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Movie Types - Comedy and Horror
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Comedy:
Funny movies with many jokes or actors acting in a funny way.
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I love all types of comedy because I love to laugh.
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Comedy is my favorite because it is very entertaining to me.
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I like comedy that makes fun of political things.
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Comedy is so hilarious that I always enjoy watching them.
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Romantic Comedy:
Funny movies with a strong romantic theme. Opposite to action because usually guys like action and the ladies like Romantic comedies.
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Many people view romantic comedy movies as chick-flicks.
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Chick = girl
Flick = movie
Chick-Flick = a girly type of movie; a movie a girl will like; 'take your girlfriend to' type of movie... or something like that.
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Romantic comedy is funny movies that involve a lot of romance.
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I love all the story lines of romantic comedy movies.
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Horror:
Scary movies that will give you nightmares for 3 months.
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When I was a little kid, I couldn't sleep because of horror movies.
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Horror movies are not scary anymore.
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I have yet to see a movie that really scares me.
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I hate horror movies because I cannot sleep.
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I always have nightmares after watching horror movies so I try to avoid them.
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