Movie Critic

Assignment One:Headline
M. Rheaume
Spring 2016

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Headline
Catch the readers eye and funny bone
Lets get started
Anytime you are going to read an article (like a movie review), you start with
the title of the article, or the headline. This will be relatively be easy since
you will use the title of the movie. However, the headline will give you a
sense of what the article will be about.
Here are a few examples. Figure out if you feel that the article would be a
positive or negative review. Circle thumbs up for good or thumbs down for
bad.
Zootropolis | Film review - Disney's furry film noir is cute, clever and
enormous fun.
- Jason Best (Movie Talk)

-----------------------------------------------Mad Max: Fury Road review - 'Strap yourself in. Its a hell of a ride
-Tanya Sweeny (The Herald, Ireland)

-----------------------------------------------'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2' review: Jennifer Lawrence lost in
unsatisfying final film
-John Serba (MLive.com)

-----------------------------------------------Spotlight or heroism in shirtsleeves (translation from Spanish)

-Fernanda Solrzano (Letras Libre)

-----------------------------------------------Midnight Special movie review: Close encounters of a worse kind

- Paul Whitington (Irish Independent)

When reading the title you can see see if the reviewer liked the film or not.
The other key aspect in many of the movie review titles is the use of PUNS.

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Puns can be fun and funny they can be punny (see what I did there!).
Heres another pun: I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I
did was take a day off. Get it? Now thats comedy!

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Now its your turn. Create a headline for the following movie titles
(some are current others arent). The idea in this exercise is for
you to simply create a headline. It doesnt matter if you have
seen the movie or not. Use a pun in the headline. Go ahead, make
it punny!
I am looking for three (3) things in each headline: 1- are you using
the title of the movie, 2- is there a pun and 3- can I tell from your
headline what you thought of the movie. 1pt/element
Halloween
Halloween: This movie is so bad its scary.

3/3

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

3/3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens review: Hans down my favourite
Iron Man
Iron Man review:

1/3

Jaws
Jaws review: your jaws will be dropping.

3/3

Ferris Buellers Day Off

3/3
Ferris Buellers Day Off: I want to take a day off just to continue
watching it over and over again.
The Godfather
3/3
Godfather review: The Godfather is being called one of the best
movies of all time, even though the horse scene was beheading.
The Breakfast Club
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3/3
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Breakfast club review: So good you'll want to eat it.

Rocky
Rocky review: The movie that will rock your world.

3/3

The Lion King

The Lion King review: I'd be lion if I said this movie is bad!

3/3

Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 3 review: worse than po.

3/3

Now, select five (5) movies you have seen and create a headline
for a movie review.
TOTAL /45
1- Thor

3/3

Thor: This is no thordinary movie

2Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3/3
Prisoner of Azkaban: Siriusly you have you watch this movie!
3- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lighting 3 /3
Thief
Lighting thief review: Chiron was the centaur of attention.
4Noah
Noah review: Need an ark? Cause I Noah guy.

3/3

5-Beauty and the beast

3/3
Beauty and the beast: Gaston is the winner of the no belle prize,
but this movie is worth a million prizes.

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TOTAL 43/45

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