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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Star Wars is in Fantasy but Lord of the Rings is in Action and Adventure? That’s not a criticism of this visualization, which is interesting, but of the underlying data.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Lord of the rings is adventure and action but not fantasy and star wars is fantasy but not sci-fi/action?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How is romance so high? It is a genre where 99% of movie is a pile of stereotypes put together by an amazon warehouse robot.

I am calling for mislabelling. Many dramas are probably also labeled as "romance" because main characters are a couple in some kind of relationship

Edit. Reading better the graph this is for sure the case. What movie illiterate labeled forrest gump as romance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Please consider using John Truby's book ( or even the cover of it ) "The Anatomy of Genres" for identifying the 14 Genres of story.

Myth, Epic, Western, etc...

"adventure" isn't a genre: it occurs in multiple genres, serving as the canvas on-which the genre's points are written...

That book, btw, is an awesome bunch of psychology.

Some minor errors, like mis-defining comedy...

( proper definition of humour: "improbable violation of expectation", or a strange-loop form )

...to be made of a "drop", a debasing, or put-down, or reduction of somebody...? Maybe in the US, but it isn't the true fundamental root of humour.

sooo much gold in that book, though: definitely worth investing in.

( for anybody wanting the core competencies in writing, I'd say that both John Truby's books, and Shaun Coyne's "The Story Grid" are books that are required, and they are the top/core competencies. Coyne recommends McKee, as well. )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Return of the King on here twice with different data?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is spider man considered a cartoon and not action/adventure? I realize it's animated, but it's not exactly for little kids. Making it a cartoon puts it into the same category as paw patrol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Movies can be in multiple categories in this data. That is why Return of the King is the top of 2 different categories.

Spiderverse could be in action or adventure and not show up due to not being the highest rated movie.