Movie Review Flashcards
Lesson 4
An in-depth evaluation of a story, novel, film, or other reading/viewing materials.
Critique
It seeks to shed light on the content of a “text” in order to help future readers or viewwers understand better the material that they are reading or viewing.
Critique
How well was the setting developed?
Setting
How well-drawn are the characters in the story?
Characterization
Is there a conflict in the story?
Conflict and Plot
How distinctive or unique is the writing style?
Style
It sums up the author’s personal impression and critical evaluation of a film and its elements organized in paragraphs.
Movie Review
Its main purpose is to inform, analyze, convince, and entertain.
Movie Review
It contains dangerous situations and high-stake risks.
Action
It typically involves a journey, and some may includee a pursuit.
Adventure
These are films intended to make the audience laugh through their use of exaggeration of language, action, or characters who add humor to a situation.
Comedy
They often include realistic settings and defining conflict between one or more characters and themselves, others, or forces of nature.
Drama
Its purpose is to make the audience feel frightened or have a sense of dread.
Horror
It involves intimate relationships and a journey of the love between the main characters.
Romance
These are often a blend of science and imagination.
Science Fiction
