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Whats your Favorite Genre?

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Hi guys! In general, what makes a good movie? List some of your top favorite movies that have come out so far and explain what made it your favorite. I'm not genre critical, so whatever kind of movie that floats your boat, maybe any suggested movies would be cool. I like a good thriller, scary like movie, I love to scream. I also like comedies that make you laugh no matter how many times you've watched it. And those movies that have a deep story that all makes sense at the end. So tell us what movies made the cut!
 
I like:

Paranormal Activity
The Exorcism of Elisabeth Rose (Don't know how it's spelt)
The Exorcist
Rambo (all of them)
Roxky (all of them)
The Terminator (1+2+4, not the third)
The Shawshank Redemption
and a lot more... But for a movie to be truly amazing it must be able to make you feel like you are a part of it. The ones Above make me feel like that.

-SteffanM
 
Shawshank is a good choice. There are so many good movies that i cant name them all

Star Wars (originial)
Godfather
Duck Soup
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ben-Hur
Taxi Driver
Lord of the Rings
 
I love the original three Star Wars movies (not the horribly awful ones that have been released in recent years) because they were the first movies I ever saw in the theater. This seemed to set off a trend, seeing as I also loved:

*Indiana Jones
*the FIRST Matrix movie (NOT the second two)
*Terminator 2 (the first was ok... didn't like the third... haven't seen "Salvation" yet)
*I've also enjoyed many animated and stop-animation movies, such as The Incredibles and The Nightmare Before Christmas
*some Jet Li films (I tend to like a little butt-kicking)
*I even liked Aeon Flux, though it was slammed by most...
*Ultra Violet
*Alien Resurrection (I love watching Sigourney Weaver show 'em who's boss)

I also liked G.I. Joe but Transformers... not so much... as I'm a sucker for good special effects but have to have likable characters and some sort of feasible plot, for the most part (I loved the Transformers cartoon but didn't like the movie as much... haven't seen the second one yet.)

I tend to love action, martial arts, some suspense/psychological drama, and comedies (though they're hard to find, as I don't like the raunchy ones and that's all there seems to be.)

For some reason, horror movies literally keep me awake at night. I've had friends just DESCRIBE movies like The Ring to me and I've had to sleep with a night light... (clucking noises)... Yeah, I guess I'm a big chicken at heart but I'd rather watch guns going off, a series of roundhouse kicks off the side of a wall, or buildings being blown up...

"Chick flicks"? No thanks... usually not for me (except When Harry Met Sally... classiic.)
 
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The Godfather
The Gofather, Part II
Back to the Future
Groundhog Day
Annie Hall
Casablanca
Duck Soup ( Good call, Dread!)
CastAway
Citizen Kane
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
E.T.
Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest (Hitchcock is the man)
Pulp Fiction
Dan in Real Life
Once Upon a Time in the West
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
The Hudsucker Proxy
 
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In general I would say drama is my favourite genre, I like character driven films that examine life and human history no matter what the setting or what viewpoint the story is told from, but I love comedy films but not so much the kind that are common now, I prefer slightly older comedies.

Some of my favourite films in each by genre are:

Action - The Rock, The Matrix Trilogy
Comedy - Planes,Trains & Automobiles, The Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest. Trading Places
Drama - The Illusionist, The Count of Monte Cristo, Unbreakable
Epic/Historical - The Alamo(2004), Amazing Grace, Lord of the Rings
Romance - The Lakehouse
War - We Were Soldiers
Western - Open Range, Appaloosa, Dances With Wolves
Sci-Fi - Star Trek Generations, First Contact, Serenity

There's lots more but the only genre I don't really like is Horror/Thriller.
 
Some of my favorite films are:
The Godfather
Batman Begins
Casablanca
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Guns of Navarone
Ben Hur
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
Munich
There are others, I like old-school films, especially WWII, period films.
 
biggentleben said:
sports films are not an option :(
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It's funny: I watched an interview with Martin Scorsese just yesterday, and he is apparently not a fan of sports films. He said it's the one kind of movie he doesn't like. It's ironic because he made Raging Bull, which centered on a boxer; but he said of the film that the boxing was merely a vehicle for the larger story, and once he saw that, he had no problem making the movie. But sports movies in general he just has no interest in.
 
Groundhog said:
It's funny: I watched an interview with Martin Scorsese just yesterday, and he is apparently not a fan of sports films. He said it's the one kind of movie he doesn't like. It's ironic because he made Raging Bull, which centered on a boxer; but he said of the film that the boxing was merely a vehicle for the larger story, and once he saw that, he had no problem making the movie. But sports movies in general he just has no interest in.
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yet they comprise over half of my DVD collection....i'm really not worried what a director likes or doesn't...it's what i like ;)
 
HHmm.. so many to choose from...

"Gone With the Wind"... (sorry, cant help myself :))
"Star Wars"... (just plain awesome!)
"King of Kings" ( breathtaking!)
"The Ten Commandments" (breathtaking!)
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (Stelllllaaaaa!)
"The Major and the Minor" (sooo cute!)
"The Goonies" (classic!)
" Labyrinth" ( David Bowie never looked better!)
"Hook" ( magical )
"Edward Scissor Hands" (weird, but cool)
"Roman Holiday" (awesome movie!)

Oh boy, theres just too many!
sorry, but love the Mel Brooks movies!
Just about all the John Hughes movies!
I know Im Big dork, but "The Phantom of the Opera" is my all time favorite! Sorry, but it is... then again, Gerard Butler is in it....
Oh, and "Dear Frankie" is way up there on my list! :)
 
Sharp said:
Best sport movie of all time - Mighty ducks.
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not so much...definitely one i don't own...though i know a lot of the places they filmed (i've eaten at the diner where charlie's mom worked)...

i'd certainly have brian's song, remember the titans, the natural, field of dreams, for love of the game, and hoosiers above mighty ducks, and probably a number more that i'm not remembering right now....
 
shawshank redemption
tombstone
the pianist
batman begins
batman the dark night
white chicks
the water boy
the pink panther 1, 2

there are many more but i would say they come out topss :D
 
hmmmmmmmmmmm, I tend to change my mind about what makes a good movie all the time. lemmeseeeee...

In random order:

Schindlers list - Because it's a really good way to show the different sides of that conflict, war and society
Reservoir Dogs - Tarantino never fails :D
Sin City - Cool concept with the colors and cartoonish characters
Identity - Confusing story...
Død snø (Dead snow) - Just hillarious
Pay it forward - Now that's a movie to use as inspiration
 
I like movies which I can connect with the emotions of the characters. Some of the movies which did this for me were -

The Count of Monte Cristo (version with Jim Caviezel)
King Arthur
Sahara
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Ben-Hur
Hidalgo
Lion of the Desert
Frequency
Taken
Indiana Jones
Star Wars
Kiss of the Dragon
Kellys Heroes
 
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