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Originally Posted by iceman
Unfortunately I havent seen this title, but judging by the screenshots the sci-fi part only seems to play a minor part in the movie?
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I guess I must be misunderstanding the purpose of this feature then. If the point is to just say "this movie is mostly drama", why do you need a feature with several options (and percentages)?
Why not just say "drama" at the top of the listing and move on?
This isn't something I use anyway, so I don't have a dog in the hunt... that's just the one I saw most recently that leapt out at me. While the movie is definitely more drama than sci-fi, the whole impetus for that drama is the discovery of a new planet... and the life on there (and specifically what kind of life it is) plays a large part in the overall plot and the motivations of the characters for the last half of the film.
It's not ray guns and bug-eyed aliens... but it seems to me that if this feature has any value at all, it would be to help classify a movie like this. It seems to be dropping the ball, making no differentiation between this and, say, The Color Purple.
EDIT: And I suppose I should point out that if the purpose is "who will like this movie, which genre fans does it appeal to", the very review on this site for Another Earth ends with:
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Recommended for fans of similar sci-fi ventures like Moon and Monsters.
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"100% Drama" just doesn't seem to convey that at all.
Again, not something I use, so it doesn't bother me. I just don't understand the value, as currently implemented.