What film genres do you dislike.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

11 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

What do you think about The Untouchables?

One of a very select exceptions. I love the film. But this one focuses on the good guy and I was a fan of the tv show. I suspect few know its television origins. But you know this cause Alex told you so.

8 hours ago, Arpy said:

However one genre I have a particular disdain and avoid like the plague are the 'Horror-Gore' 'Saw' types where it's extensive and graphic and truly horrific. Gore can be done tastefully, but to make it the focal point of the film is too much for me.

Its called torture horror. Its a genre that appeals to seriously sick minds. 

16 hours ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

-Romcoms

-Horror

-Anime

-Westerns

-Most straight-up dramas

-Musicals

-"Heist" movies

-"Gangster" movies

-Most biopics / historical documentaries

-Straight-up action films (looking at you, Michael Bay!)

-Foreign films

-Raunchy comedies

 

Honestly pretty much anything that isn't sci-fi / fantasy / dramedy.

Your range is very tiny.

8 hours ago, Chen G. said:

Theatricality.

 

The musical is such an inherently theatrical genre that I just don't get the point of making a film out of it.

You miss the point. Seeing a musical can be an expensive situation. Seeing a movie version is more affordable. Then there are non-traditional musicals for film such as Victor/Victoria which work better on film than stage. 

 

I will give most all movies a chance even in genres I dislike.

[Thor 7,474]

50 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

Its called torture horror. Its a genre that appeals to seriously sick minds. 

 

"Torture porn", I believe is the correct term. 

 

Always found that sub genre fascinating. I absolutely LOVE the SAW films, less for the graphic violence and more for the big, mythological universe they're able to build over the series of films. Beyond the schlock value, there's actually highly intelligent storytelling going on.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

4 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

 

So if Anthony Hopkins played a zombie butler in The Remains Of The Day, you might consider it a worthwhile movie? Really, some of you guys seem to miss out so much. Movies can be more than 'cool'. 

 

I really shouldn't have to call myself an "adventurous" viewer for having recently watched The Duchess and both versions of My Cousin Rachel and enjoyed them. I'm telling you, there's an obvious geek culture of artistically stunted blokes that permeates JWfan that disproportionately values a select narrow band of schlock and awesome apocalyptic junk*, and it's highly resistant to, and dismissive of works that might be thought of as too female, too grounded or too much like something their old granny might have liked. These of course include historical dramas, costume dramas, period pieces, romance -- nooooooo, don't like what the girls like! Could be icky!

 

*I love all this too, but I had to leave my comfort zone sometime.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

2 minutes ago, dougie said:

...it's highly resistant to works that might be thought of as too female, too grounded or too much like something their old granny might have liked. These of course include historical dramas, costume dramas, period pieces, romance...

Jerry, see my recent post in the WWTLFYW (Older Films).

Also...DR. ZHIVAGO got reviewed, recently.

I very much like "girly" or "chick-lit" films. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL is an almost perfect movie.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Just now, Richard said:

Jerry, see my recent post in the WWTLFYW (Older Films).

Also...DR. ZHIVAGO got reviewed, recently.

I very much like "girly" or "chick-lit" films. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL is an almost perfect movie.

 

I'm not targeting anyone directly. I just mean generally.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

I'm aware of that, Jerry. No offence taken. Personally, I don't like to be buttonholed, I like to confound expectations.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Subvert them.

[Jurassic Shark 12,030]

2 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

One of a very select exceptions. I love the film. But this one focuses on the good guy and I was a fan of the tv show.

 

It's a good show. The original Mission Impossible series is another oldie that I enjoy watching.

[Arpy 4,145]

13 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

 

Do you also know why you have such a problem with Musicals?

 

13 hours ago, Chen G. said:

Theatricality.

 

The musical is such an inherently theatrical genre that I just don't get the point of making a film out of it.

@Chen G. Pinpointed the reason.

 

I don't like going from a realistic scene, to one that is instantly broken by characters singing to music that isn't there in the context of the film. Breaking boundaries in a crude way.

 

 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

So you hate the opening musical number of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom which cleary is breaking the boundries in reality?

[John 2,032]

No kidding! The movie’s title even appears behind Willie during the number. 

[Fabulin 3,510]

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[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

1 hour ago, John said:

No kidding! The movie’s title even appears behind Willie during the number. 

 

Yeah! How come the characters couldn't see it?!

[John 2,032]

Breaking the fourth wall before it was popular!

[TheUlyssesian 2,473]

Sundance Indie. A scam to cover up cheap production values, awful direction and third rate miserablist navel gazing and call it art somehow. Some good movies do come out of there but most are absolute trash.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

To be fair to Anything Goes, Willie was actually performing a number as part of her job. She wasn't just some regular person randomly breaking into song, like that guy above is complaining about.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

Plotless, meandering "coming of age" films about boring ass teenagers

(Ladybird is the most prominent recent example of this).  The "I'm going to make a movie about how I yelled at my parents in high school" approach.  

 

[A24 4,326]

 

2 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said:

Sundance Indie ... Some good movies do come out of there but most are absolute trash.

 

True for every genre (and everything in life). 90% of everything is crap, whether it's Westerns, Sci-fi, Crime, Drama, Comedy, Sundance Indie, ... But every now and then, you get rewarded. And the more genres you embrace, the more good movies you will find.

 

5 hours ago, Arpy said:

 

I don't like going from a realistic scene, to one that is instantly broken by characters singing to music that isn't there in the context of the film. Breaking boundaries in a crude way.

 

 

 

Soon Spielberg will open up your mind. 

[Manakin Skywalker 4,891]

14 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

Your range is very tiny.

