Some people believe that the only purpose of films is to entertain. But others
say films should have educational value. Discuss both views and give your
opinion
It is true that some people think that films should just be for entertainment, while
others believe that they should inform as well as entertain. I strongly agree with
the second view that the film industry should not be simply a source of
entertainment.
On the one hand, many people watch films solely in order to be entertained. To
appeal to audiences, therefore, the film industry usually focuses on the portrayal
of scenes of violent action, accompanied by spectacular effects. Some people
say that we need such films to provide an escape from the stresses of daily life.
Although each film must contain some kind of story, these action movies
bombard audiences with the simplistic theme of bad characters– often alien
monsters – chasing the heroes for 90 minutes. Certainly, the purpose of such
movies, such as ‘Independence Day’ or the ‘Mission Impossible’ series can only
be to entertain, since they have no serious message or even factual content.
On the other hand, I concur with the view that films should be instructive as
well as entertaining. Firstly, historical films like ‘Titanic’ or ‘Schindler’s List’
have some basis in fact for people to learn about the past. The target audience
for such serious films is surprisingly large, suggesting that many people want
films to tackle these subjects. Secondly, even films about the future can have
some educational themes to make audiences think. For example, despite their
absurd exaggerations, the ‘Jurassic Park’ movies have probably inspired many
youngsters to want to know more about dinosaurs.
In conclusion, while films should obviously entertain audiences and hold their
attention, their purpose should also be to add to people’s knowledge and
understanding of the world
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| 2019-10-27 | Tran Cong Thai Anh | 89 | view |
| 2019-08-04 | thanhnghia9935 | 78 | view |
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, while, for example, in conclusion, in fact, kind of, such as, as well as, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1575.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 281.0 315.596192385 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.60498220641 5.12529762239 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09427095027 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.28054432978 2.80592935109 117% => OK
Unique words: 167.0 176.041082164 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.594306049822 0.561755894193 106% => OK
syllable_count: 454.5 506.74238477 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.8213020153 49.4020404114 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.153846154 106.682146367 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6153846154 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.9230769231 7.06120827912 183% => OK
Paragraphs: 23.0 4.38176352705 525% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.318695429472 0.244688304435 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130866416656 0.084324248473 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0612474198004 0.0667982634062 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0951197753617 0.151304729494 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0630828199353 0.056905535591 111% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 13.0946893788 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.2 12.4159519038 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.45 8.58950901804 110% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 10.7795591182 148% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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