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Title: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Pacman000 on August 30, 2012, 07:33:32 PM
Some genres seem to have a disproportionately large number of bad films.  Case in point: Dinosaurs-in-Space movies.  This genre includes Planet of Dinosaurs, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, and King Dinosaur, none of which considered good.  What are some other genres that just don't work?


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: alandhopewell on August 31, 2012, 01:16:01 PM
    The "ghetto- kid-can-dance-and-becomes-famous" genre; they're all the same flick!


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: JaseSF on August 31, 2012, 10:08:25 PM
Most of the 50s-60s space operas (aside from Forbidden Planet) where in every movie our heroic astronauts encounter the threat of a runaway meteor storm and later face the threat of some monster on a planet largely inhabited by scantily clad women (Cat Women of the Moon, Missile to the Moon, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Queen of Outer Space, Fire Maiden of Outer Space, etc.)


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: the ghoul on September 01, 2012, 05:39:50 PM
Case in point: Dinosaurs-in-Space movies.  This genre includes Planet of Dinosaurs, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, and King Dinosaur, none of which considered good.

Haha that genre works fine for me!



Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: the ghoul on September 01, 2012, 05:40:21 PM
    The "ghetto- kid-can-dance-and-becomes-famous" genre; they're all the same flick!

agreed  :cheers:


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: the ghoul on September 01, 2012, 05:41:31 PM
Most of the 50s-60s space operas (aside from Forbidden Planet) where in every movie our heroic astronauts encounter the threat of a runaway meteor storm and later face the threat of some monster on a planet largely inhabited by scantily clad women (Cat Women of the Moon, Missile to the Moon, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Queen of Outer Space, Fire Maiden of Outer Space, etc.)

That's another genre that works fine for me, Jase. :question:   :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: the ghoul on September 01, 2012, 05:45:39 PM
Here's one:  The predictable "chick flicks" where you know who the chick is going to end up with 5 minutes into the film, even though she "hates" him in the beginning.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: voltron on September 01, 2012, 05:59:39 PM
Musicals. All of them.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: JaseSF on September 01, 2012, 06:31:38 PM
Most of the 50s-60s space operas (aside from Forbidden Planet) where in every movie our heroic astronauts encounter the threat of a runaway meteor storm and later face the threat of some monster on a planet largely inhabited by scantily clad women (Cat Women of the Moon, Missile to the Moon, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Queen of Outer Space, Fire Maiden of Outer Space, etc.)

That's another genre that works fine for me, Jase. :question:   :bouncegiggle:

Oh don't get me wrong, I love those movies too but there's no denying they're bad. Pretty much every martial arts films follows the youth gains wisdom in order to seek revenge for some evil, usually murder, done to either his family or close friends but I love those too.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: zombie no.one on September 01, 2012, 08:16:53 PM
arguably not a 'genre' per se, but anything that tries to incorperate an "internet" element into its storyline

Argento's THE CARD PLAYER
UNTRACEABLE
YOU'VE GOT MAIL

a horrible recent slasher where the main guy keeps whipping out his phone to try and Google the guy chasing him for info...cringe
 (forgotten the name, it had Paradise in the title iirc)

and although I haven't seen it, I'm gona go out on a limb and safely say this sucks:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KhKWPsNIL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Jack on September 02, 2012, 08:25:47 AM
Horror comedies.  Out of all the ones I've seen, there have been a small handful that actually worked, but most are just the type of junk you sit through and have completely forgotten about by the time you put the DVD back in its box.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: RCMerchant on September 02, 2012, 09:59:56 AM
Case in point: Dinosaurs-in-Space movies.  This genre includes Planet of Dinosaurs, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, and King Dinosaur, none of which considered good.

Haha that genre works fine for me!



I gotta agree with Ghoul on this...dinos in space work for me. PLANET OF THE DINOSAURS is a classic-and Roger Corman's paste up'stoo cool for school,baby.
Romantic comadies-anything with Eddie Murphy-like a VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN-Saterdy Night Live alum should not go beyond the very limit of their hipster type humor-cause,well-they suck,Chevy Chase,anyone?


Yeah-I know I cant spell or type. Sue me.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Jack on September 02, 2012, 10:13:32 AM
Yeah-I know I cant spell or type. Sue me.

I'm contacting my lawyer first thing next week Ron   :tongueout:


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: RCMerchant on September 02, 2012, 04:14:18 PM
Yeah-I know I cant spell or type. Sue me.

I'm contacting my lawyer first thing next week Ron   :tongueout:

Groovy. When he is found in my back yard his lawyer can contact me...I'll end up with a backyard full of lawyers. :drink:


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Trevor on September 03, 2012, 02:54:40 AM
The anti-South African genre of film, e.g.

The Wilby Conspiracy
Cry Freedom
Lethal Weapon 2
A World Apart
A Dry White Season
Bopha
Catch A Fire
The Power of One
The Color of Friendship
Skin
Black Butterflies

All these except the third one from the top failed and deservedly so.  :cheers:


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: JaseSF on September 03, 2012, 01:54:11 PM
The movies with the voiceover narration taking the place of dialogue tend to be tough slugging although I do have a soft spot for The Beast of Yucca Flats....


