Writer's Block: Thumbs down!

[lizzybennet]

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My least favorite genre for movies and books is horror. I don't watch horror movies-ever, nor do I read horror books. Perhaps my imagination is too vivid, but I get nightmares that really upset me. I don't even allow myself to watch certain TV shows that I know will affect me that way (NCIS is one of them). Am I a wimp? Maybe. But there are plenty of other awesome books, movies and shows out there to occupy my over-active imagination.

Do I feel left out when people talk about them? Nope. I could really care less.

Comments

[heatherejc.livejournal.com]

I am totally with you there. I just do not see how anyone can ever be entertained by watching people be murdered and/or tortured. It's just unfathomable to me how that is entertainment. And I guess I have a great imagination, too, because it only has to be implied, not directly shown on the screen for me to be horrified. I can still remember a fight that Kacey and I had before we even got married over a scene in a movie we rented. The incident wasn't graphically shown on screen, but the victim's face/reaction was shown, and I lost it. It chilled me so much I wanted to throw up. Our fight was over how I was apparently overreacting.

I can watch procedural crime shows, though. Seeing how even tiny, seemingly insignificant, clues lead back to the killer is fascinating. Oh, and we've started watching Dexter, the HBO series, on DVD. This is something that I'm super surprised that I'm enjoying. Though, it's written incredibly well, and the main character's inner monologue is quite witty. One episode was too much for me, though - WAY too much for me.

[themenow.livejournal.com]

I like a good scarey movie. Not a gory movie - no SAW I, II or 5,000,000. That to me is a complete and absolute waste of time, energy and celluliod (although it's all digital now isn't it?).

I don't like anything that involves kids. To me kids seem to grow up too fast, why include them in movies or tv shows that might scare them or encourage them to play act in a way that's way older than they.

But I love crime shows. Criminal Minds is my favorite. I think it's because I am really into psychology and how the mind works and why it works the way it does. I'm just fascinated by it.

So least fascinating: Romance, fantasy, westerns in books, most sitcoms unless they're smart like The Office or Better Off Ted, etc.; hour long dramas like ER, Grey's Anatomy, etc.; and movies: gore and ninja and car racing movies.

I think I'm a book, tv, and movie snob!