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Screening report: plot, character, setting
1. Genre? (ex. drama film, comedy)
2. What is this movie about? (in one sentence: what is it? what is that for? feelings)
3. What are some characteristics of this kind of genre? (find some similar movies)

Movie Review: motivation, promote or not (with 3 reasons), conclusion
1. Provide a title page
2. MLA format 
          Your name
          Teacher’s name
          Course name
          Due date

Homework – 1 screen report (3 to 4 paragraphs)
                       1 review paper (more than 3 pages, less tan 5 pages) 
                       PPT (oral)
            *** Emailing format: Literature and Film, Movie review, 英三甲 陳 o 恩 10111xxx
 

The Bucket List
*** 最佳喜劇片
a. Similar to other American movies: family saga (真正的快樂 feeling happy again)
b. Summary: "Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter
       Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a
       hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted
       to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each
       other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life." --- IMDb
c. Considering as a road movie (公路電影): it is a film genre in which the main characters leave
      home ot travel from place to place, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives.

Chorus line

It's a movie about "a director is casting dancers for a large production. Large numbers of hopefuls audition, hoping to be selected. Throughout the day, more and more people are eliminated, and the competition gets harder. Eventually, approximately a dozen dancers must compete for a few spots, each hoping to impress the director with their dancing skill. But, is this really what the director is looking for?" --- IMDb

*** Definition: a substantial group of dancers who together perform synchronized routiens, usually in musical theatre. 

Begin again 
a. Theme song: Lost stars
*** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyxNTFosEuQ 
b. Similar theme (激勵人心，邁向夢想) as Coyote Ugly
c. Summary: "Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are
      college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a
      deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray,
      and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when
      Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an
      East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance
      encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set
      to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City." -- IMDb

Interstellar
a. Director = Christopher Nolan (總是會展顯未來感的導演) 
        *** Batman's director is also Christopher Nolan
b. 展現出一個人的一體兩面 (1. Super-ego; 2. Personal identification) 
c. Summary: "In the near future, Earth has been devastated by drought and famine, causing a
       scarcity in food and extreme changes in climate. When humanity is facing extinction, a
       mysterious rip in the space-time continuum is discovered, giving mankind the opportunity
       to widen its lifespan. A group of explorers must travel beyond our solar system in search
       of a planet that can sustain life. The crew of the Endurance are required to think bigger
       and go further than any human in history as they embark on an interstellar voyage into
       the unknown. Coop, the pilot of the Endurance, must decide between seeing his children
       again and the future of the human race." --- IMDb
             *** Internal Conflict 

*** Correct formate matters:
a. Name of the book
b. "     Name of movies     "