MICKYBO & ME - Week 2

WARNING – This film does feature scenes of a Ginger child, with freckles, who is ultimately the victim of abuse. Some of the images can be particularly distressing if you or anyone around you happens to be Ginger (but never fear, he does get one up on the bullies that interminably pursue him).

Thanks, Julio!, thanks, Laura!, for your posts on Mickybo & Me.
Julio's, two interesting articles on the movie itself (10 Irish Movies to watch on St. Patrick’s Day and Mickybo & Me - Culture Northern Ireland)...
and Laura's, a text on the backdrop of the story (The Northern Irish Conflict - A Chronology).

Great contributions!

This week's assignment is:
1)choose one of the excerpts selected by Julio (he has posted four of them in the "comments" slot) and comment on it;
2)select 3 new words in Laura's text that you find important to learn and write a synonym or definition.
Post your answers under "comments" or send us an email.

MICKYBO & ME (2004)

Week 1

Go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388154/usercomments and read some of the viewers comments.



If you haven't seen the movie yet...
do the comments encourage you to see this kind of film?
If you have already seen the movie...
whose comment (name the author) is most in line with your opinion of the film?

Watch the trailer



Have you seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
It would be interesting if you could watch it as the film makes reference to it all the time.

SAVING GRACE - Week 2

Vocab Practice.

Grace is in a bad fix. She "inherited" a lot of financial problems from her deceased husband.

Here are some sentences transcribed from the movie. Replace the words in bold by synonyms. You may post your answers below (comments) or send them by e-mail.

GRACE at the grocery store:

-“I'd like a package of paracetamol and I'd like to settle my account.”

GERALD and GRACE at the bank:

-“I can extend the overdraft...a bit. And maybe you can find out if there's a life insurance policy."

-"Your late husband used the house as an asset to raise capital. As you have no children, you'll inherit the estate...but you'll also inherit the mortgage."

-"Fine. The house's XX years old. The mortgage must be paid off by now."

-"You don't understand. He used the house as collateral for loans to finance business deals. Do you have a stock portfolio, perhaps?”

SAVING GRACE (2000) - Directed by Nigel Cole

Starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson
A small-town English widow, facing financial troubles after her husband's suicide, turns to agriculture of an illegal kind. www.imdb.com


Week 1
-What are the SEVEN symptoms you might experience while viewing this motion picture according to this trailer?