F2F Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Vocabulary

the end is more complicated than the beginning.


Mr. Robot – a tv show about a hacker who maybe saves he world.

eg: Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek, as the main actor. His twin brother is not an actor.

shoehorn it in – a shoehorn is a tool that people use to push their feet into shoes. It’s helpful for older people, or people with physical problems.

eg: That movie was kinda bad, because they shoehorned in a lot of Chinese content. And it really didn’t fit the story.

hat on hat – unnecessary

eg: Doing a movie about a movie is really a hat on a hat. You already had the first movie.

eg: His plan to call customers and email them was like a hat on a hat.

cult – like a religion, but has some crazy ideas

eg: The heavan’s gate cult killed a lot of people.

Writing exercise

I think there may be two clues explains why its title is HEREDITARY. First, as her mother was the member of a heretical group. The membership is supposed to be inherited. Second, the actress Annie is schizophrenic, maybe this mental disease was inherited from her mother though there’s no clear plot said that. Overall I think the movie describes the power of the fate and shows the writer’s interests on special culture.


I think there may be two clues that explains why its title is HEREDITARY. First, as her mother was the member of a heretical group, like a cult. The membership is supposed to be inherited. Second, the actress character Annie is schizophrenic, maybe this mental disease was inherited from her mother, though there’s no clear plot that said that. Overall I think the movie describes the power of the fate and shows the writer’s interests in sub-culture.

Grammar

it was one of the most scary scariest movies I have seen.

Homework

Read a review about “The Cabin in the Woods”

What did the reviewer say about how or why this movie is different from other scary movies?