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Old 03-01-2017, 18:30
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Any super-hero films.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:32
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I've never been a fan of Westerns, or Gangster movies. They all seem the same to me. (Well, not as each other, I can tell the difference between Once Upon A Time In The West and Once Upon A Time In America).
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:32
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... actually, on reflection, it might be easier if I decided which genre of film I DO like.

I seem to have little liking for many.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:33
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Westerns. Always westerns. Have never been able to get on with them
I forgot about them. They absolutely bore me to tears. I suppose some people would love them though.
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Old 03-01-2017, 18:57
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There is not any genre I particularly do not like but I don't generally enjoy very violent films or devil style horror films
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:03
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Romance/rom-coms
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:14
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Westerns, Sci-Fi, Animated and Car movies.

I can't abide any of them.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:16
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I'm very rarely bored enough to give musicals, rom-coms or pretentious arty films a chance anymore.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:22
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Any super-hero films.
Same.

Was never into comic books as a child so when a lot of the characters from those started appearing in films I had and have little interest.

That said, it didn't seem to stop other people. Don't think I knew anyone who was into comics as child, and I'd go as far as saying that I don't think American superhero-type comics were very popular in the 80s in this country. Still, plenty of people in their 30s seem to like Batman, Spiderman, XMen films etc.

Edit: Just found some relevant sales figures, can't see any of the names that have been made into films on there - https://i0.wp.com/downthetubes.net/w...984.jpg?w=1236 (although that might be British comics only rather than sales of comics in Britain which would explain it )
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:28
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I've never been interested in Gangster films. My brother loves them, but I've never been that bothered about watching them.
Same. I like working my way through those Best Films Ever Made / Must See list challenges and I would be doing well except for the inordinate amount of gangster films that feature in these lists. The anal in me needs to tick all the boxes but I can't bring myself to watch them.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:30
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Action. If Vin Diesel or Statham or Van Damme are in it I couldn't watch.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:55
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Horror films are of no interest to me. I also generally avoid westerns as they're usually deathly boring.
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Old 03-01-2017, 19:57
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Soft core porn films or most rom coms. More specifically Chick flicks.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:00
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Is that near Harrow?

Action. If Vin Diesel or Statham or Van Damme are in it I couldn't watch.
You and I both W.T., there are some names that make me switch off immediately, as well as the three above, they are Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Mickey Rourke.
Rourke has an IRA tattoo, and is on record as saying that he had donated to some causes in Ulster, and to Joe Doherty, an IRA member.
As I had younger family members serving in the British Army at that time, that made Rourke a complete cretin to me.
I also don't like Sci-Fi, or movies about war ships.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:01
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With the exception of a small number such as 'True Grit' and comedy versions, I've never been interested in westerns.
Me neither - I avoid them like the plague. Strangely, TV channels seem to think anybody who watches TV during the daytime likes westerns

I also have little time for war films.

ETA: Worse than any, though, is the current monopolisation of cinema by superhero/comic book films, children's films for adults I call them. I avoid any of that like the plague - which means I've not watched Film4 at all throughout the Christmas period!
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:03
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There is not any genre I particularly do not like but I don't generally enjoy very violent films or devil style horror films
Similar to me. I don't mind devil style horror films but don't like gory ones. I usually stick to those rated 15.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:04
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Star wars.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:10
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Things like Harry Potter or the hobbit,don't interest me in the slightest I'm more a reality than fantasy sort of man
I'm not in the least interested in Harry Potter either, it seems the Xmas tv schedules are pretty much wall to wall HP films these days unfortunately 😐
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:13
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I'm not in the least interested in Harry Potter either, it seems the Xmas tv schedules are pretty much wall to wall HP films these days unfortunately 😐
I love sci-fi but can't really find an interest in fantasy, which is what I'd call HP and Lord of the Rings. Of course, HP is also a children's film so I don't really watch those (I know some would argue otherwise, but they were books for kids!).

Got to add - I avoid 007 films with a passion. Haven't watched one since 1973.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:14
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Dudebro films like The Hangover, Bridesmaids and Superbad. Maybe if I were still 14 then yes but each and every one of them looks like identical drivel.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:15
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War films, and horror
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:17
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Romcoms, urgh!!
Sci fi/space films
Westerns, apart from blazing saddles
Period films
Overacted "Luvvie" films (usually with overrated British actors)
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:25
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Musicals - Hairspray Live was on in the BG in the room, How can anyone like a movie that bursts into song every five seconds.

Don`t really have a genre I don`t like apart from Western, but I don`t enjoy Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones to name a few.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:25
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Another one for sci-fi stuff. A couple of colleagues looked at me in horror when I said that I've never seen a Star Wars or Star Trek film/episode.

Not a big fan of horror either although I don't think there's much films in this genre as they used to be back in the day like Nightmare on 13th Street, Evil Dead, etc.

Bollywood is another one.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:26
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I don't watch any of those cartoon films like Toy Story, anything like Harry Potter, anything scary or horrible, no ghost stories, no musicals made after about 1965, no gangster films, no period costume dramas, no boys story adventures like seafaring or colonial wars

I like sci-fi, zombie films, political thrillers, comedies but not recent ones

Now I think about it I haven't been to the cinema for over 30 years so I'm not really a film fan at all............. and on telly I never sit down to watch a film, I might happen upon a film whist channel surfing and think it looks interesting then watch the rest of it but I very rarely see a whole film from the beginning. When I've seen bits of a film I might watch the whole thing the next time it's on
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