Genres you simply just do not like?

Pigman II

Which genres have you by this point seen a good few movies from that you can now fairly say you don't see what all the fuss is about?

For me it's 'screwball comedies'. I've made it a mission of sorts to see all the 'classics' of cinema (regardless of genre) and occasionally I find myself being met by one of these movies that were popular in hollywood during the 1930's and 40's.

To date I have yet to see one that I actually like (or in most cases even honestly totally understand). It seems the basic structure of these films are to have lots of people talking very quickly without actually really saying anything or for people to be running in and out of rooms/locations without anything particular in terms of plot going on. Put simply "stuff happens, people yap away with smart-alec quips and then the movie is over".

Most recently I watched "His Girl Friday" a supposed classic of the genre by Howard Hawks and all I can say in its merit is I managed to last all of 20 mins before I was already checking the "time remaining" on the DVD in wonder as to how soon it would be over. I didn't laugh once during the entire movie.

Add to this I simply don't understand the 'laws' of these movies ... if there even is any? At one point

a woman jumps out a window (attempted suicide) yet 5 seconds later Carey Grant is back making quips again acting as tho nothing happened. At the end of the movie Grant (a total jerk bordering on psychopath) gets the girl and Ralph Bellamy (a good decent guy) is stiffed.

Am I supposed to be happy about that?

I've also seen stuff like Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelpia Story and have come away equally perplexed and unentertained. I guess this is what passed for entertainment back in the day but as a viewer of the modern age I'll hold my hand up and admit I do simply not understand the mechanics of these movies or why anyone ever found them amusing.

So anyway, what genre's have you watched some examples and can resoutely say you have nothing good to say about it or gleaned no enjoyment from. State examples of what you've seen.

Tusky

Period dramas. The only one Ive ever enjoyed was 'The Painted Veil'. Generally wouldnt be a fan of romantic comedies either.

MagicMarker

Anime.

PirateShampoo

Romantic, love comedys, period dramas, musical, talking animals.

humanji

MagicMarker wrote: »

Anime.

+1 to that. Is there some law that states anime women must be raped by tentacles? I just don't get them, and don't even want to try.

I also can't watch chick flicks. They depress the hell out of me. Sadly none of these women get raped by tentacles, because they f*cking deserve to!

PirateShampoo

humanji wrote: »

+1 to that. Is there some law that states anime women must be raped by tentacles? I just don't get them, and don't even want to try.

I also can't watch chick flicks. They depress the hell out of me. Sadly none of these women get raped by tentacles, because they f*cking deserve to!

That would be Hentia.

amacachi

humanji wrote: »

+1 to that. Is there some law that states anime women must be raped by tentacles?

Eh no.

The vast majority of RomComs get on my tits. They're sexist both ways, firstly that women are all completely mental (even moreso than in reality) and that all men are completely whipped and should put up with everything their woman does no matter what.
Never mind the fact that most of them are barely funny and that the same story is used the entire time.
Also, ugly people never have relationships.

Sports movies are generally ****e, this coming from someone who loves sport.

Mindless action films too. For some reason there are some that work and some don't, the majority don't. Even for a throw-away hour and a half film some work, I can rarely tell why some do and most don't.


I dunno, I've gone off films a lot lately, it's rare one will really impress me, regardless of genre.

latenia

Bollywood. Any article you read about it here talks about the fame of the actors in India, the number of people who go to see them, the colour, the dancing, the drama etc. The one thing they neglect to mention is that the films are completely ****.

johnny_ultimate

Tusky wrote: »

Period dramas. The only one Ive ever enjoyed was 'The Painted Veil'. Generally wouldnt be a fan of romantic comedies either.

Agree with period dramas, and probably group war films in there too. For the most part take themselves too seriously (which is why alot of the best war films are actually black comedies), and while they usually look great, stories tend to be extremely bland and generic with simplistic morals and messages. There are a few exceptions - Atonement for example, which I really enjoyed for doing something different with the genre, and a rare case where the

'flash forward to the present'

trick that I so despise actually had a reason to exist.

I would have said rom-coms at one point, and yeah most of the typical ones are dreadful, but the likes of Annie Hall or Eternal Sunshine etc... fall into the genre too, so wouldn't dismiss it right out.

And for those of you who think anime is all tentacle rape, you're watching the wrong films :pac:

ronnie3585

Don't like westerns, period dramas and bollywood - that dancing just freaks me out!

Draupnir

Fictional Period Dramas, Live Action Musicals (as opposed to Animation) and Bollywood.

The problem is there is generally a movie or two in each of the three that I love, but that may be as result of the fact that I tend to stretch the boundaries of what I consider a part of the genre. Master and Commander is Period Drama right????!!!?????

Draupnir

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Don't like westerns

I must say, I am shocked that anyone picked Westerns!

Draupnir

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

And for those of you who think anime is all tentacle rape, you're watching the wrong films :pac:

But that's why I watch Anime!

Karl Hungus

MagicMarker wrote: »

Anime.

