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The Friday Question - Top Genre Films

Started by Mike Olbinski · 1 year ago

Well, we had an interesting debate yesterday over the AFI’s new (or old, as some might say) list of their Top 10 films in 10 classic genres.
There was a lot of groaning over the choices made by the AFI members, who seems to value the old and classic versus the new and perhaps just as good.



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  • Dadofiandi

    1 year ago

    Sci Fi: 2001, was so good watched 2010
    Western: High Noon if nothing else for the song
    Epic: Lawrence of Arabia great movie, good soundtrack too
    Best Animated Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas, the first movie me and the wife saw together
    Best Fantasy: The Two Towers
    Best Mystery: The Marathon Man (? Mystery)
    Romantic Comedy: revised Stranger Than Fiction
    Sports: A troika of Kingpin, White Men Can't Jump and Vision Quest
    Gangster: On the Waterfront
    Court room drama: Erin Brokovich, so I'm a girl
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  • jina

    1 year ago

    Okay... just a few options...
    Romantic Comedy: When Harry Met Sally
    Sports: Hoosiers
    Epic: Braveheart
    Courtroom Drama: A Few Good Men
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  • Mike Olbinski

    1 year ago

    I love the Few Good Men pick! I would have chosen the same.
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  • R.A. Porter

    1 year ago

    SF: Gattaca. I know it's a weird choice and there are a lot of other very deserving, very good, much more popular movies in this genre, but this one I can watch over and over again, it raises a lot of interesting ethical and philosophical questions, and I think it's the best directed SF film I've ever seen. Plus, Michael Nyman's score is so sparse and moving, it's almost like another character in the film.

    Animated: The Incredibles. Until I've seen Wall-E and judged, I think it's the best of the Pixars and best overall. Unless Aardman's next feature-length film doesn't feel as padded as Wererabbit.

    RomCom: Joe Vs. The Volcano. I was totally going another way on this, but then I couldn't decide between Tracy & Hepburn flicks or Philadelphia Story...so I just went modern.

    Sports: 1. Rocky, 2. Bull Durham, 3. Brian's Song, 4. Bad News Bears 5. White Men Can't Jump. Almost gave the five-slot to Slapshot or Tin Cup.

    Mystery: Memento, Chinatown, and Vertigo are battling for number one.

    Fantasy: Oz

    Gangster: Godfather II

    Courtroom Drama: (This should never have been one of their genres. Terrible selection.) A Few Good Men

    Epic: Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi might be my second choice.
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  • Mike Olbinski

    1 year ago

    Joe Vs. The Volcano? Really? Wow...

    Like the other choices, especially Memento
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  • R.A. Porter

    1 year ago

    I know. It came out of the blue. I was going to say Philadelphia Story or Desk Set, which is my fav Tracy&Hepburn...then my brain yelled at me to pick Joe. Very odd, and I'm not sure I'd pick it tomorrow. But today...it feels right.
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  • daddyjason

    1 year ago

    It might feel right, but it's sooooo wrong.... :)
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  • Cap'n Schwartz

    1 year ago

    Joe vs the Volcano over the Princess Bride?
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  • R.A. Porter

    1 year ago

    I'm not saying it's right or makes sense, but today...yeah. I'm sticking with it for now.

    I know it's crazy.
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  • Cap'n Schwartz

    1 year ago

    Thats just crazy President Luthor talk right there, thats what that is!!! =)
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  • nicky

    1 year ago

    I LOVE Gattaca. Great Pick! And Memento would be one of my tops for Mystery too!
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  • The Trousered Ape

    1 year ago

    Sci Fi: Star Wars - A New Hope (it set the stage for everything that followed) & Blade Runner as tied for first
    Western: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (I haven't seen but a handful of westerns)
    Epic: Schindler's List
    Best Animated: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (nothing beats hand-drawn)
    Best Fantasy: Wizard of Oz (incredible for its time)
    Best Mystery: Rear Window
    Romantic Comedy: The Princess Bride
    Sports: Rocky
    Gangster: Goodfellas
    Court room drama: To Kill A Mockingbird
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  • Dadofiandi

    1 year ago

    The flying monkeys scared the sh** out of me
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  • The Trousered Ape

    1 year ago

    I was going to put Planet of the Apes, but I thought that everyone would cry foul...
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  • Dadofiandi

    1 year ago

    Damn dirty apes. I had a General Zod? action figure.

    I love you Dr. Zauis (the POA Musical)
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  • daddyjason

    1 year ago

    Animation: Beauty and the Beast
    Romantic Comedy: The Philadelphia Story
    Western: The Searchers (tough call)
    Sports: Hoosiers
    Mystery: The Maltese Falcon
    Fantasy: It's A Wonderful Life (Ana's gonna kill me for not picking Oz - tough call really)
    Sci-fi: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    Gangster: The Godfather
    Courtroom Drama: To Kill A Mockingbird
    Epic: Braveheart (I think I might be penalizing Gone With The Wind because I've seen it so many times and I don't think Saving Private Ryan fits in this category).

    Mike, Band of Brothers was incredible, but it's closer to a series than a movie. Not sure it could ever compete - wouldn't be fair.
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  • Mike Olbinski

    1 year ago

    I agree Jason, but it was so good, I think it gets forgotten when people talk about epic war movies, etc.

    And it shouldn't, because it's better than 99% of all war movies out there.
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  • The Trousered Ape

    1 year ago

    I've tried, but I've never been able to sit through Gone With the Wind...maybe I can now that I have mellowed a bit.
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  • Dadofiandi

    1 year ago

    Frankly my dear I don't give a damn about that movie
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  • nicky

    1 year ago

    Here's some picks-
    Animation: Sleeping Beauty
    Romantic Comedy: Sabrina, Love Actually.
    Mystery: Memento, I also love weird ones like The Talented Mr. Ripley and Vanilla Sky but that's just me :)
    Sci-fi: Gattaca.
    Epic: I adore Gone With The Wind, also Life is Beautiful, Empire of The Sun, Gladiator and The Pianist.
    Fantasy- Does Anchorman or Ferris Bueller count? haha. I love It's a Wonderful Life.
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  • The Loan Ranger

    11 months ago

    Epic: Gladiator. Best movie ever made.
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  • Mike Olbinski

    11 months ago

    Yeah, that is a good pick...not sure about best movie ever made, but it was great :)
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