Monday, December 22, 2014

The Fifth topic of movie discussions _ Fantasy genre



Fantasy in general
1. What do you think about fantasy in general?
2. Do you believe in magic and supernatural things?
3. Would you like to have magic or some other supernatural powers? And what would you do with them?
4. Would you like to live in one of the fantasy worlds?
5. Reality check: we now have many fantasy books, movies, games etc. everywhere. Do you think that people don’t need so much fantasy? And do you agree that because of so much fantasy people and especially children are being cut off from the real life?
6. Which fantasy creatures are the most interesting for you?
Fantasy movies
7. What are your favourite fantasy films? Tell us about them.
8. What are your favourite fantasy TV series? Tell us about them.
9. Who is your favourite fantasy character from films or TV and why?
10. Some of the experts are separating the following general subcategories of fantasy genre:
sword and sorcery/medieval fantasy
children's stories
fairy tales and myths
creatures and monsters
supernatural
comic book or superheroes
romantic fantasy
comic fantasy
dream fantasy
action fantasy
martial arts fantasy
musical fantasy
utopian fantasy
dystopian fantasy
time travel
self-referential
avant-garde or surreal
Can you understand the difference between them? Which one of these subgenres is your favorite and why? Can you name one or two movies for that subgenre?

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