Comments on: Weekly Movie Poster Round-Up: Prince of Persia, Zombieland, Saw VI Motion Poster

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:13:18 +0000

I’m starting to really hate coming to this thread and having that fucking Saw poster start playing. Seriously, fuck this auto play bullshit.

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:58:56 +0000

my video store combines sci fi and fantasy together.

By: Swarez

Swarez — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:36:08 +0000

“dude, if i went to a movie store to rent lotr where would i find it. Action or drama?”

Neither, in the fantasy section.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:51:16 +0000

Well Netflix has Lord of the Rings listed under “Action and Adventure” “Fantasy” “Dramas based on books” and “Action Sci-Fi and Fantasy” [note spelling]. They have the luxury of being able to classify a movie into many different genres by the mere sake of being an on-line store. A brick and mortar store is beholden to what corporate dictates, seeing as how they have to abide by shelf space. Whether or not Lord of the Rings is located in the Action or Sci-Fi section of Blockbuster does not make it the absolute genre.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:50:34 +0000

dude, if i went to a movie store to rent lotr where would i find it. Action or drama?

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:21:48 +0000

Hey Omar,

I’ve got to agree with you, was thinking of that earlier today listening to Kurt talk about 28 Weeks Later as sci fi. I think the word ’sci fi’ has kind of lost its meaning and has come to incorporate anything fantasy, even when movies are truly fantastical films in nature. Though a lot of movies are starting to cross into both, I mean the Matrix is a sci fi film but a lot of the ways it deals with things, especially in the shitty sequels, borrows so much from fantasy storytelling.

By: Swarez

Swarez — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:53:29 +0000

What exactly is science fiction about Lord Of The Rings? Pray tell.
This comment makes me wonder if you really know what these words mean.

A movie can have many elements, all films do but they are categorized as one particular genre most of the time. Lord Of the Rings: Fantasy. Not action even though it has characters who “kick ass”. Top Gun: Action. Lethal Weapon: Action. Star Wars: Science Fiction. A History Of Violance: Drama. All these films have other elements, comedy, drama and such but the overall genre they are mainly focusing on is just one.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:54:03 +0000

so the people who catorgorize movies are wrong…..but your right? just admit a movie can be more then just one genre. lord of the rings is a drama, it is a si-fy, and it is an action movie.

By: Swarez

Swarez — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:11:16 +0000

It’s “Sci-Fi”. Just because the network spells it that way doesn’t make it right.
I don’t think “Action” it means what you think it means.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:09:36 +0000

i rent to couple different places to find out what exactly is lord of the rings catagorized as.

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Action, War (178 Minutes)

so how bout we just say were all right

it is a drama, it is sci fi fantasy, and it is an action movie.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:00:05 +0000

wait, your telling me that top gun, with only two action scenes is an action movie but lord of the rings thats full of it is not. top gun is more of a drama then anything. all good movies are character driven. but it’s also an action packed fantasy flick.

By: Shut-Up Ed

Shut-Up Ed — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:46:55 +0000

LOTR is not an action film. It’s an epic, character-driven, sweeping, fantasy-drama.

Rambo is an action film.
Aliens is an action film.
Top Gun is an action film.

Get it?