Black Widow

Nehézségi szint: KÖZÉPFOK B2 (Szerző: Chris Scully)

Hamarosan érkezik A Fekete Özvegy (Black Widow) , a film a Bosszúállókból megismert Natalia Romanova előzményfilmje és a Marvel moziuniverzum (MCU) huszonegyedik filmje. A főszerepelők Scarlett Johansson mint Fekete Özvegy.

Black Widow

1.Is an upcoming film starring Scarlett Johansson in the lead role. She reprises the role of Natasha Romanoff or Black Widow which she first played in Iron Man 2, and later in the avenger films. Romanoff is on the run and must confront her past. It is made by Marvel Studios and distributed by Disney.

2.Natasha is an Avenger now but the now of the story follows on from Captain America Civil War which saw her as a spy. She is now running away from her past life but in the process, she must face the broken history of her relationships and the damage she caused by cutting ties with those whom she loved and who love her.

3.The idea of a solo film for Black Widow was first thought up in 2004, but around that time other kick ass female solo movies came out such as Kill Bill and Tomb Raider, and the market was saturated with a slew of these type of movies, so the plug was pulled on any further development. That is until 2009 when public interest returned to superheroes with Iron man 2, which was to feature Natasha Romanoff.

4.The film makers approached Emily Blunt for the role, but she turned them down because of prior commitments. So the role went to Johansson instead. From here her connection the Marvel films snowballed because the Romanoff character appeared in most of the subsequent Avenger films, but even in 2009 there was talk that mentioned a solo Black Widow film.

5.Not that Black Widow is strictly speaking a superhero, no she is more of a highly skilled operative. In fact, she has no super-hero powers besides being really, really good at her job.

Kulcsszavak az 1-5 bekezdésekhez:

1_______________ happening soon

2_______________ a repeat of something or part of something, especially a piece of music

3_______________ to face, meet, or deal with a difficult situation or person

4_______________ to give something out to several people, or to spread or supply something

5_______________ a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result

6 If you ___________ a problem, or a problem __________s you, you have to deal with it

7____________ alone; without other people

8____________ to fill a thing or place completely so that no more can be added

9____________ a larger amount or number

10____________ the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced

11_____________ to come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount

12_____________ to perform publicly in a play, film, or show

13______________ happening after something else

14 _____________ to speak about something quickly, giving little detail or using few words

15______________ a person who works secretly for an organization

6.In the age of Ultron, the producer Kevin Feige began to bring Natasha’s back story onto screen. She had been written by Jac Schaeffer and in 2017 he wrote the first draft of the script for the solo movie Black Widow. In 2018 Ned Benson was brought in to rewrite it, and Johansson had an input in it herself as she knew the character.

7.Filming began in Norway May 2019 then moved to England when Ray Winston joined the film, other actors were also announced including Robert Downey Jr and then filming wrapped up in October of that year.

Background to the Character

8.Black Widow is the most popular female character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She is Russian, she was a spy for the KGB. She is in fact rather old, having lived through the second world war. She can be thought of as a Russian equivalent to Captain America – he is unable to change or age although he passes through history – she is in the same situation.

9.She and Clint Brant or Hawk Eye – the guy with the arrows – were an item and this is why she moved to the US -then she began to work for SHIELD the superhero special agency of the US government. In fact, she is a bit of a Russian turncoat.

10.The connection between the marvel comics and the marvel films is not always clear. In the comics she had relationships with the Winter Soldier (Captain America), Daredevil and Hawkeye. In the Avenger films some associations are hinted at but her relationship with the Hulk is new.

Kulcsszavak a 6-10 bekezdésekhez: 

16______________ the things that have happened to someone before you first see or read about that person in a film or story

17 ______________a piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the developed form

18______________ a person who makes the practical and financial arrangements needed to make a film, play, or television or radio programme

19______________ the words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech

20_______________ to complete something successfully

21_______________ to make something known or tell people about something officially

22_______________ having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities

23______________ a person who changes from one opinion to an opposite one in a way that shows they are not loyal to people who share the original opinion

24______________ something that you say or do that shows what you think or want, usually in a way that is not direct

Kifejezések:

1 If criminals are _______________, they are trying to avoid being caught

2 _________________ to end or discontinue a relationship with someone or some group

3 _________________ to invent a plan or solution

4 _________________ being completely accurate

5 If a plan, problem, idea, etc. ____________, it quickly grows bigger and more important

6 _________________ to do something that prevents an activity from continuing, especially by no longer giving money to support it

Válaszok

1 Upcoming

2 reprise

3 confront

4 distribute

5 process

6 face

7 solo

8 saturate

9 slew

10 development

11 approach

12 appear in

13 subsequent

14 mention

15 operative

16 Back story

17 draft

18 producer

19 script

20 wrap sg up

21 announce

22 equivalent

23 turncoat

24 hint

1 on the run

2 cut ties

3 think up sg

4 strictly speaking

5 snowballs

6 pull the plug on sg