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Raffine on September 04, 2012, 09:02:52 AM
Some genres seem to have a disproportionately large number of bad films.  Case in point: Dinosaurs-in-Space movies.  This genre includes Planet of Dinosaurs, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, and King Dinosaur, none of which considered good.  What are some other genres that just don't work?


The next episode of Doctor Who has a slight variation that premise - dinosaurs on a space ship. The trailer features The Doctor excitedly exclaiming "DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP!!!".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdKU752rK4

The title of the episode: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Rev. Powell on September 04, 2012, 11:21:18 AM
I can't think of any movies mixing the Western and horror genres that were very good.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: ChaosTheory on September 04, 2012, 11:35:55 AM
I can't think of any movies mixing the Western and horror genres that were very good.

I liked RAVENOUS.


Movies that try to cash in on nostalgia, especially if it's tv characters - FAT ALBERT, THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE, ARCHIE: RETURN TO RIVERDALE, THE HONEYMOONERS, the CG YOGI BEAR, SMURFS, GARFIELD & MARMADUKE movies. 






Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: JayJayM12 on September 04, 2012, 10:20:43 PM
I can't think of any movies mixing the Western and horror genres that were very good.

I liked RAVENOUS.


Movies that try to cash in on nostalgia, especially if it's tv characters - FAT ALBERT, THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE, ARCHIE: RETURN TO RIVERDALE, THE HONEYMOONERS, the CG YOGI BEAR, SMURFS, GARFIELD & MARMADUKE movies. 






I was just about to mention a slightly more specific category that seems to fall in line with most of these (I actually like the Brady Bunch Movies).  Mine was animated shows from our childhood turned into live action/CGI movies for our kids's childhood (wherein they don't give our kids enough credit to assume they can sit through a movie WITHOUT fart jokes).  They just don't capture the spirit of the originals...


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: Criswell on September 05, 2012, 12:50:19 AM
The movies with the voiceover narration taking the place of dialogue tend to be tough slugging although I do have a soft spot for The Beast of Yucca Flats....
Don't forget "The Creeping Terror"!


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: BoyScoutKevin on September 11, 2012, 04:16:22 PM
Musicals. All of them.

I agree, or, at least, that I agree that of all the movie generas out there, movie musicals are probably my least favorite.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: 66Crush on September 17, 2012, 08:21:29 AM
As much as I love them, teen slasher in the woods movies (my made up sub genre of slasher movies) haven't changed since the first Friday the 13th. Most of them are really bad. Hell, I started writing one and never finished it. I think it is the most used storyline in the horror genre, if not in motion picture history. There are a ton that get released every year. I think the zombie genre is catching up though. John Carpenter said in an interview that he thought there were too many Zombie movies and how many times is Hollywood gonna keep ripping off George Romero.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: retrorussell on September 17, 2012, 02:26:31 PM
Movies that are weird just for the sake of being weird.  No weird occurrences to further the plot or anything, just weird occurrences.  Examples:
Highway To Hell
Nothing In Common
Forbidden Zone
and to a lesser extent:
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Though its "appeal" is more for its songs, but since I am not a fan of musicals I found nothing particularly to enjoy about this movie.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: 66Crush on September 18, 2012, 12:17:24 AM
Movies that are weird just for the sake of being weird.  No weird occurrences to further the plot or anything, just weird occurrences.  Examples:
Highway To Hell
Nothing In Common
Forbidden Zone
and to a lesser extent:
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Though its "appeal" is more for its songs, but since I am not a fan of musicals I found nothing particularly to enjoy about this movie.

I would add Hard Rock Zombies to this category.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: JoeTheDestroyer on September 18, 2012, 12:33:07 PM
Any movie that has an animal, usually a dog, wearing a pair of sunglasses on its cover/poster.

i.e.
Firehouse Dog
Beverly Hills Chihuahua trilogy *shutter*
Marmaduke
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Doggie B

I seem to remember another awful one with a golden retriever wearing sunglasses.  It used to populate the $5 at Walmart ad nauseam.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: SynapticBoomstick on September 18, 2012, 12:47:41 PM
I seem to remember another awful one with a golden retriever wearing sunglasses.  It used to populate the $5 at Walmart ad nauseam.


That'd be Bingo. IF YOU DARE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101455/) :drink:

I had also written down quite a lot about a genre I call "Idea Movie". Pretty good stuff I thought but I did the following:

1. I copied all the text so that I wouldn't lose it.
2. I went to verify that the poster was indeed from Bingo.
3. I got the link and posted this reply.
4. I decided that instead of having to replies to the same topic I would put both in this one so I hit Modify and right-click/pasted.
5. The imdb link appeared.
6. Alcohol.

Well, the culmination of Idea Film was going to be Rubber (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/) (2010), which is set entirely (pun?) around the concept of "no reason". It's pretty funny at first but after about fifteen minutes the joke begins to wear. It wasn't a rental I finished.


Title: Re: Movie genres that just don't work!
Post by: ChaosTheory on September 19, 2012, 12:51:44 PM
Horror comedies.  Out of all the ones I've seen, there have been a small handful that actually worked, but most are just the type of junk you sit through and have completely forgotten about by the time you put the DVD back in its box.

Are you talking horror satires (e.g. SHAUN OF THE DEAD, TUCKER & DALE, ZOMBIELAND), or the wink-wink meta-horror movies like SCREAM?  'Cause if it's the latter I totally agree.