Essential vocabulary: How to talk about films in English

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Advice for students learning how to talk about films 🎥.

This video covers the key vocabulary that we use specifically to talk about films, adjectives that are often used to describe films, and idioms that can be used to describe things we like and dislike.

This video is ideal for students of a pre-intermediate or intermediate level who are looking to learn more topic specific vocabulary about movies and films. It can be used before a lesson, speaking exam or as revision to help you make sure that you feel confident with this topic. Students can review this video before going to the cinema, or writing a review of a film they’ve recently seen.

As always, we advise making a note of any new words that you encounter in this video, repeating words to practise pronunciation and trying to use new words in context. Answer the questions in the comments to get extra practice with words to describe films/movies/TV, or use our Cambridge Dictionary + app to list your new words.

Chapters:
0:21 - Film specific vocabulary
1:49 - Adjectives to describe films
3:25 - Idioms to describe films

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I have mastered all of those words since I was sixteen-ish. I deem that the only thing imperative for me is just to practice speaking English more frequently for improving my fluence, but it is taxing as well.

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I am not an archetypal dedicated student, but I still hope for an overall band score of 7.5 or even higher on my imminent ielts exam.

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I come up with thriller and comedy in my mind at first glance

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Something isn't your cup of tea means that it doesn't speak to you or you have an aversion to it.

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I totally consider that someone plays the main characters should be called protagonists in place of stars.

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I am literally convinced that the female protagonist is the last word in pulchritude, but the plot was just a load of pants. It was like watching paint dry. Blimey, why would you recommend ever such a terrible movie to me?

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