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What Type of Movie-Goer Are You?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Darren

I saw this piece over at The Cinematical and it got me thinking. The article basically looks at how open-minded viewers can and should be:

Too often, moviegoers seem to clump into camps: I only watch romantic comedies; I stick with horror; I gotta have my action fix; I won’t watch anything made after 1950; I won’t watch anything in black and white; I won’t watch anything with subtitles. To some extent, we’re pushed that way by modern media, as niche marketing gets more and more specific. Go to Netflix or Amazon, search for A Room with a View, and suggestions for other similar, period dramas may pop up as recommended choices for you, as determined by computer algorithms. The computer won’t recommend The Crazies.

Are we too close-minded about films?