【英语趣味课堂】星球大战-Star Wars
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Todd: So, Travis, what is your favorite movie?
Travis: My favorite movie of all time is the original Star Wars.
Todd: Yeah, that was a pretty great movie.
Travis: The original Star Wars was a fantastic fantasy set in space, with great characters, and while simple I thought meaningful story, but you know, it meant something to me, especially whenI was a kid.
Todd: Yeah! Who was your favorite character?
Travis: My favorite character was Darth Vader.
Todd: What? You got to be kidding me!
Travis: When I used to play Star Wars as a kid with my friends we used to always fight over who had to be Luke Skywalker, and who got to be Darth Vader. Who ever got to be Darth Vader always got to kill Luke Skywalker.
Todd: Wow. Why do you think that Star Wars is such a popular movie?
Travis: Well, I think of the time that the original Star Wars came out it was unique in a way that no other movie had really been, and so that was part of it. It used special affects in a way that no other movie ever had, andI think America was looking for a feel good fantasy movie that
basically1, while simple really made peoplefeel like there are good things out there and good sides out there and you could be on a good side. You know,you have the
evil2 empire, which
apparently3 were the British Empire, and, since all the actors had a British accent. And then you had the
rebels4, who were apparently, according to the director. What's his name again?
Todd: George Lucas
Travis: George Lucas. I was about to say Luke Skywalker, but I was pretty sure he didn't direct it. According to George Lucas were the Americans, so it seemed like it was a replay of the revolutionary war, in some senses, though he also borrowed from some Japanese movies too.
Notably5 he borrowed from KitaKurasawa's "The Hidden Forstress" I'm not really sure what the Japanese title is of "The Hidden
Fortress6" but in English it's translated as 'The Hidden Fortress" and in that movie, it's a movie where, what's his name, "Nufume?", the actor, he is actually protecting a princess who has to go in hiding because an enemy samurai
clan7 has destroyed her family, and then the whole movie is told, that movie, "The Hidden Fortress", is told from the point of view of two bumbling
idiots8 who sort of go around, provide
slap9 stick comedy almost for the whole movie and are a basically the role models for CP30 and R2D2 in the movie Star Wars cause in Star Wars the whole movie is sort of in a way shown from the point of view, beginning with these two characters, CP30 and R2D2, and they progress most of the movie, until the end when Luke Skywalker sort of becomes more important and Obi One Kanobi enters the scene, but at every point it's always CP30 and R2D2 sort of gluing the scenes together in a lot of ways
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Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
meant something
The movie meant something to me, especially when I was a kid.
When something has
emotional10 significance for you then it 'means something.' Notice the following:
Each one of these things means something special to me.
Spending Saturdays with my grandparents meant something to me.
special effects
Star Wars used special effects in a way no other movie had.
'Special effects' are visual or sound effects that are included in movies or programs to make the show more
incredible11,
dramatic12 or interesting. Many times these are things that don't usually occur in real life. Notice the following:
Special effects have changed a lot now that scenes can be created on computers.
The plot of the movie was terrible, but it had good special effects.
revolutionary war
It seemed like a replay of the revolutionary war.
Used as a proper
noun13, the 'Revolutionary War' refers to the war when the United States declared its independence from England. In general, A revolution is a great change for an area or country and a revolutionary person helps make a change. Notice the following:
The conflict almost started a revolutionary war.
The revolutionary war was a long and
bloody14 battle.
point of view
The whole movie was shown from the point of view of C-3Po and R2-D2.
A 'point of view' is a certain person sees something. When we see something through a particular point of view it's like seeing it through a different person's eyes. Notice the following:
Sometimes it's difficult to see things from his point of view.
The story is told from the point of view of a dog.
glue the scenes
It's always C-3P0 and R2-D2 sort of gluing the scenes together.
In this case 'gluing the scenes' refers to connecting two scenes together. Notice the following:
They could have done a better job of gluing the scenes together.
There are three different stories going on in the book, but the author glues the scenes together well.
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