| D6 Junkie | 15 Dec 2008 5:31 p.m. PST |
there isn't a war movie on!
Pick your favorite backup genre:
Comedy
Non-war Action
Horror
Chick Flick
Mystery
Western
Non-war Sci-fi
Musical
etc. |
| The Gray Ghost | 15 Dec 2008 5:45 p.m. PST |
Western
Non-war Sci-fi
Comedy
Non-war Action |
| Deeman | 15 Dec 2008 5:49 p.m. PST |
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| Gallowglass | 15 Dec 2008 5:56 p.m. PST |
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| quidveritas | 15 Dec 2008 5:58 p.m. PST |
Action -- Segal, Mummy, Librarian, Bond etc. Comedy |
 miniMo  | 15 Dec 2008 6:09 p.m. PST |
In alphabetical order, really depends on my mood, but the biggest chunks of my DVD collection:
Comedy
Godzilla (or other Toho Studio)
Horror (Vampire or Zombie)
Musical |
 Saginaw | 15 Dec 2008 6:22 p.m. PST |
In no particular order: Westerns (classic)
Comedy (Marx Brothers, classic comedy movies)
Non-War Action and Drama ('Bullitt', 'White Heat', etc.)
Documentaries
Sci-Fi ('Stargate', classic 'Planet of the Apes', pretty much anything that hasn't been "reimagined")
Sports (NFL, NHL, NASCAR, very little NBA, NCAA anything) And, of course, anything that looks interesting to me at the moment.  |
| Regrebnelle | 15 Dec 2008 6:52 p.m. PST |
there's always a war movie on somewhere…
but,
Sci-Fi
Action
Sports
Westerns |
| Grape Ape | 15 Dec 2008 6:54 p.m. PST |
horror, non-war sci fi, western |
| Scale Creep Miniatures | 15 Dec 2008 6:56 p.m. PST |
I actually watch very few war flicks. My faves are mostly drama and comedy… Dead Man
Clockwork Orange
North by Northwest
Ever After
Pride & Prejudice
Henry V
The Seahawk |
| Land Snails | 15 Dec 2008 6:59 p.m. PST |
Artsy foreign films mostly. |
 Saber6  | 15 Dec 2008 7:03 p.m. PST |
Are Zato Ichi films war movies? |
| galvinm | 15 Dec 2008 7:27 p.m. PST |
Westerns, or documentaries. I agree with Regrebnelle. If there isn't, I just pop one in the DVD player. Ain't technology wonderful? Merry Christmas all. |
| John the OFM | 15 Dec 2008 7:28 p.m. PST |
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| Pictors Studio | 15 Dec 2008 7:32 p.m. PST |
Westerns, then probably comedy, but not most comedies. |
 gamertom | 15 Dec 2008 7:32 p.m. PST |
You mean there are actually movies that aren't war movies!! |
| Big Guy | 15 Dec 2008 8:47 p.m. PST |
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| Cerberus0311 | 15 Dec 2008 9:16 p.m. PST |
#1 Mel Brooks
#2 Monty Python
#3 Marx Brothers (No not the Soviet ones)
#4 Baseball _Cubs in particular. During the season they go to #1.
#5 Babylon 5 and spawned shows/movies
#6 John Wayne
#7 XM Radio |
| Skipper | 15 Dec 2008 9:18 p.m. PST |
Lately, Boston Leagal…..OK, not a movie, but its getting a lot of my time Burn Notice…….There is something about this show that keeps me interested. Really cheezy "B" or even "C" flicks on at late night. I'll even pass on a great movie to watch these real stinkers, and I'm not sure why. Sci-fi makes some really bad ones lately too. Its almost torture to watch them,,,,yet I still do. Westerns….old ones are really right up my alley. Glen Ford, Earnest Borgnine, The "Duke", and all the rest. Skipper |
| Space Monkey | 15 Dec 2008 9:22 p.m. PST |
Horror
Crime/Mystery
Drama
Romance
Sci Fi |
 enfant perdus | 15 Dec 2008 9:23 p.m. PST |
Period Dramas (The Mission, Howard's End, Amazing Grace, etc, etc) Classics, especially Cary Grant. |
| Steve Hazuka | 15 Dec 2008 9:28 p.m. PST |
Star Trek
or a computer game |
| red dreads | 15 Dec 2008 10:57 p.m. PST |
Reading Books,most probably Historical,set in the northern hemisphere,more than likely the Americas.(and maybe a western or lots). |
| wolvermonkey | 15 Dec 2008 11:41 p.m. PST |
Horror (but only if it has monsters in it)(slashers are boring to me)
Asian horror,sc-fi and fantasy
Anime
Retro horror movies 50's and 60's black&white type
Sci-fi (modern and retro)
Old school kung-fu movies |
| highlandcatfrog | 15 Dec 2008 11:45 p.m. PST |
Comedy
Non-war Action
Sports
Westerns |
| Muncehead | 15 Dec 2008 11:49 p.m. PST |
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| Plynkes | 16 Dec 2008 4:09 a.m. PST |
Who says war films are my mainstay, anyway? I don't think your wife knows me as well as she thinks she does. |
| Martin Rapier | 16 Dec 2008 4:57 a.m. PST |
I like a good disaster movie, a pacy thriller or something pretentious and arty, ideally with subtitles. |
| Waterloo | 16 Dec 2008 5:38 a.m. PST |
Westerns, Sci-Fi and Comedy, not necessariy in that order. Movies get pushed back if the Flyers or Phillies are on. Tom |
| T Meier | 16 Dec 2008 7:20 a.m. PST |
I like any type of movie though I'm less enthusiastic about romantic drama, the problem is most movies are lousy. The likely hood of a film being good at whatever it's trying to be varies with the goal. Action/adventure seems to be easiest followed by musicals, horror and comedy, romantic comedy seems to be a bit more difficult and drama quite hard. |
| Martin Rapier | 16 Dec 2008 8:36 a.m. PST |
"romantic comedy seems to be a bit more difficult" Groundhog Day?
