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Your least favorite film genre (with an exception to your rule)
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Romantic Comedies.
Christ on a cracker. If I have to sit through one more stupid meet-cute scene, one more shallow, moronic plot where one sentence from a character would've corrected the whole problem.... but oh no, we can't do that---we have to drag out the simple misunderstanding or apology for another hour and 20 minutes because of "movie logic"---ARGH. The women, no matter how accomplished and educated, are somehow nothing without a man and men are portrayed as morons who are afraid of women.
There are a few good romantic comedies, where a few excellent writers and actors put together a nice film. However, the vast majority of movies in the genre are just horribly stupid, sexist drivel.
Christ on a cracker. If I have to sit through one more stupid meet-cute scene, one more shallow, moronic plot where one sentence from a character would've corrected the whole problem.... but oh no, we can't do that---we have to drag out the simple misunderstanding or apology for another hour and 20 minutes because of "movie logic"---ARGH. The women, no matter how accomplished and educated, are somehow nothing without a man and men are portrayed as morons who are afraid of women.
There are a few good romantic comedies, where a few excellent writers and actors put together a nice film. However, the vast majority of movies in the genre are just horribly stupid, sexist drivel.
Agreed. Romantic Comedies and romance movies in general. Sitting on my ass for two hours just to watch Mister Perfect and Miss Perfect agonize over loving each other leaves me annoyed and bored.
But of course there are exceptions. I saw The Butcher's Wife because Demi Moore was in it and found it cute and interesting. The same reasoning made me pay money to see Moonstruck with Cher. The best romantic comedy I've ever seen is The Goodbye Girl. I stumbled across it on TV one afternoon and stuck with it because I was too lazy to change the channel anymore. I was surprisingly well entertained.
But of course there are exceptions. I saw The Butcher's Wife because Demi Moore was in it and found it cute and interesting. The same reasoning made me pay money to see Moonstruck with Cher. The best romantic comedy I've ever seen is The Goodbye Girl. I stumbled across it on TV one afternoon and stuck with it because I was too lazy to change the channel anymore. I was surprisingly well entertained.
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Agreed! "The Goodbye Girl" is a very good film--a very well-deserved Oscar for Richard Dreyfuss; it's one of the best films he's ever done. It's a pity that the great majority of that genre can't even come close to being that good.
I would add "Four Weddings and Funeral" to the exception list, as well.
I would add "Four Weddings and Funeral" to the exception list, as well.
Well, the great majority of films in that genre aren't written by Neil Freakin' Simon. Imagine if they were.
same here.
Action movies. I've never cared for all these dumb movies that populate Netflix and Redbox and that dads love to watch on repeat. However, I LOVE John Wick.
You might like "27 Dresses". The lead female character gains a lot of self-awareness and realises that she shouldn't have put her career on hold for no real reason. It also has an amazing scene where the lead female character gets revenge against her sister by doing something that's very close to but not quite exactly what she had requested.
I don't like horror movies, I'm just not interested in going to the cinema to be made to feel scared. But "Alien" is a pretty good movie - I watched it because I love Sigourney Weaver.
Horror films. Watching teenagers get slaughtered, who cares? The genre expects you to switch off your empathy to guffaw at fictional stupid assholes getting ironic fates, but then what exactly do I get from it besides virtual schadenfraude?
But I am a fan of The Thing. Just the style and the aspect of it posing as people giving it psychological elements.
But I am a fan of The Thing. Just the style and the aspect of it posing as people giving it psychological elements.
I would say my least favoutire genre is "Horror" if i had to pick an exception it would be "Alien"
I personally wouldn't class "A Fish Called Wanda" as a screwball comedy, for me the first film that comes to mind from that type of film would be "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. But AFCW is still a good laugh and it did win an oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Kline.
I personally wouldn't class "A Fish Called Wanda" as a screwball comedy, for me the first film that comes to mind from that type of film would be "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. But AFCW is still a good laugh and it did win an oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Kevin Kline.
Agreed on not liking romantic comedies, they tend to be pretty flat, cliched, even annoying. Big exception, I love Kate & Leopold which is and almost isn't one, the story and relationship is really well done and developed and mostly just friendship with romance a (good) part of it.
Generally not real fond of spoofs, at least or especially when I like the movies being made fun of, Scary Movie and Spaceballs and (if it counts) Young Frankenstein are big exceptions.
Generally not real fond of spoofs, at least or especially when I like the movies being made fun of, Scary Movie and Spaceballs and (if it counts) Young Frankenstein are big exceptions.
Westerns, especially John Wayne Westerns. I can't stand the man in movies. High Noon and Shane are my two favorites, except for Kid Flash in Shane. That kid could get to town faster than men on horseback.
Does Steel Magnolias count as a RomCom? I do like that movie.
Does Steel Magnolias count as a RomCom? I do like that movie.
No, I don't think so, because we don't see the romance of the couples that much. It's a comedy/drama/buddy film---a dramedy.
Probably romantic comedies, even though Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rio Bravo is my favorite John Wayne Western. I have mixed feelings on The Searchers. Artistically it accomplishes a lot the genre usually doesn’t go for. But the representation of Native Americans ages incredibly poorly.
What about movies like 'Airplane!' and 'Top Secret!' Those movies are spoofs/send-ups of disaster movies and cold war spy movies.
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