Anime isn't a genre. That's akin to calling 'Live Action' a genre.

Sleepy

I can think of exceptions to most genres I actively dislike but in general:

Westerns, Bollywood, Gore-Porn, Horror

monkeyfudge

I think I can appreciate pretty much any genre.

Tend to hate mafia films though.

deadhead13

Sci-fi, horror, action. I need a bit of realism.

I'm not sure if you can classify it as a genre as such, but this Gore-Porn trollop like the Saw franchise and the Hostels. Maybe it would be a sub-genre of horror?

Period Dramas - Don't think there's one that I've enjoyed yet.

Auvers

Musicals

Podge2k7

Dramas,Musicals and Bollywood.!

Nolanger

Don't know if this is a genre but 'apartment' movies never work for me.
Odd couple, Rosemary's Baby, The Apartment, Seven Year Itch - all terribly overrated movie.

Acacia

Pigman II wrote: »

To date I have yet to see one that I actually like (or in most cases even honestly totally understand). It seems the basic structure of these films are to have lots of people talking very quickly without actually really saying anything or for people to be running in and out of rooms/locations without anything particular in terms of plot going on. Put simply "stuff happens, people yap away with smart-alec quips and then the movie is over".

Up to recently I would have totally agreed with you, but I've had to watch classic films as part of a college course and some of them ain't that bad e.g. 'Casablanca'. But it's not the sort of thing I'd sit down to watch myself and they are quite difficult to get into. I guess we're just used to a more, well, 'realistic' kind of film-making now, and these kind of films don't tend to draw the audience in as much. Well, that's my experience anyway.

MagicMarker wrote: »

Anime.

Anime isn't a film genre, it's a style of Japanese animation. There is a vast, vast number of different genres in anime itself. I've found some of the best films I've seen recently to be anime- like "Grave of the Fireflies'', "Howl's Moving Castle", etc. Yet these are only the more mainstream things that get over to Europe and the US. Anime is greatly misunderstood (in general) in this part of the world ( an example being the "raping - tentacles'' comment on this thread).

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not sure if you can classify it as a genre as such, but this Gore-Porn trollop like the Saw franchise and the Hostels. Maybe it would be a sub-genre of horror?

Period Dramas - Don't think there's one that I've enjoyed yet.

Agree with the torture porn. I hate sitting down expecting a good horror (as was the case the first time I seen "Saw" ) and ending up watching people die in horrible , bloody deaths for two hours. It's like instead of bothering to work on actual scares, the director and writers just cop-out and rely on violence way too much. Gets boring and old really fast.

Though I like some period dramas, I have to say.


The genre I can't stand most is what I call "dumb-comedies''. You know the ones that just rely on penis and fart jokes the whole way through.Can't stand rom-coms either. Usually patronising, predictable crap. Yawn.

bnt

I really don't like films that wallow in working-class misery. I'm thinking Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and the like - the "socialist realism" school, or some of the Dogme films such as The Idiots.

My all-time least favourite film has to be Breaking The Waves, which was about as grim as a film can be short of a documentary about cancer. I still don't understand why it was made. The critics liked it, though.

Aidric

Horrors and Period Dramas for me, formulaic, lazy and cliched.

Galvasean

RomComs - generally stick to the same tired old formula, which was never clever in the first place.

sillyputty

Musicals - Mama Mia (why oh why)
Sci-Fi - Just 2 hrs of special effects
Horror - Basically I'm a wuss

bnt

Galvasean wrote: »

RomComs - generally stick to the same tired old formula, which was never clever in the first place.

I generally feel that way about them, but I have seen a couple of RomComs that defy easy dismissal. One of them is on UTV right now - About A Boy - and another is One Fine Day, with Michelle Pfeiffer & George Clooney. Good date movies both, I think. :pac:

mike65

Can't say there is a genre that totaly off my radar but some seem to have more (unenjoyably) bad films than others. Oh modern Chick flicks obviously.

Galvasean

sillyputty wrote: »

Sci-Fi - Just 2 hrs of special effects

You should watch Blade Runner and see if you still feel that way.

poisonated

horror,sci-fi and musical
oh except grease of course

Pigman II

Acacia wrote: »

Up to recently I would have totally agreed with you, but I've had to watch classic films as part of a college course and some of them ain't that bad e.g. 'Casablanca'. But it's not the sort of thing I'd sit down to watch myself and they are quite difficult to get into. I guess we're just used to a more, well, 'realistic' kind of film-making now, and these kind of films don't tend to draw the audience in as much. Well, that's my experience anyway.

So what screwball comedies have you seen that make you not want to agree with me?

Acacia

Pigman II wrote: »

So what screwball comedies have you seen that make you not want to agree with me?

No, I do agree with you mostly, just saying some of the old classic films I've seen aren't that bad. Or rather, not as bad as I thought they would be. They were dramas , more so than comedies though.

irish_bob

war movies for me and also musicals , i dont believe a hetrosexual man can love a musical

pickarooney

Acacia wrote: »

No, I do agree with you mostly, just saying some of the old classic films I've seen aren't that bad. Or rather, not as bad as I thought they would be. They were dramas , more so than comedies though.

