Task 2
Read the movie review text entitle Round Trip then
answer the questions!
Round Trip
The Rover meets Groundhog Day with a touch of Mad Max
in this short Australian comedy, written and directed by Ren Thackham. Round Trip is a blisteringly funny journey
into the wild where anything can, and does, happen.
Danny Bolt plays Constable Rose, a charming and
likeable cop hoping for the easy transport of a prisoner in the back of his
police car. Said prisoner, Ned (Lee Priest), is anything but cooperative
though, and seeks escape at his first opportunity. However, their current
location is in the massive unknown that is the Australian outback, where
strange things start to happen.
Brilliantly filmed, wickedly funny, and intelligently
paced, Thackham steers with both hands on Round Trip for
a thrilling and controlled viewing experience. The laughs come when they are
supposed to, especially from the banter between Priest and Bolt. One of my favourite
moments is when Bolt’s police officer talks about wanting a tattoo to the
largely inked Ned. It was a perfect example of great timing and
characterisation.
The location is used spectacularly. With the
unforgiving sun a constant menace, contrasting wonderfully with the
breathtaking landscapes and endless horizons. There are also some pretty
impressive stunts thrown in for good measure, with Constable Rose’s cop car
being flipped a couple of times.
It was fantastic to see Thackham’s script hold up to
the strain of attempting multiple genres. The coalescing elements of comedy,
action, mystery and horror could so easily have been too much for another
filmmaker to hold their balance, but Thackham holds the reins tighter than
Ned’s skin-tight vest against his bulging muscles. The lines are funny
throughout and there is a genuinely compelling degree of peril and intrigue
from the storyline. To say much more would spoil it but you should most
definitely seek this film out.
I would perhaps have liked a little bit more
exposition than is given. Only to help me invest more into the two characters
and the dangerous situation they find themselves in. That being said, the
charisma of the performers goes a long way to assist this. The performances are
excellent, Priest playing the unstable criminal with impressive amounts of
humour. Bolt is utterly hilarious as the Aussie officer, delivering some of the
most memorable moments in Round Trip.
Everything I have said in this film review goes a way
to attest to the splendour of Thackham's short film, but two words come to mind
if you are looking for a more concise conclusion. Fair dinkum.
Answer the following
questions!
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Questions
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Answer
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1. What is the genre of this movie?
A. Science fiction
B. Drama
C. Action
D. Tragedy
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C. Action
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2. Which one of these statements is true
according to the text?
A. The performance is great but it is
ruined by the unstable criminal played by Priest
B. The set of location is comfortable for
the movie actors
C. The characterization is not precisely
characterized by the director
D. The most memorable scene is played by
Bolt
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D.The most memorable
scene is played by
Bolt
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3. The word ‘Throughout’ in the paragraph
5 has the closest meaning with …
A. Passing
B. All over
C. Exclude
D. In the certain time
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B. All over
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4. What is the reviewer
true intention in giving the review about the movie?
A. To tell that the movie is hilarious
B. To describe about the spectacular set
of location
C. To prove how excellent the movie is
D. To describe the character in the movie
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C. To prove how excellent the movie is
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5. What is main idea of the fifth
paragraph?
A. The good steadiness of the multiple
genres in the movie
B. The multiple genres in the film
C. The multiple genres that is awfully
executed by the director
D. There are too many genres in one short
film
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A.The good
steadiness of the multiple genres in the movie
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6. What is the story about?
A. A cop and a prisoner who did something
fun in the journey to the prison
B. Two men that found something strange
in their journey
C. A prisoner that always tries to escape
from the back of the police car
D. A cop that struggling in guarding the
prisoner at the back of his seat
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C. A prisoner that always tries to escape
from the back of the police car
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7. Which one of these words that has the
closest meaning with ‘splendor’?
A. Awful
B. Spell
C. Majesty
D. Drought
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D. Drought
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8. These statements are true according to
the text except …
A. The writer cannot handle the
compilation of the genres in this movie
B. The actor is acted like the way
director want it to
C. The actor assist the movie with his
charisma
D. The set of the location is extremely
hot
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A. The actor is
acted like the way director want it to
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9. How is the way of the reviewer giving
the review?
A. The reviewer talk only about his
experience in watching the movie
B. The reviewer gives a piece of the
scene and then gives a review about it
C. The reviewer only tells about his
feeling towards the movie
D. The reviewer talk about how great
Thachkam is
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A. The reviewer
only tells about his feeling towards the movie
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10. Below here are things that is reviewed by Olson except …
A. The filming location
B. How Thachkam managed to balance all
the genres
C. The characterization followed by a
piece of scene
D. The summary of the movie
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A. The filming location
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