Hartman was right all along.
If we're going to do genres, it needs to be formalized. I started with this link and mostly stuck to
it: http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html
Genre proposition is as follows:
Action (sub-genres of Martial Arts (Ong Bak), Superhero (The
Avengers), Exploitation (Machete), Spy (Skyfall), Disaster (Sharknado), Revenge
(Kill Bill), Bad-Ass (Con Air), Chase (The Fugitive), Revolution (Hunger Games))
Adventure (sub-genres of Treasure Hunt (National Treasure),
Fantasy (Lord of the Rings), Journey (Life of Pi), Life Story (Forrest Gump),
Swashbuckler (Aladdin))
Comedy (sub-genres of Spoof (Austin Powers), Satire (Office
Space), Slapstick (Ace Ventura), Raunchy (There's Something About Mary),
Character-Based (Funny People), Romantic (The Ugly Truth), Sports (Major
League), Drug (Pineapple Express))
Crime (sub genres of Mafia (Goodfellas), Heist (Ocean's
Eleven), Small-Time (Fargo), Gangster (Pulp Fiction), Police (French Connection))
Documentary (sub-genres of Activist (Blackfish),
Participatory (Farenheit 9/11), Personal (Dear Zachary), Investigatory
(Standard Operating Procedure), Competition (King of Kong), Nature (March of the Penguins), Verite (Only the Young), Performance (Conan O'Brien Can't Stop))
Drama (sub-genres of Historical (Lincoln), Biopic (Walk the
Line), Romance (Punch Drunk Love), Family (Little Miss Sunshine), Workplace
(Glengarry Glen Ross), Psychodrama (Fight Club), Sports (Rocky), Ensemble
(Crash), Coming of Age (Stand By Me), Character Study (There Will Be Blood))
Epic (sub-genres of Sword and Sandals (Gladiator), Heroic
(Braveheart), War (Apocalypse Now))
Horror (sub-genres of Torture Porn (Saw), Slasher (Friday
the 13th), Serial Killer (Se7en), Satanic (The Exorcist), Home
Invasion (Straw Dogs), Psychological (The Shining), Creature (Jaws), Ghosts
(Sixth Sense), Zombie (28 Days Later), Mythical (Dracula))
Musicals
Science Fiction (sub-genres of Space Travel (Sunshine),
Aliens (Alien), Technology (Terminator 2), Time Travel (Back to the Future), Space
Opera (Star Wars))
Westerns (genres of Classic (3:10 to Yuma) and Revisionist
(Unforgiven))
What do you think?