I also want to iterate that the items on my list aren't necessarily genres that I dislike, just genres that I'm a bit more picky about. Typically I enjoy almost anything as long as it has a solid plot.

[TheUlyssesian 2,473]

8 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

 

 

True for every genre (and everything in life). 90% of everything is crap, whether it's Westerns, Sci-fi, Crime, Drama, Comedy, Sundance Indie, ... But every now and then, you get rewarded. And the more genres you embrace, the more good movies you will find.

 

 

Soon Spielberg will open up your mind. 

 

I'll draw an exception - the Cannes high brow European art film. I would say the majority are good or better and always worth my time.

[Glóin the Dark 1,219]

22 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

...zombie butler...

 

The Day of the Remains.

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

Does anyone here not dislike musicals?

 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

12 hours ago, dougie said:

To be fair to Anything Goes, Willie was actually performing a number as part of her job. She wasn't just some regular person randomly breaking into song, like that guy above is complaining about.

she was until she suddenly entered a new realm. It stepped out of reality

[SteveMc 2,674]

13 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said:

Does anyone here not dislike musicals?

 

They're okay.

[mstrox 6,647]

20 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said:

Does anyone here not dislike musicals?

 

 

Love them (well, love good ones).  It's a heightened, unreal thing - but so is, like, a lengthy action sequence, or pretty much anything else put to film.  It all comes down to your willingness to watch it and accept it.

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,356]

I'm a fan of many of them. If they're done right and executed in good fashion.

[John 2,032]

My favorite musical is A Clockwork Orange.

[NL197 368]

On 3/5/2019 at 12:46 AM, Alexcremers said:

 

When people say "I hate Romcoms", I think (I hope) that they refer to the many dumb, cheap, straight-up romantic movies (where every woman dreams of a dark haired doctor) that female channels like to program between cooking shows. 

Hit the nail on the head. 

 

If more romantic comedies were like "As Good as It Gets" or "What Women Want", I'd probably enjoy them more often. I think the reason for that is the characters - both male and female - learn a deeper understanding of each other and actually grow. 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

5 hours ago, The Illustrious Jerry said:

Does anyone here not dislike musicals?

 

Musicals are wonderful 

[Bespin 8,480]

I dislike movies without male nudity of course. It just keep me awake, the movies are so boring those days!

[JoeinAR 1,949]

In an alternative reality I am Robert Preston giving more shoulder.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

Robert Peston? That smarmy journalist-cum-tv show host?! Ugh!

[JoeinAR 1,949]

[Naïve Old Fart 9,504]

A-ha! THE LAST STARFIGHTER! 

[Bespin 8,480]

8 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

Victor victoria!

I like!

[Sweeping Strings 2,346]

On 'torture porn/horror' ... yeah, not really my bag either. 

 

Those backpacking kids were just trying to score some weed and get laid, and THAT'S justification for drilling into their kneecaps etc?   

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

It's scary because that could happen to me!

 

Truthfully I'd rather be murdered by Jason. Nice and quick.

[A24 4,326]

28 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

Those backpacking kids were just trying to score some weed and get laid, and THAT'S justification for drilling into their kneecaps etc?   

 

"Tortured for no reason" has 46.200 results on google. Ergo, it's realistic (but still exploitative if it's a movie's main selling point, of course)

[JoeinAR 1,949]

19 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

On 'torture porn/horror' ... yeah, not really my bag either. 

 

Those backpacking kids were just trying to score some weed and get laid, and THAT'S justification for drilling into their kneecaps etc?   

The only time I drilled into someone's knee caps is because he was an internet stalker and he needed to understand his transgressions. He never bothered us again. Allegedly 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

8 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

The only time I drilled into someone's knee caps is because he was an internet stalker and he needed to understand his transgressions. He never bothered us again. Allegedly 

 

I'll never forget your story about that guy who was in an arguement with someone on the internet, then he drove thousands of miles and tracked him down. I was always wondering if that was you.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Just now, dougie said:

 

I'll never forget your story about that guy who was in an arguement with someone on the internet, then he drove thousands of miles and tracked him down. I was always wondering if that was you.

Would I do that?

[Sweeping Strings 2,346]

My example was (as far as I recall) roughly what happens during the first 30-45 minutes or so of the first Hostel flick, it was on TV and I was checking it out out of idle curiosity. Then the non-DIY drilling started and I decided I wasn't that curious after all. 

[Kasey Kockroach 2,343]

All of them.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

26 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

My example was (as far as I recall) roughly what happens during the first 30-45 minutes or so of the first Hostel flick, it was on TV and I was checking it out out of idle curiosity. Then the non-DIY drilling started and I decided I wasn't that curious after all. 

It works better once the hole is drilled and you stick a lit M-80 into the hole. You thought he screamed loudly during the drilling.

[A24 4,326]

How could I forget that I don't like disaster movies, not even von Trier's Melancholia?! 

 

 

Remember the disaster bit in Prometheus? For me that was the worst moment of the movie and it fully represents why I find the genre so boring. 

[Bespin 8,480]

I don't like movies with only black people in it.  It lacks diversity.

 

But if they are muscular and half naked, that's okay.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

There's always a racist cop or two.

[Thor 7,474]

1 hour ago, Alexcremers said:

How could I forget that I don't like disaster movies, not even von Trier's Melancholia?! 

 

Distaster movies are one of my favourite genres!

[A24 4,326]

Just now, Thor said:

 

Distaster movies are one of my favourite genres!

 

Of course! That was to be expected. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

3 minutes ago, Alexcremers said:

 

Of course! That was to be expected. 

 

So disaster movies, the Jurassic Park franchise, Alien Covenant ....

 

Hmmm...