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Writing Paper: Part 2
Task type: Article

Question
You have seen the following advertisement in a magazine:

 

Film Weekly Top 100 films - the viewers' choice

  • What is your favourite film of all time?
  • Why should it be in the top 100?

Write a short article about these questions and you could be published in our next issue.

Write your article for the magazine (around 120-180 words).


Name: Clarice

Certainly, the best film I have ever seen was the classic Gone with the Wind. The film, based on a book written by Margaret Mitchell, tells the story of a spoiled and determinated young lady, Scarlett O'Hara. Althought {1}she is pretty and charming, the man she loves does not love her. Scarlett fight {2} hardly {3} for this love, even when eclodes {4}American Civi War. But the War changes everything in her life, her values, dreams, and almost everybody had gone {5}. Then, she {6}, from the South, fells {7} in love with a Yankee, from the North.

The film is fabulous, with a very good storyboard {8}, beautiful settings and clothes. Also, the historic context is recreated, like the order from Lincoln to begin the War, the cause of it, how life was before and after this tragedy. Gone with the Wind emotions the youth and elders {9} by showing the stupidity of war and the strenght {10} of love.


Feedback

A very good attempt at this question, Clarice! You have answered the question, giving a brief description and explaining why you felt it was such a good film. You used several words and expressions appropriate for an article about films such as 'classic', 'setting' and 'context'. You also used the present tense well to give a sense of immediacy to your writing.
You should pay attention to your spelling, however, and make a note of the corrections above. Thanks for sharing this with us, and I agree, it was a great film!

Best wishes
Peter Travis
25.02.05

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Other uncorrected answers

Ioana Bercaroiu

Films occupy a great time of our spare time.When I am not doing my homework and am not reading, I like watching a film.
As I wasn't busy later, I had a lot of time to enjoy four interesting movies: Garfield, Serendipity, White Cheeks and Queen of Damned. Sincerely, I found it very difficult to choose the best film as all of them were extremely interesting and worth to be in top one hundred. But finally I have decided to vote for Garfield. I was extremely impressed to see a conflict which turned into a brotherhood love between a fat orange cat and a thin dog named Odie. They lived in the same house and shared the same master. Being very gelous of Odie, the "mice eater" had driven him away. Hardly had the time passed when Garfield realised that the dog was in danger. He felt very ashemed and did his best to help Odie. He gathered all the animals he knew as mice, cats and dogs and together succeeded in finding the poor dog. Since then they have become like brothers.
From this film, I learnt that all persons have the same rights and we have to respect the others if we want to be respected.


Ania

One of my interests are films. I like almost every kind of it, exept horrors. Lately I have seen a few good films like K-Pax, The Last Samurai and Matrix, but the first of them was the best for me. Why? Next day I still be thinking about this film and its moral, which was very simple; every man can help yourself if he believes. It was charming story about people and their relations. Kevin Space play a main role. He is mentally ill and he believes that he is a stranger from a planet K-Pax. This object is known by only few scientists and thus it is fascinated for a doctor. His pacient knows a lot of astronomical fact which are avaible only for known astronomists in the world. And how it could be? How his patient find out about this planet? Richard has an unnormal sight becouse he can see UV. A doctor looks for a reason for his illness and he find it through hipnosis. What is it? Check this out yourself. It worth seeing.


Beth, Spain

I recently saw a terrific film called, the incredibles, in my opinion it was really great because of the story, creativity and imagination among other things.The story takes place in a tv report where all the members of the incredibles speaks about their experience as super heroes, they talk with a funny tune so you rapidily get laghting. Their job is to keep the security of people safe. But suddenly something goes wrong and they are margined by society so they are asked to act like normal people do. Justice and society don´t want them to be heroes anymore. After several months, they live and act like normal people however they are not happy with this new life, they fell frustrated. They had got three children and they had powers too but of course they are unable to use them.
On the other hand there was a fanatic and sick man who tried to be better than the incredibles. This man wanted people to recognize him like the best heroe, so he plans an ambush with the objective of being the incredible weakers. Of course, this plan failed, because all the members of the incredibles even the family members got togheter to reinforce their powers. Finally they won once more so justice and society allow them to work as heroes again.
This is a really incredible film and most of the audience think that, for that reason it should be in the top 100.


Magda, Poland

I recently saw a terrific film called, the incredibles, in my opinion it was really great because of the story, creativity and imagination among other things.The story takes place in a tv´ report where all the members of the incredibles speaks about their experience as super heroes, they talk with a funny tune so you rapidily get laghting. Their job is to keep the security of people safe. But suddenly something goes wrong and they are margined by society so they are asked to act like normal people do. Justice and society don´t want them to be heroes anymore. After several months, they live and act like normal people however they are not happy with this new life, they fell frustrated. They had got three children and they had powers too but of course they are unable to use them.
On the other hand there was a fanatic and sick man who tried to be better than the incredibles. This man wanted people to recognize him like the best heroe, so he plans an ambush with the objective of being the incredible weakers. Of course, this plan failed, because all the members of the incredibles even the family members got togheter to reinforce their powers. Finally they won once more so justice and society allow them to work as heroes again.
This is a really incredible film and most of the audience think that, for that reason it should be in the top 100.

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