Favorite Movie (By Genre)
New Age Astrology
24-04-2006, 19:20
List your absolute, all-time favorite movie in each genre!
Romance/Chik Flik: Either "Sommersby" or "Legends of the Fall"
Action/Adventure: Either "Die Hard" or "The Last Boyscout"
Sci Fi/Fantasy: The original "Star Wars" Trilogy (IV, V, VI)
Horror/Thriller: "Seven"
Brat Pack: "The Breakfast Club"
Animated: Disney's "Fantasia"
Comedy: "Liar Liar"
Drama: "Crash"
Forsakia
24-04-2006, 20:02
Romance/Chik Flik: Maybe Baby
Action/Adventure: The Italian Job (original version)
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Lord of the Rings
Horror/Thriller: Silence of the Lambs (lack of choice since I haven't seen many.
Brat Pack: None, I hate this genre with a pasion so mighty that it's hard for me to resist using a gun smiley
Animated: Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave
Comedy: The Life of Brian
AlarmCats
24-04-2006, 20:12
List your absolute, all-time favorite movie in each genre!
Romance/Chik Flik: Either "Sommersby" or "Legends of the Fall"
Action/Adventure: Either "Die Hard" or "The Last Boyscout"
Sci Fi/Fantasy: The original "Star Wars" Trilogy (IV, V, VI)
Horror/Thriller: "Seven"
Brat Pack: "The Breakfast Club"
Animated: Disney's "Fantasia"
Comedy: "Liar Liar"
Drama: "Crash"
Romance/Chick: Legally Blonde 2
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Willow
Horror/Thriller: Ghostbusters
Brat Pack: Home Alone? (not sure what this genre meens?)
Animated: Care bears 3 (The one with the care bear cousins!)
Comedy: Rocky 4
Drama: Legally Blonde 2 (It's just such a great film!)
Romance/Chik Flik: Ten Things I Hate About You
Action/Adventure: Ugh. 13th Warrior probably, though I might change my mind later on.
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Lord of the Rings
Horror/Thriller: 48 Hours (No, this movie doesn't involve cars OR Nicholas Cage and I can't find links to back it up), although maybe the original Jackal
Brat Pack: What kind of Genre is this?
Animated: Shrek
Comedy: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Drama: Fight Club, with The Lion in Winter at a close second
Mikesburg
24-04-2006, 20:19
Romance/Chik Flik: Jeez... I dunno... "4 weddings and a funeral"?
Action/Adventure: This is worthy of subgenres of its own. Gonna go with "Glory."
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Tough Choice. Going with "The Lord of The Rings".
Horror/Thriller: "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors"
Brat Pack: "Weird Science" (Does that count?)
Animated: Going anime on this one and choosing "Record of Lodoss War"
Comedy: "Groundhog Day"
Drama: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (That's probably cheating, but it's got dramatic moments...)
New Age Astrology
24-04-2006, 20:22
Brat Pack: Home Alone? (not sure what this genre meens?)
This where all of your 80's teen celebs get crammed into the same movie!
Think: Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Sixteen Candles, Lost Boys, Goonies, Stand By Me, etc...!
New Age Astrology
24-04-2006, 20:24
Brat Pack: "Weird Science" (Does that count?)
Yep! Sure enough!!!
Isselmere
24-04-2006, 20:35
Romance/Chik Flik: "Sense and Sensibility"
Action/Adventure: "Das Boot"
Sci Fi/Fantasy: "The Stalker"
Horror/Thriller: "The Shining"
Brat Pack: "Better Off Dead"
Animated: "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade"
Comedy: "Day of the Wacko"
Drama: "Nil By Mouth"
Pantygraigwen
24-04-2006, 20:36
List your absolute, all-time favorite movie in each genre!
Romance/Chik Flik: Either "Sommersby" or "Legends of the Fall"
Action/Adventure: Either "Die Hard" or "The Last Boyscout"
Sci Fi/Fantasy: The original "Star Wars" Trilogy (IV, V, VI)
Horror/Thriller: "Seven"
Brat Pack: "The Breakfast Club"
Animated: Disney's "Fantasia"
Comedy: "Liar Liar"
Drama: "Crash"
(1) "A Matter of Life and Death" - Powell and Pressburger at their finest.
(2) Toughie. Given you haven't included a "Western" category, i'll sneak in "The Good, the Bad and The Ugly"
(3) "Brazil"
(4) "The Usual Suspects"
(5) Oh gosh, i agree with you.
(6) "AKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
(7) "Withnail and I"
(8) "Goodfellas"
I V Stalin
24-04-2006, 20:57
Romance/Chik Flik: Erm...very few to choose from...Four Weddings & A Funeral, I guess. It has Simon Callow and Kristin Scott Thomas in it, so it must be cool.
Action/Adventure: Does Fight Club come under this heading? Or would it be drama?
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Gattaca
Horror/Thriller: Taxi Driver
Brat Pack: *shrugs* Never seen any.
Animated: Disney's Robin Hood.
Comedy: Monty Python and the Holy Grail...or Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb...or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask).
Drama: Difficult...either Gattaca (again) or Ondskan.
IL Ruffino
24-04-2006, 21:10
Romance/Chik Flik: "The Notebook"
Action/Adventure: "LOTR" is that in the right genre?
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Oh god.. It's a VERY old Dr. Seusus movie.. Piano something or something..
Horror/Thriller: "House of 1000 Corpses"
Brat Pack: "16 Candles"
Animated: "Shrek"
Comedy: Ahh what the hell.. "Austin Powers"
Drama: "Hotel Rwanda" - "Requim For A Dream" - "Less Than Zero"
Swilatia
24-04-2006, 21:13
Star Wars Trilogy (NOT the prequels)
(I don't limit myself to genres.)
Romance/Chik Flik: ...and just what makes you think I like any of them?
Action/Adventure: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Science Fiction: Stargate (though Star Wars: A New Hope is also good)
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Horror/Thriller: Ghostbusters (shoehorned in the Thriller spot because Comedy is already taken)
Brat Pack: ...see "Romance/Chik Flik"
Animated: Finding Nemo
Comedy: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Drama: Minority Report
Yes, I included Science Fiction and Fantasy as separate genres in order to squeeze Stargate, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring into the limited space provided on this list. So what? :p
Heavy Metal Soldiers
24-04-2006, 21:28
Romance/Chik Flik: I'm going to be executed for this, I know...Titanic
Action/Adventure: Lethal Weapon or Beverly Hills Cop
Sci Fi/Fantasy: The Princess Bride or The Neverending Story
Horror/Thriller: The Devils Rejects or The Evil Dead I & II
Brat Pack: Stand By Me
Animated: James & the Giant Peach (Is that considered animated?)
If not...Toy Story!!!
Comedy: Shaun of the Dead or Dogma
Drama: Hmmm...Tombstone, maybe! Tough call. Too much "Drama" for me! :) I'd be here all day!
Crime: The Godfather
Historical: Gladiator or Braveheart
Sci-Fi: Star Wars
War: Enemy at the Gates
Action: Terminator 2 or Rambo ( First Blood 1)
Adventure: Indiana Jones or Pirates of the Carribean
Comedy: Anchorman or Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Drama: Probably...Titanic ...i guess
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings
Animation: The Lion King
Romance/Chik Flik: The Notebook
Action/Adventure: Adrenaline Drive
Sci Fi/Fantasy: Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Horror/Thriller: Red Eye
Brat Pack: Weird Science
Animated: Tonari no Totoro
Comedy: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Drama: The Graduate