In action and comedy I like it when things get physical. If there's a lot of bombs and gunfight I kind of fade out to my thoughts and get tired of watching. Single or a few explosions or gunshots can be good if it contributes the plotline. Senseless violence is a turn-off for me. And I love watching martial arts.

In comedies I like when there's physical comedy and jokes. It's always feels good to smile. But they too need a good plot line to keep me watching.

I tend to watch romance when there's lack of it in my own life. When my JTT is off on a trip or we're just having a dry spell. That's usually when I get the mood for some romance. Sometimes I don't  mind if it's an airheaded version of romance. A plotline seen millions of times before. As long as it's well played or there's some actor/actress I like a lot. If it's pretty boring I might just keep it on the background while doing somethig else in the same time. Ofcourse it's always better if there's more to the plotline than the usual. Not just kissing and making up.

In drama, I too like it when it makes me feel something. And again: the plotline is important.

Scifi, fantacy and adventure have always been close to my heart too. A little brake from the ordinary.

This pretty much sums up my taste in movies: everything within reason. And plotline, plotline, plotline!

old horror films of the 1930's-1950's era.

Oh yeah, those are fun to watch!

I hate the modern horror films that relish in showing gore and blood-lust. I rather not see that. I tend to like the old horror films of the 1930's-1950's era.

My favorite sports movie of all time is Bull Durham.  It's less about the Big Game than it is about the people.  Field Of Dreams is my second favorite for the same reason.  One of my all time favorite movies, period, is A League Of Their Own.  I was obsessed with it the year it came out.  I saw it ten times in various theaters.  Once in a drive-in.  I even brought my dog along.  LOL!  And I love Rudy.  We Are Marshall reminds me a lot of Rudy, actually.  You don't get much more underdog than these two movies.

I don't know what it is exactly, but I have many favorite sports movies.  The basketball movie, One On One from the 70's.  Heck the first two Rocky movies are terrific.  Bend It Like Beckham...  There are so many classics, too:  Ragin Bull, Slapshot, Brian's Song, The Longest Yard, The Bad News Bears.  I even get chills from movies like Major League and Mr. Baseball.  The Sandlot is wonderful.   

It kills me that Chris had to drop out of Calvin Marshall.  Chris in a baseball movie would've been heaven for me.

Also, in general, I'm not crazy about most of what passes for Romantic Comedy these days.  Translation: pretty much anything with Kate Hudson in it.

Also, I'm very particular about the kind of horror movies I'll subject myself to.  I like 'em cerebral.  And I cannot stand torture porn.  Translation: stop making freaking Saw movies already!

Drama is my favorite genre.  The more intense the better.  Translation:  make me cry, make me feel something and I'm yours.

All of the above are very good escapism type of movies, well except for dramas and perhaps thrillers.

I dislike the following
Mystery
Sports

I may watch a mystery once, but after the mystery is discovered I have no real need to watch the film again. Very low repeatability imo.

Sports. Always tends to follow the same storyline. Some person/team is on a losing streak, the coach gets the person/team to train, they get better, they get a big pep talk right before the final big game, looks like they are going to lose and then they do win the big final game/event.

That's why I don't own many of these. I think the only sport films I own are Days of Thunder (only reason is Cruise) and Field of Dreams (which I consider to be more about a son/father relationship).