Drama. Comedy. Crime. Action. Sci-fi. Horror. Which is better? Well, obviously there is no real answer. It depends on taste. It depends on who's hands the genre is put in. It all depends on a number of things which depend on a number of other depends, etc. and so on and so forth. Yet we can debate, can we not?
Drama would be the clear favorite. Most films have some form of drama hence making drama the genre of choice. Let's look at this a different way though. If drama is done wrong, is it not the worst genre? I mean, nothing is funnier than watching someone trying so hard and getting absolutely nothing. Think Tom Cruise in Born On The Fourth Of July. Then again, some people loved that movie.
Comedy can be the same as drama. When it's good it's very good. But when it is bad, it can be terrible. Yet one can laugh at a bad comedy cause it's just so bad it's funny. If you ever laugh at a dramatic scene, there is something very wrong.
Crime is a fan favorite. You've got some of the best films ever that are crime films: The Godfather, Goodfellas, L.A. Confidential. It can provide for great characters, great battles between good and bad, ethics, morals. It can lack great beautiful cinematography oftentimes as most take place in grimy cities.
Westerns are my person favorite. One reason is my belief that they offer everything a director could want in a film. Beautiful scenery, character potential, action, drama, dialogue, etc. One other reason, which simultaneously is a detriment towards the argument of Western supremacy, is that few have tackled the genre to it's fullest potential.
Action is another crowd pleaser. However, action at it's greatest rarely happens and oftentimes exceeds the confines of being just an action film. So therefore, action cannot be the best genre.
War, horror, thriller. All good stuff when done right. Most often horror and thrillers lack the mise-en-scene and cinematography to be great genres. War has it, and can be extremely good. However, it is a genre that can be done well most often. So in the hands of a competent director, it appears not too hard to do. Could that be an argument that is deserves to be the best genre? I think that, like most things, is debatable.
My personal favorite genre is science fiction. It does not fall into the realm of confinement. It can be anything it wants to be. Characters can be good, bad, young, extremely old, robots, etc. The scenery options are unlimited. The stories are unlimited. All of it can applied as a form of social commentary.
In conclusion, there is no best genre. You can choose any and I would not say you were wrong. However, I would attempt to convince you that I am right.
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