Do you even know what you're agreeing or disagreeing with yourself?

Try as I might, I just cannot enjoy Sci-Fi. And yes, that includes Blade Runner and Star Wars, which both left me completely cold.

longshanks

musicals, i cant stand them. and i know its not a genre as such but some of the so-called classics are ****e in my opinion.

Heisenberg.

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Otis Driftwood

Comic Book Adaptations - batman,ironman,spiderman etc. YAWN

Teen "gross out" comedies - american pie,superbad,road trip etc. YAWN

New horror remakes/reboots/reimaginings - texas chainsaw massacre,friday the 13th,dawn of the dead etc. DONT GET ME STARTED

purple_hatstand

I don't know a lot about "screwball comedies", but I can say with some certainty that 'Casablanca' does not fall into this category.

The general problem for me is not with specific genres. Science fiction films require an extra level of that 'suspension of disbelief' that's always needed in order to get enjoyment from fiction. As a genre, it's perfectly suited to cinema and the best sci-fi films are made by genuine artists with a unique visual style. Think of Ridley Scott's 'Bladerunner' and 'Alien' or Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. The 'Star Wars' films are, of course, period pieces and not science fiction "A long time ago....."(?)

Modern Romantic Comedies don’t do anything for me at all for two reasons. 1) They’re generally not funny at all and 2) They put real people in real places and then expect audiences to believe in “happily-ever-after” scenarios after wading through cliché-ridden sequences of doubt and redemption (‘Serendipity’, ‘Bounce’, ‘Failure To Launch’, ‘Sex & The City’, Meg Ryan films etc….) I watched ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ again yesterday and, while it has much to recommend it (script, comedy, performances, New York), it still falls foul of a formulaic, slightly hackneyed plot.

I don’t like musicals, although there are exceptions – ‘Some Like It Hot’, ‘Singin’ In The Rain’…

Acacia

Pigman II wrote: »

So what screwball comedies have you seen that make you not want to agree with me?

pickarooney wrote: »

Do you even know what you're agreeing or disagreeing with yourself?

Try as I might, I just cannot enjoy Sci-Fi. And yes, that includes Blade Runner and Star Wars, which both left me completely cold.

purple_hatstand wrote: »

I don't know a lot about "screwball comedies", but I can say with some certainty that 'Casablanca' does not fall into this category.

Sorry, I read Pigman's first post wrong.
Just disregard my posts.
Ta.

robby^5

Rom-Coms, or more specifically Hugh Grant.

Roar

i've never liked horror films.

and i hate action movies in the bad boys mould.

purple_hatstand

Acacia wrote: »

Sorry, I read Pigman's first post wrong.
Just disregard my posts.
Ta.

Disregard? You don't get off that easy!

'Old' movies being 'hard to get into'.....try other films with Humphrey Bogart in them (if you liked 'Casablanca') - plenty of hard-boiled noir classics ('The Maltese Falcon', The Big Sleep', 'Key Largo') or other Carol Reed films ('The Third Man', 'Our Man In Havanna'). Try 'Citizen Kane' or some of the old Hitchcock movies ('Vertigo', 'Rear Window', 'North By Northwest' etc...) David Lean made some of the greatest films ever to come out of the UK ('Oliver Twist', 'Great Expectations' [you don't even need to be a Dickens head], 'Brief Encounter', 'Lawrence Of Arabia'.....)

All of the above are easy to get hold of (many are shown regularly on the telly), are timeless stories (and, therefore, not rooted in some obscure past) and have provided inspiration for many, many films which have been made since....Enjoy!

rovert

****e films

lynchpin

I can't stand westerns although I'm sure there are a few exceptions.
Also, loath musicals, period dramas, and to a lesser extent courtroom dramas.

Handsome Bob

Chick Flicks, Rom-coms and the Gross Out genres. We've gone from the greatness of American Pie to the pure idiocy of Sex Drive.

Earthhorse

War movies - War is hell (but really it's great).

Mafia movies - We's guys talk like this and dress sharp so really it's okay that we're a bunch of amoral fuckheads.

faceman

I had a friend who despised Sci Fi. He reckoned Star wars represented the worst of the genre.

When asked why he didnt like Star wars he said this:

Friend: Star Wars is just stupid. Its so unrealistic. I mean c'mon, aliens in space and Death Stars. Films need to be realistic.
Faceman: realistic like what?
Friend: Like Die Hard for example, thats a great movie.
Faceman: And very realistic too...

FruitLover

Most of the above (gore crap, rom-com, etc), plus most mindless action crap (xXx, Fast and the Furious series, etc). Die Hard and most Arnie movies are exempt from this, however!

Otacon

I have been thinking about this for a while, and in every genre that I pick, there are a number of exceptions.

I don't like Rom-Coms, yet I do like Love Actually and Good Luck Chuck.

I don't like Musicals but will sit through them if they are animated.

I can't think of any genre I dislike all the way through.