"Room", a breathtaking movie

In ELT, we had been working with Unit 4 of the Close-Up book: "Lights, Camera, Action". We were asked to write a review based on the following assignment: "An international magazine regularly features film reviews written by its readers. You decide to contribute to the column. Write a review of a film you have seen, saying why you did or did not enjoy it and whether or not you would recommend it to others." In my case, i decided to talk about the movie "Room", directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

One of the best films I’ve watched and that was nominated to an Oscar is the movie “Room".

With the stellar performances of Brie Larson and the youthful Jacob Tremblay, this tale portrays the life of a woman kidnapped for many years by a man and with whom she has a son as a result of his sexual abuse.

To begin with, the thing I liked most about the actor’s performance. I truly don't have enough words to describe it. What is most impressive is Jacob Tremblay acting. He had to play a tough character, a little young man that had never been in contact with the outside, and that her mother( interpreted by Brie Larson) had invented him a whole imaginary world so as to make him feel comfortable. Brie Larson performance is also remarkable, she even won an Oscar later for her way of characterizing this unfortunate girl who was kidnapped by a man when she was an adolescent.

The scenery of the movie is another thing that makes it really special. It creates a whole vivid environment that makes the audience feel they are inside that little shed with the mother and the boy. The staging truly conveys the idea of confinement, despair and hopelessness.

If you ever get a chance to watch it, you should give it a miss! Trust me when I tell you that you will

enjoy it as I did.

The impact of the Internet

In the ELT class, we were asked to write an essay about the internet, its importance and its most common uses. We also had to mention which use is more significant for us and explain why.

Here is my essay:

Internet these days has become the most used tool. Its popularity among children, teenangers, adults and even the old ones has turned it in an almost indispensable element in our lives.

On the one hand, the Internet allow us to communicate with great ease with our friends,relatives and other people even if they are thousand of kilometres away.
It is incredible how it gives us the chance to keep in touch with people that maybe,due to the distance, we never would have communicated in our lives. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that Internet has created like a sort of "worldwide cobweb" that connects people of different countries, nationalities and languages. Despite their remarkable differences, thanks to the Internet, they are capable of talking to each other and not only by message but face to face too!

On the other hand, the Internet is used in most cases as a study tool. Students do not have to go to the library anymore to fetch books in order to complete a school activity or to get specific information about a certain topic. Nowadays, with just "one click" we have at our disposal millions of online-books, thousands of biographies of different people and access to anything we want to know.

As regards the reason which I consider most important, I would say that it is the ease in which the Internet let us keep in touch with people all around the world. I consider this since having this opportunity is something so interesting and at the same time rewarding, for a person to be able to see the face or hearing the voice of someone that is far away and that he/she misses.

To conclude, the Internet offers us a vast variety of opportunities that includes buying and selling online, communicating with other people and also being used as a worldwide tool by most students.