# Film Genres You Hate And Won't Watch (With Few Or Any Exceptions)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 15, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-genres-you-hate-and-wont-watch-with-few-or-any-exceptions/529055 "2010-02-15T09:58:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-genres-you-hate-and-wont-watch-with-few-or-any-exceptions/529055/101 "2010-02-18T09:33:58Z")

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> [@lizardling](#):
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> Any movies (mainly thrillers) with that herky jerky jump cut style of cinematography going on. Those will get me turning green faster than you can say, “Holy Broccoli, Batman!”

Can you scream that from the rooftops, please? Loudly?

I am so sick of herky jerky jump cut style of cinematography (I now have a term to use to describe it - thank you!) . I hate it in dance clips, drama … everything. I want to see the performers do their thing and the camera guys / editors / whoever, just letting us see it. I do have a cousin who works in film and says they have to do that sometimes when the actors / dancers / whatever aren’t actually capable of the moves in a single take. But that doesn’t excuse it being the annoying fashion it is in every film and TV drama.

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**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-genres-you-hate-and-wont-watch-with-few-or-any-exceptions/529055/102 "2010-02-18T11:32:53Z")

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Any film featuring: wizards, vampires, orks, elves or other fantasy staples.  
Romantic comedies.  
Musicals and period dramas.  
Anime, cartoons and other children’s films.  
Films from the 40s and 50s (or earlier). The acting is universally terrible.

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