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Movie Discussion – Describing a Movie; Day: 87

Movie Discussion – Describing a Movie

Didn’t understand:

“Do you remember the scene when Mary walked into the dining room? Why was she carrying a knife? She didn’t use it and the cameras focused on it.”
“I can’t understand why she betrayed him. The whole movie concentrated on her trust and loyalty. It just doesn’t make sense.”

āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ:

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŽā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻāĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨? āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨? āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤āĻ•āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ—āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

Good Scene:

“I love the scene when Russell Crowe showed his face to the emperor after the first gladiator fight.”
“What did you think about the last fight scene between Neo and Agent Smith in the rain?”
“The courtroom scene between Jodie Foster and Richard Gere was absolutely amazing.”

āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯:

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻ° āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“āĻŦā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ“ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ­ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŋ āĻĢāĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

Great Movie:

“That was such a cool movie. It was the best movie I’ve seen in a long time.”
“Anytime I see a great movie I tend to look at my watch often. That’s because I don’t want the movie to end.”
“The movie was great. I liked everything about it. I’m definitely going to buy the dvd.”

āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ˛āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°:

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤”

“āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻŋ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ˜āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤”

“āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

Situational questions:

“What would you have done? Would you have taken the million dollars and give up your wife for a night?”
“Would you choose money and fame, or family and stability?”

āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨:

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨? āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›ā§‡āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§€āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?”

Some movies are known to be ‘based on a true story.’ These types of movies are very interesting because they actually happened. The only reason they are not considered to be a non-fiction movie is because the director or writer will add some scenes that didn’t happen, or change some facts around so the movie is more appealing to the masses.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž ‘āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡’ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡. āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¨-āĻĢāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻ• āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻļā§‡āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

A conversation can start from movies such as Schindler’s List. When coming out of a theater, I heard a couple talk briefly about this.

āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ.

“What did you think about the movie?”
“I thought it was great. It was very powerful.”
“How much of it do you think was true?”
“I learned about Germany and World War II in one of my classes, and this movie showed everything I learned from class.”
“Wow. It’s amazing that these things have happened in our history.”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”