Let's Learn English at a Movie Theatre! 🍿📽️🎞️

Let's learn English at the movies.

So I've always been a big fan of the X-Men

movies, and in particular, Wolverine is my favorite character.

So when I heard there was a new movie coming out

with him in it and some other guy named Deadpool, I

thought I should make an English lesson for you.

I can't show you the actual movie, but along the way,

I can help you learn some English words and phrases that

you can use as you talk about the movies.

So let's talk about the difference between to

see a movie and to watch a movie.

If I say that I'm going to go see

a movie, it means I'm probably going to come

to a theater like this to see that movie.

If I say I'm going to watch a

movie, it usually means I'm going to stay

home and maybe watch the movie on Netflix.

So I'm here today to see a movie.

I'm at a theater to see a movie.

So there are a few ways to buy a ticket to see a movie.

By the way, you do need a ticket.

You can use a ticket machine.

A ticket machine is a machine that you

can use to buy a ticket to see the movie.

You put your card in and you choose the movie you

want, and then you get a ticket to see that movie.

You could also go to the box office.

There's a box office right here.

Not many people use the box

office anymore to buy tickets.

I don't even think there's a person there.

But that is where you could go to

buy a movie ticket from a person.

Or you can actually go to the concession stand.

I'll talk more about that later.

You can also buy a ticket there.

But the most popular way to buy a ticket

right now is to buy your ticket online.

I bought my ticket online.

It's on my phone and I will use that ticket, I

guess it's an e-ticket to get in to the theater.

So behind me you can see

what's called the concession stand.

Sometimes we call it a snack bar, but I usually

call it a concession stand or just the concessions.

It's the place where you can go to buy a snack.

Now, the most common snack to buy when going to

see a movie here in Canada is usually popcorn and

maybe some kind of soda or what I call pop.

But that's not what I'm going to buy.

I actually don't really like popcorn and

I really don't drink soda or pop.

But this is where you would go to get a snack.

I am going to go get one.

You'll see what it is in a minute.

Hi! Hi! Yeah, just the Peanut M&M's and the water.

Anything else I can get for you?

No, that's everything.

Are you a loyalties member? Pardon?

Are you a loyalties member? No, I'm not.

Just debit, please.

Thank you. Have a great day.

This is what I wanted and this is what I got.

So there are a few different types of movie genres.

This movie that I'm going to see could be considered

an action movie, maybe a little bit of science fiction.

An action movie is a movie where

there's lots of guns and car chases.

A science fiction movie takes place in

the future, and there will be spaceships

and people might visit other planets.

There's also fantasy movies where you'll see

swords and dragons and things like that.

You might watch

a horror movie, not my favorite.

A movie that is designed to scare you.

Or you might see a movie that is a comedy.

Or if it has romance involved,

it might be a romantic comedy.

And then lastly, there is a type of

movie called a drama, a more serious movie,

sometimes based on a historical event.

There are many other movie genres, but those are just

the main ones that I can think of right now.

So I actually printed my ticket today instead of having it

on my phone, like I said, I'm using my phone to

record, but as I approach, they'll need my ticket here.

So I'll need to show my ticket.

I will need to scan my ticket.

Hopefully it scans. Screen six just down this hall to your right.

Which theater? Yeah, in six. Six. Thank you very much.

So I am going to go to screen six or theater six.

So that's where I'm headed right now.

My ticket scanned successfully. By the way, a long time

ago, you used to actually give them a paper ticket

and they would rip your ticket or tear your ticket.

I still remember that time long

ago, but now everything's digital.

It's either a barcode or a QR code.

On my ticket, there was a QR code, and that's what

they scanned in order to allow me into the theater.

So there are a couple of

ways that they advertise movies.

One is that they create movie posters.

A movie poster.

Oh, that looks scary.

A movie poster is simply a poster, a

big colorful piece of paper that goes on

the wall, and that poster advertises upcoming movies.

So before a movie starts, they'll show

what are called previews or trailers.

They haven't quite started in this theater yet, but

pretty soon they will show previews or trailers.

They're the same thing, by the way, this is when they show

you little clips of a movie that's coming out in the future

in hopes that you will decide to go see it.

Right now, they're just running some

advertisements, but pretty soon they'll start

showing the previews and the trailers.

So if you're wondering what to call people at a

theater, the people who work there, the person who took

my ticket, I would call a ticket taker, the people

who come in and out of the theater to make

sure everyone's sitting in the right spot.

I would call those ushers or attendants.

So someone who takes your ticket is a ticket taker.

Someone who can help you in the theater find

yourself seat or make sure you're in the right

seat, is called an attendant or an usher.

So I'm walking into theater six or screen six,

and as you can see, no one is here.

I'm at a morning showing.

I chose a showing.

A showing, by the way, is the

time the movie is actually playing.

It's 10:45 in the morning and no one's here.

What's nice, though, is this

theater has reserved seating.

That means I actually paid for an actual

seat in the back row, seat number eight.

That's different than how it used

to be. A long time ago

if you went to a movie theater, you just tried

to get there early to get a good seat, but

now you can actually choose the seat that you want.

Oh, and by the way, here's the screen.

And when you look at the seats,

you might notice that these are recliners.

You can actually recline in these seats.

You can lean back as you watch the movie so you

can relax, enjoy the show in comfort in a reclining seat.

Oh, and one more thing up there where you

see those two windows, that is the projection booth.

That's where you would find the projector.

The projection booth is the little room

where the projectionist, that's the person who

runs the projector, will actually sit.

And that's where they will show the movie from.

And the projector is the machine that shows the movie.

So up there, the projection booth.

Let me point to it.

And inside will be a projector and a projectionist.

So I decided to see the movie in 2D, not in 3D.

I'm not actually a big fan of 3D.

I don't like wearing 3D glasses.

Those are the special glasses you

have to wear. By the way,

2D is just kind of a flat image, but 3D is

when it looks like things are coming off the screen

towards you.

Usually I see movies in 2D because

when I see movies in 3D

they kind of give me a headache.

So anyways, I'm seeing a movie in 2D.

So the place I'm at actually has three different names

in Canadian English at least.

We sometimes call it a cinema.

In fact, behind me you can see that it

says Landmark Cinemas or we call it a movie

theater or we just call it a theater.

I think the most common one

would probably be movie theater.

Where did you go last night?

Oh, I went to the movie theater to see a movie, but

you can also call it a cinema or just a theater.

So I'm at the cinema. I'm at the movie theater.

I'm at the theater.

So I just finished watching the credits for this movie.

Credits are, it's kind of a list of all

of the actors that were in the movie.

It kind of lists all the people who worked

on the movie and then it even lists the

music that was used in the movie.

So it was fun to watch the credits.

And there was a post-credit scene or an

after credits scene or an end credits scene where

they show like a little clip from an upcoming

movie or just a little extra, little snippet of

the actors doing something just for fun.

So that's always cool.

Well, thank you so much for watching

this English lesson at the movies.

Hopefully you were able to learn some new

English words and phrases that you can use

in your next conversation about the movies.

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