posted April 12, 2008 02:10 AM         

As for me with Sun and Mercury in Scorpio, I love Suspense, Thriller and Action. Recently, I enjoyed The Prestige, The Departed, Casino Royale etc..

posted April 12, 2008 04:53 AM         

Mercury CNJ Venus

If given free reign the costume dramas come out. "Our Mutual Friend" was the last one I watched. 19th century stalking, blackmail, and violence. A bit of grit.

My reading tastes fun along similar lines. I like historical fiction but I like the gritty violent type, if it gets too mushy I might well lose interest.

Don't know how this fits in with the signs above. Gemini - I like films about people's lives, Taurus - I prefer it is realistic not a walk off into the sunset number. Why historical, I don't know, Cancer rules the 9th house. I'd have to think about how it all ties in.

Saturn sits on my Sun/Venus midpoint.

To quote CafeAstrology, "You dislike ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, and glamour."

Spot on. Though a certain individual on this forum accused me of being an uncultured peasant the truth is I have a low tolerance threshold for pretension.
http://www.cafeastrology.com/astrologytopics/midpointspictures2.html

Sun-Venus-Saturn (18)

Doesn't Neptune rule film? Mine is in the first house and is opposite the Sun/Mercury midpoint and according to CafeAstrology this suggests an appreciation for literature and poetry. True, but I am getting old so if the author disappears up his/her rectum after the fifth page I won't be there with him/her. Same for films, I am happy to switch off if I don't like it.

posted April 12, 2008 01:45 PM         

I like movies you have to pay close attention to. Movies that make you think. One with plenty of twists and turns.

posted April 12, 2008 02:05 PM         

I'm not particularly drawn to horror or war movies. Horror movies aren't really scary, and there's generally a premise that's kind of lame. I have seen some great war films (Band of Brothers is probably my favorite). They're just not generally a genre I'm drawn to.

I like movies with quirky imagination like Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, Better Off Dead, etc.

I like movies that take me out of my environment like The Pink Panther, Life is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, etc.

I like a bit of fantasy like the Chronicles of Narnia, The Golden Compass, Lord of the Rings, etc.

Anyway, I like comedies, romantic comedies, adventure, some sci-fi, dramas, stories of triumph, foreign films, art films, etc. Most of the time it doesn't matter to me.

Sun in Capricorn
Mercury in Sag

I would imagine Neptune may have something to do with this topic, and of course the Moon. What's a movie without an emotional connection? Then there's also the 5th house. I can see amongst these why my tastes are so diverse.

posted April 12, 2008 03:07 PM         

I have venus in Virgo, and mercury and moon in Libra, so I adore perfect murder plots, Columbo like type of whodunits (so Virgoan), movies in natural settings (earth), romantic movies, intellectual and artistic movies (Libra). WIth Chiron in Aquarius, I adore foreign movies, and movies that are quirky and out of the ordinary.

posted April 12, 2008 03:40 PM         

My Mercury is in Libra (12th house)
My Moon is in Cancer (10th house)
My Neptune is in Sag (2nd House)

but for me, the love of fantasy/sci-fi and all things unreal could be due to Mercury (12th house) and Neptune (2nd house) being sextile to one another.

posted April 12, 2008 04:18 PM           

I love smart movies, movies with good dialogue, and SOME feel-good movies, such as Love Actually..

posted April 12, 2008 04:51 PM         

Ding! (it's always the obvious that I miss, Mercury Rx)

I'm really into foreign films
(which is why I probably like everything quiet and interuption free)

posted April 12, 2008 05:05 PM         

I quite like a lot of the old movies, I'm sure that has to do with rx merc and opp saturn.

Some of my favourites are:
* It happened one night (Clarke - sex god)
* Casablanca
* 39 Steps
* Gone With The Wind (Clarke again!)
* Ten Commandments
* Rear Window

These are the ones that I can remember off the top of my head.

Otherwise, I love Dirty Harry (I think Clint is totally hot in this), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Saving Private Ryan, The Graduate, Grease. I love James Bond too, esp Goldfinger, Octopussy, OHMSS, Die Another Day

posted April 12, 2008 05:26 PM           

My Sun is in Sag, so I like seeing a protagonist that is connected to something larger, and has lofty ideals they seek to bring to their personal life. I also like plenty of humor

My Venus is in Scorpio, so I also like my entertainment to have a taste of darkness. I like watching movies that examine the psyche, too.

And both of these make sense for my favorite show - Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Absolute favorite entertainment for life. I've also got and Aqua Moon, so my need for woman power is also met.

posted April 12, 2008 11:32 PM           

-Scary Movie 3 - I know i know, but WATCH IT it's F***********in hilarious!
-While You Were Sleeping
-Little Women- tend to like newer winona ryder version
-Princess Mononoke
-Anne of Green Gables
-Joy Luck Club
-The Big Lebowski
-Mommie Dearest - this was my mom growing up, I swear to god
-Blazing Saddles
-The Unbearable Lightness of Being
-Waking Life

posted April 13, 2008 04:13 AM         

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The types of movies people enjoy tend to be similar to the type of books people enjoy.

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I don't seek out novels to read for the most part. I enjoy watching the movies, though. I've never been a comic book reader either, but I'll watch the major movies made from them (Batman, Spiderman, and X-Men; not necessarily the lesser ones like Fantastic Four, Hellboy, etc.).

I prefer reading books for information.

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posted April 13, 2008 04:40 AM         

And I really love space action movies like Armageddon, Independence Day, & Starship Troopers (& and the Alien movies). And I LOVE zombie movies.

I really don't like "Oscar worthy" type movies, I generally find them really really boring.

As far as TV shows go, I like The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Project Runway and Futurama/South Park/Family Guy/old Simpsons.

posted April 13, 2008 05:02 AM         

Any movie that has an a-ha moment in it (not the band ), y'know, something that makes some thoughts you've had floating around in your head come together and you finally get something you've been trying to understand...that's cool when that happens...and any movie that masterfully handles emotion, I appreciate that.

Although I like all kinds of movies, the type of movie that I almost always like is one that's dark, smart, and a little off-beat, with some humor. If it has that, I'm in love. But I also enjoy sweet, light movies too, as long as they're well done.

I love silly comedies. I think 3 of THE BEST MOVIES IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA are Coming to America, Dumb & Dumber, and Anchorman.

And some of those 80's blockbusters will always have a special place in my heart, especially Back to the Future (first one only) and Indiana Jones.

posted April 13, 2008 12:31 PM         

Btw, my sun and merc are both in Gemini.