asks me, “What did you think about the movie?” For the most part, the answer is a simple one line sentence:

āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, “āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ›?” āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯, āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ• āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯:

“It was alright.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“It could have been better.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡.”
“It was pretty good.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“I liked it.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”
“It was entertaining.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‹āĻĻāĻ¨āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”
“It was so stupid I almost fell asleep.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“Lame.”

“āĻĒāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§.”
“Boring.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”
“Too unrealistic.”

“āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĨ¤”

I can go on for a long time describing movies. I have listed a few so you get an idea how to answer simple movie questions.
āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ­ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

Besides simple one line answers, there are a few reasons we need to say other things. It is because either we didn’t understand something, want to describe a scene we liked, want to describe a scene that was stupid, or simply go on and on about how great the movie was.

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