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Hello, everybody. My name is Andrew.
Jeremy: And I’m Jeremy.
Andrew: And you’re listening to Culips.
Welcome back to Culips, everyone. You are listening to Real Talk, and this is the series where we teach you the English expressions that you need to know for real-world situations. And, Jeremy, today we are going to teach everyone how to talk about movies or TV shows that you don’t like.
Jeremy: This situation comes up a lot.
Andrew: I agree. And this is actually the sequel to the last Real Talk episode, where we taught everyone how to talk about movies and TV shows that they do like. So if you haven’t heard that episode yet, maybe it would be a good idea to go back and give it a listen and then come back to this one or, really, I guess it doesn’t matter, just as long as you listen to both. But, anyways, today we’ll learn about how to talk about movies and TV shows that you don’t like.
But, just before we get started with that, I wanna remind everyone that the best way to study with this episode is with our study guide. And you’ll get the transcript, detailed vocabulary explanations, real-life examples, a quiz, and more in the study guide. So definitely visit our website, Culips.com, and check that out.
Jeremy: So, Andrew, have you ever seen a movie that you just absolutely hated?
Andrew: Yeah, I think I’ve seen a lot of movies that I’ve absolutely hated, because I’m quite a picky guy when it comes to movies. There are a lot of movies that I watch on Netflix for about 20 minutes and then I either turn them off or I fall asleep because they’re so boring.
Andrew: As for movies that I’ve seen in the theatre that I hated in the end, well, usually this doesn’t happen too often, because I only go and see movies from my favourite directors or that have my favourite actors in them. So I usually know that I’m going to go see a movie that I will like. But I think it was a couple of years ago now, I went and watched Captain America at the movie theatre, and I’m not really a fan of superhero movies. I find them to be pretty boring, actually, which I know is an unpopular opinion, so I apologize.
Jeremy: They are very exciting. There’s lots of action in them, right?
Andrew: Yeah, yeah. But the story is so derivative and so unoriginal, it’s the same story time after time after time. That’s what I find boring.
Jeremy: It’s redundant, is what you’re saying, right?
Andrew: Exactly. That’s a great word, redundant.
Jeremy: I agree, I agree.
Andrew: Jeremy, what about you? Can you think of a time that you saw a movie that you absolutely hated?
Jeremy: Actually, it was a hero movie, I think a Marvel movie, that I saw maybe a couple of years ago now. I have a young son, so anyone who has young children knows that you don’t get to go to movies very often when you’re taking care of children. So I haven’t been to the movies in a long time, but the last movie I remember disliking was Doctor Strange.
Andrew: Doctor Strange.
Jeremy: Yeah, it’s the same as what you said, I felt like the storyline was very cheesy and the action was over the top. They just had too much going on in the movie and I really didn’t like it. Actually, also, I recently saw Ender’s Game. Have you seen Ender’s Game?
Andrew: I haven’t, no.
Jeremy: I read the book recently, and I really enjoyed the book and I heard there was a movie. So I checked out the movie and I thought it was disgraceful. It was a disgrace to the book. They changed everything, they took out some of the best parts of the story, and they didn’t develop the c
