Your Favorite Film Genre

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    The Good said:

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    What's your favorite film genre?

    Vote in the poll above, and post at least a one-paragraph response on why that is your favorite category of movies.

    My favorite is the Western genre (I know there are sub-genres in it, but I'd like to represent it as a whole here). In my opinion the top five westerns are the ones shown at bottom, but as I'm actively watching many westerns a week, some of the options are subject to change.

    I. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    II. For A Few Dollars More
    III. Once Upon a Time in the West
    IV. A Fistful of Dollars
    V. Unforgiven
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    Quote Originally Posted by Artorius Maximus View Post
    What's your favorite film genre?

    Vote in the poll above, and post at least a one-paragraph (or more) response on why that is your favorite category of movies.

    My favorite is the Western genre (I know there are sub-genres in it, but I'd like to represent it as a whole here). In my opinion the top five westerns are, but as I'm actively watching many westerns a week, some of the options are subject to change.

    I. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    II. For A Few Dollars More
    III. Once Upon a Time in the West
    IV. A Fistful of Dollars
    V. Unforgiven
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    Lol I was just adding the poll. Hold your horses.

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Artorius Maximus View Post
    Lol I was just adding the poll. Hold your horses.
    Sorry,
    Anyway, my favorite genera would be Epics like Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur Gladiator etc. The way these films are made puts you right in the era they are taking place in. There is nothing as awesome in the film world as seeing a grand story being played out with action, drama and intrigue.
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    Epic war films.
     
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    Ramashan said:

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    I'm definitely in the Western category of this poll. I agree with all your movie choices Artorius, however I would rearrange them and replace 'For a Few Dollars More' with the 'The Wild Bunch' and/or 'Fort Apache' but that's just my opinion.

    I love the scenic vistas in Westerns and the moral and social issues most westerns deal with. Aside from the great characters and direction given to us by premier film makers such as Sergio Leone, John Ford, Clint Eastwood, Sam Pekinpah, and many others.
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    Crime/Drama would be my first pick, but western would be a close second. If only for The Good the Bad the Ugly

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    Spaghetti Westerns and their descendants (like Unforgiven which has more in common with those than the older American Westerns) are my true love as well. But political movies, genre Syriana, 'sophisticated' action movies ŕ la Bourne, and the better mafia films (including films like The Departed) are also favorites.
    I also like superhero movies and over the top action flicks, but more as distraction than as appreciation.

    Actually it's only horror and romcoms I hate.
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    Celsius said:

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    Crime, History, and War.
     
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    The only one genre that I can honestly say that I always like is comedy.

    So I guess it's technically my favorite. Not really, though.
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    Pious Agnost said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corleone View Post
    The only one genre that I can honestly say that I always like is comedy.

    So I guess it's technically my favorite. Not really, though.
    Yet you're named Corleone, and have a Godfather reference in your sig :surprise

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    2.) History
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    Ojf said:

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    Although I love war and action movies, I have to admit I have watched countless hours worth of documentaries, most on Youtube lol, so Documentary got my vote because of my love of learning
     
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    a toss up between comedies and action flicks

    this isn't to say that I dont like more "brain stimulating" movies/documentaries, but when I watch a movie, I usually prefer to just relax.
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    Cyrus the Virus said:

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    Very difficult to pick out just one.

    I rate high War, Action, Thriller and Western.
    Think I'll choose Crime as I like those police scripts, al though those films mentioned by Artorius makes my top list in best ever.

    Never watches horror, music and romance (rarely, at least presently).

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    vizi said:

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    Western of course.

    My mother hates it when AMC runs a Clint Eastwood or John Wayne 24 hour marathon.

    Between movies like True Grit, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and well pretty much any western, damn I love'em!

    However, that doesn't mean Westerns are that far above any of the other genres. I love movies. I also review movies on this site. Not that anyone would know about that. (Shameless self advertisement that will get ignored!)
     
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    therussian said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by vizigothe View Post
    Western of course.

    My mother hates it when AMC runs a Clint Eastwood or John Wayne 24 hour marathon.

    Between movies like True Grit, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and well pretty much any western, damn I love'em!

    However, that doesn't mean Westerns are that far above any of the other genres. I love movies. I also review movies on this site. Not that anyone would know about that. (Shameless self advertisement that will get ignored!)
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    Roman_Wolf said:

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    War mixed with history are my favorite movies.
    but I also like comedies, and documentaries a lot.
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    The Good said:

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    I really enjoy watching the Clint Eastwood and John Wayne marathons... awesome movies.

     
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    vizi said:

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    I really enjoy watching the Clint Eastwood and John Wayne marathons... awesome movies.
    Hehe! Awesome days. I get annoyed though, the last Duke marathon they didn't play The Quiet Man. One of the best fist fight scenes in a movie ever. Rivals the fight scene in They Live!

    I always hate on people who hate on the Duke. Sure he was in a lot of really cheesy and bad US Propaganda movies. But movies like The Quiet Man and True Grit are so good.
     
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    jsktrogdor said:

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    I dont think I really have a favorite genre, I love them all; yes even musicals. But I guess documentarys would have to do as far as a favorite is concerned. If I listed my top 10 movies I dont think there would be a documentary in sight. But action movies can be cheesy, comedies can be stupid, drama can be overdone, romance can be overburdened. All of the generes have a tendancy to become .... well generic. Where as documentaries are always different, always new, always relevent and if done well can be very interesting. So I guess just for their consistancy and variety I would pick documentarys.