Four Wddings and a Funeral??
Bridget Jones???
About a Boy????
Notting Hill????? even something like 'Failure to Launch' isn't bad, although I agree there are plenty of romcom turkeys out there. Teenflicks are probably the worst, although again, some of them are OK, mainly the Shakespeare adapatations. |
| Old Slow Trot | 16 Dec 2008 8:41 a.m. PST |
Comedies(preferred),Action,some Cop Procedurals(L&O,etc.),Disasters,….. |
| CLDISME | 16 Dec 2008 8:48 a.m. PST |
Good question. I had to think long and hard about what I watch. I lean towards what I call "escapist." I want to entertained in a fictitous world without a dark brooding message or a ripped-from-the-headlines true story. So sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, and non-horror pulp would be my answer. |
| Shagnasty | 16 Dec 2008 9:28 a.m. PST |
Military history TV programs, to the detriment of my marriage. My Beautiful Spouse has a low tolerance for the Bang-Bang and pew,pew. |
| Connard Sage | 16 Dec 2008 9:38 a.m. PST |
Opera or read a book
or listen to music
or have a conversation My life doesn't revolve around the glass teat |
| xxxxxxxxooooo | 16 Dec 2008 11:58 a.m. PST |
Sports (Well, okay just Football)
Mob Movies (Does "The Usual Suspects" count?)
Comedies My life doesn't revolve around the glass teat Answers a question not asked, and assumes behavior not demonstrated. |
| Lentulus | 16 Dec 2008 1:08 p.m. PST |
I can't say I do "genres", even "war movies". There are individual films I have, will, or want to watch. I will tend give an historical drama a chance more than anything else, but mostly it's click off and where's my book. |
| Huscarle | 16 Dec 2008 1:25 p.m. PST |
I'm a bit of a movie buff
Classics (such as "Great Expectations", "Sullivan's Travels", Zeffirelli's "Romeo & Juliet", "Cyrano de Bergerec", "Philadelphia Story", "The Lives of Others", "House of Flying Daggers", "Young Frankenstein" etc)
Westerns
Film Noir/Thriller/Spy
TV Series ("I Claudius", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "Dad's Army", "The Likely Lads" etc)
and for sport, Rugby Union. |
| ming31 | 16 Dec 2008 1:33 p.m. PST |
the DVD player .
anime
Sci fi
Comedy
Christnmas is comming so holiday movies . |
| Elric Of Melnibone | 16 Dec 2008 4:08 p.m. PST |
Comedies followed by music DVD's. |
| T Meier | 16 Dec 2008 4:50 p.m. PST |
"Groundhog Day?
Four Wddings and a Funeral??
Bridget Jones???
About a Boy????
Notting Hill?????" The wife and I have a very simple rating system for films we watch on DVD (which is nearly always nowadays). One star – Turn if off before it's half over.
Two stars – Fast forward through pointless, tedious parts to get to the end.
Three stars – Watch the whole thing
Four stars – Watch the whole thing and recommend it. ‘Groundhog Day' gets full marks
‘Four Weddings and a Funeral' three stars
‘Bridget Jones' two. Didn't watch the others. My point anyway is not that there aren't good romantic comedies, just that good ones are a smaller proportion of all romantic comedies. |
| Wargamer Blue | 20 Dec 2008 6:52 p.m. PST |
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