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Old 01-17-2012, 05:17 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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I've developed an appreciation for musicals. Hated them as a kid, but as a songwriter I find some of the best songs from musicals.

Hello Dello
Singin' in the Rain
Mary Poppins
The Music Man
Carousel
Showboat
Meet me in St. Louis
Cabaret
Chicago
Sound of Music
South Pacific

I consider most Disney films 'musicals' in a sense.
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Old 01-17-2012, 05:20 PM
 
Location: MO->MI->CA->TX->MA
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Action movies with no plot and too many special effects.

Artsy movies that are too hard to understand.. I generally like those Artsy European movies but I sometimes run into trouble understanding them even with subtitles/translations.

Low-budget teen movies
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:04 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Chick flicks
Military themed movies
Sports-related movies (this includes martial arts/kung fu stuff)
Musicals
Comedies

I do like sci-fi movies, action ones are good, the "superhero" genre (maybe I made that up? LOL) is cool depending on who they are highlighting. I like the Fantasy genre. I probably make no sense
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:42 PM
 
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That's funny--I was just going to add "Any movie about a super-hero or comic book character."
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Old 01-18-2012, 08:53 PM
 
Location: Berkeley, CA
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War movies, westerns, and romantic comedies.

Especially war movies. Do any of them make a profit?
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Old 01-18-2012, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Oh, and sports theme movies where the underdog wins.
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:38 PM
 
Location: North Dakota
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In no particular order:
Chick flicks
Sports movies
Teen movies
This is not a genre, but I generally avoid Oscar winners. Too long and too boring.
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Old 01-19-2012, 01:51 PM
 
Location: Nassau/Queens border
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Most war movies, especially those on Iraq/the Gulf War. For some reason they all seem the same. I did enjoy some, like Bridge over the River Kwai, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Pearl Harbor, Platoon, Patton, but the majority follow the same script.

Most relationship movies. Some rom-coms are tolerable, but those serious, dramatic films that mostly involve conversation between two people bore me serious.

A lot of those black and white political crime type movies. There's so much dialogue and you have to concentrate so much on the plot.

Slasher/Zombie flicks. Zombie movies especially are sooooo boring. Like an hour of a half of killing thousands of zombies.

Movies that are too arty, symbolic: A lot of European films are like this. Honestly, I can't be bothered being all intellectual and analytical when watching a film. I want to be entertained. All that symbolism crap reminds me of high school.

Films like Yentil, enough said, lol.

There are probably more but that's all I can be bothered thinking about right now lol.

WOW I love all the genres!
I find merit in all films (I suppose this is why my daughter is now a Film Major LOL) and truthfully can't think of one single genre that bores me.
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Old 01-19-2012, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Nassau/Queens border
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Just curious, what does that leave you?
You read my mind, I was just about to ask that very question.
It seems that most people here are bored by ALL genres.
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Old 01-20-2012, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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Coming Of Age. Guess what, guys. We call came of age, we all remember. We don't care how you came of age. Give it a rest.
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