General Discussion : Best Genre?

[Just1n]

I watch most films but i narrow it down to what i wont watch and that is musicals and most comedy. I seem to go through an intense period of genre watching at a time. Like recently i went through a blaxploitation phase and watched about 8 films of that genre.

[PeaceAnarchy]

Also, I've noticed that most people who like films, love horror...Is that a thing, or am I just subconsciously only talking to other people who like gore? 0_o

This is most definitely not true at all, as the other replies in this thread attest. I don't care much for horror either. What I have noticed, though, is that Horror seems to have a more devoted following than other genres. Horror fans are very passionate about their genre and will watch anything labeled horror.

[TheDenizen]

Like recently i went through a blaxploitation phase and watched about 8 films of that genre.

Anything good? I love me some blaxploitation, always looking for unheard of titles to track down.

Horror seems to have a more devoted following than other genres. Horror fans are very passionate about their genre and will watch anything labeled horror.

A very good point. People who are really into comedies are normal people who really like comedies. People who are really into horror movies tend to take it on as a lifestyle.

[Just1n]

Like recently i went through a blaxploitation phase and watched about 8 films of that genre.

Anything good? I love me some blaxploitation, always looking for unheard of titles to track down.

Pam Griers - Coffy and Foxy Brown. - popular but really good.

The Candy Tangerine Man - seedy story about a pimp by night and family man by day

Trouble Man

Trick Baby

all good and worth a watch imo.

Got these from http://www.amazon.com/Blaxploitation-Ci ... 292&sr=1-1

[TheDenizen]

yeah, I think I've seen just about all of Pam's movies, and I saw Trouble Man not that long ago...Candy Tangerine Man sounds promising though, thanks.

If you're still hankering for some blaxploitation, check out Dolemite, Super Fly and Black Caesar. Good stuff.

[Zozan]

Some genres, like Western.. I don’t even get why we a genre named “Western” and don’t have a genre named “Samurai”.
Or how come Musical or Animation happens to be a genre, right?
Or “short”
Very weird categorization.

So if you had to categorize movies, what would your genres be?

Well, dunno… I didn’t study anything related to film nor have I made any research on the subject.

But if I may speak out of my ass, the way I get it, Western gives information about location and era. So if western gets to be a genre, we could as well have genres such as Historic, Futuristic, Modern Day City, Old Japan, Renaissance, Medieval, Country or things like that.

Likewise if Short gets to be a genre, we could have other genres like medium, long, very long.

And animation and musical sounds more like a delivery method or technique rather then genre. If these get to be a genre, then may be we could have other genres such as, CGI heavy, Cartoon or Silent.

It feels like irrelevant things has been put in the same basket and many things have been left out. I think I would rather go for multiple tags to have a more disciplined categorization and to deliver more accurate information instead of sticking to a tag named genre alone.

[Baby Fish]

Horror seems to have a more devoted following than other genres. Horror fans are very passionate about their genre and will watch anything labeled horror.

A very good point. People who are really into comedies are normal people who really like comedies. People who are really into horror movies tend to take it on as a lifestyle.

Lawl, you make us sound like we're a cult of goths who feed off of every shitty horror movie that comes out once a week. I love horror, but I can't stand the shit that's being churned out recently. For me personally I like horror because of how it can do pretty much anything, without having to worry about if it's PG... And besides, just because someone likes horror doesn't mean it's the only genre they like.

Also, to whoever said drama can be put into any film, that's probably because by definition every film is likely to have some kind of drama in it...But yeah, I'm actually really liking drama as a genre atm. Anyone else really love We Need To Talk About Kevin?? Tilda Winton just seems to be getting better and better!

[Baby Fish]

Likewise if Short gets to be a genre, we could have other genres like medium, long, very long.

Short gets it's own genre because it's generally only 5-10 minutes long where as most regular films are feature length ie 40+.
I for one am pretty happy with the genres on here, and most films are classed as more than one genre anyway, so it's pretty much the same as tagging. Yeah, there are some genres missing, but unless you're trying to be super specific when looking for a film it's doesn't make much difference.

[TheDenizen]

People who are really into horror movies tend to take it on as a lifestyle.

Lawl, you make us sound like we're a cult of goths who feed off of every shitty horror movie that comes out once a week.

Lots of horror fans are. Not all, of course. I don't fit that description either despite being a horror fan...but I also know several horror fanatics who have their houses decorated like Halloween year round and own hundreds of horror movie DVDs and collectibles.

I love horror, but I can't stand the shit that's being churned out recently. For me personally I like horror because of how it can do pretty much anything, without having to worry about if it's PG...

Heh, kinda ironic here...the very reason that the horror genre has churned out so much shit recently is exactly because major studios are worrying about their bottom lines and making PG-13 horror films. You're correct in principle, but there seems to be fewer R rated films every year across all genres, not just horror.

And besides, just because someone likes horror doesn't mean it's the only genre they like.

Obviously.

[by Devol]

Looking over my rankings I'm surprised to see I'm all about the dramas and comedies, with the odd doc, making me probably the biggest fuddy-dud here.
Do I vaguely recall a thread that had members' stats on genre groups?
This thread definitely should have been called favourite, not best, genre.

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I'll go with #3.

I seriously can't remember a single horror movie which has scared me or made me say 'Wow' at the end of the movie.

really?
hmmmmmm........